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How to Practice Seated Forward Bend Yoga Pose

Sanskrit name: Pascimottanasana

Related Chakra: Svadhisthana or Sacral Chakra

Chakra chant: VAM

Benefits: Spine, posture, hamstrings, nerve network, brings blood to the pelvic area, adrenal glands, abdominal organs, and back


How to:

  • Sit on a block or a blanket if you feel tightness in the backs of your legs

  • Extend both your legs, feet flexed

  • If you have a strap, you can place the strap around the balls of both your feet

  • Ground your sit bones downward

  • Hands can be flat on the floor by your hips or grab your strap and bend forward from your hip joint

  • Relax your shoulders and reach the crown of your head to the sky

  • Take 5 - 7 breaths in this posture

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