Adho Mukha Padmasana
Here's another new addition to the Forward
Extensions category:
Level: Advanced
Adho = Down. Mukha = face. Padma = lotus.
Level: Advanced
Adho = Down. Mukha = face. Padma = lotus.
Organizing the pose
• Come into Padmasana (Lotus Pose).
Take care to place the ankle bones and not the
feet on the thighs so that you do not
over-stretch the ankle joint itself.
• If you find that one knee is off the floor (it most likely will be), place a folded blanket or a block underneath it to support it.
• Inhale and lift up through the trunk.
• Exhale and extend forward from the tops of the thighs, walking the hands forward. Hold this position.
• Inhale and come up.
• Exhale and disentangle the legs back into Dandasana (Staff Pose).
• Repeat on the other side.
• If you find that one knee is off the floor (it most likely will be), place a folded blanket or a block underneath it to support it.
• Inhale and lift up through the trunk.
• Exhale and extend forward from the tops of the thighs, walking the hands forward. Hold this position.
• Inhale and come up.
• Exhale and disentangle the legs back into Dandasana (Staff Pose).
• Repeat on the other side.
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