Exhale, lie on your back. Inhale, lift your right leg and take hold of your big toe with the first two fingers of your right hand. Place your left hand as far down your left thigh as you can reach. Keep both legs strong and straight with the balls of your feet open. Exhale, engage the bandhas and lift your head and chest off the floor bringing your forehead toward your right shin. Keep your left arm stretching strongly down your left leg. Inhale, release your head and shoulders back down to the floor (your legs stay straight) and go straight into the next pose: Supta Padanusthasan B.
This pose and the two that follow are the lying-down equivalents of the standing postures Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana. Here your body is supported by the floor and you don’t have to balance, which means you can concentrate on stretching.This will enhance your ability to do Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana.If you can’t hold your big toe with your leg straight, bend your leg, hold your ankle or loop a belt over your foot instead. Don’t forget to keep the leg on the floor grounded and your low abdominal muscles fully active in this pose.
This wonderful pose must be one that every child has tried spontaneously. As an adult you may need encouragement to attempt the drop forward — it can seem a long way down.
This pose and the two that follow are the lying-down equivalents of the standing postures Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana. Here your body is supported by the floor and you don’t have to balance, which means you can concentrate on stretching.This will enhance your ability to do Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana.If you can’t hold your big toe with your leg straight, bend your leg, hold your ankle or loop a belt over your foot instead. Don’t forget to keep the leg on the floor grounded and your low abdominal muscles fully active in this pose.
This wonderful pose must be one that every child has tried spontaneously. As an adult you may need encouragement to attempt the drop forward — it can seem a long way down.
