Tag: baddha konasana
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Practice: Supta Baddha Konasana / Supine Bound Angle Pose
Supta = ‘Supine’ Baddha = ‘Bound’ Kona = ‘Angle’ Asana = ‘Posture’ A great way to passively release tension from the hips, Supta Baddha Konasana primarily opens the psoas and the inner thighs (adductor muscles). The hips are a central and important place to maintain in good health; for women,…
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Practice: Eka Pada Raj Kapotasana
Eka = One Pada = foot Raja = King or ‘royal’ Kapota = Pigeon Asana = Pose or ‘seat’ A pretty deep hip-opener; pigeon pose can feel like a great stretch for some, but torture for others…. The hips are usually linked to a place in which we store a lot of emotional tension…
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Practice: Kurmasana (Tortoise Pose)
Kurmasana, or ‘tortoise pose’, carries with it that sense of inward focus, much like a tortoise drawing in to it’s shell. When we begin to focus more on what’s going on inside, we deepen our yoga practice and learn to cultivate ‘pratyahara’ or ‘sense withdrawal’, one of the eight limbs of yoga, laid out in…
