Badda Konasana | Bound Angle Pose

( Yoga 2 )

Badda Konasana

Instructions: Sit down on the mat, bend your knees, press the soles of your feet together, and drop your knees out to the sides. Lengthen your torso, grasp your big toes, and stay in bound angle pose for 1 minute to 2 minutes.

Practice:  Bring your heels close to your pelvis, press the hips down, lengthen your spine, drop the shoulders down and back and open your chest.

Benefits:  The bound angle pose opens and stretches the inner thighs, groins, hips, and chest, and lengthens the spine. The pose also stimulates the abdominal organs and the respiratory system and improves circulation.

Contraindications:  Hip, Groins, or Knee Injury.

Preparatory, Complementary, and Follow-Up Poses:  Start in Tree Pose or Easy Pose and then progress to bound angle pose. Follow-up with Seated Forward bend, Seated Spinal Twist, or Reclining Bound Angle.