Wide Angle Seated Forward Bend

Upavistha Konasana

Pronounce: oop-ah-vish-tah ko-NAH-sah-nah

Instructions

Sit with your legs stretched in front of you. Open your feet as wide as possible. Point your toes up. Walk your arms forward with an exhale. Grasp your big toes with your index fingers. Breathe here for a moment. Bend forward from your hips with an exhale and hold the outsides of your feet. Relax your neck. Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths. Rise with an inhale. Alignment Cues: Point toes and knees toward sky Lengthen front of torso Avoid rounding the spine Micro-bend the knees Modification: Stay upright and walk hands forward as much as possible without straining.
Exercise Name: Wide Angle Seated Forward Bend Instruction: Sit with your legs stretched in front of you. Open your feet as wide as possible. Point your toes up. Walk your arms forward with an exhale. Grasp your big toes with your index fingers. Breathe here for a moment. Bend forward from your hips with an exhale and hold the outsides of your feet. Relax your neck. Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths. Rise with an inhale. Alignment Cues: Point toes and knees toward sky Lengthen front of torso Avoid rounding the spine Micro-bend the knees Modification: Stay upright and walk hands forward as much as possible without straining. Primary Body Parts: Calves, Hamstrings Secondary Body Parts: Glutes & Hip Flexors, Lower Back, Spine Equipments: Categories: Forward bends, Hip openers, Seated