Prasarita Padottanasana | Wide-Legged Standing Forward Bend | How to do Prasarita Padottanasana

In this practice

Key teachings

• Proper alignment in forward bends
• Coordinating breath with movement
• Understanding contraindications for specific poses

Ideal for

• Beginners learning fundamental poses
• Practitioners refining their Prasarita Padottanasana technique
• Individuals seeking hip flexibility

Lesson

Instructions

Prasarita Padottanasana | Wide-Legged Standing Forward Bend | How to do Prasarita Padottanasana Hello and welcome back to Shvasa’s Yoga training online. In this video, you will learn how to do Prasarita Padottanasana which is nothing but a wide-legged standing forward bend.

Contraindications of Prasarita Padottanasana: Avoid this yoga practice if you have heart problems, blood pressure, lower back problems, and problems with hamstrings

Benefits of Prasarita Padottanasanna: It is an excellent posture to strengthen the back and makes your legs supple as well as strong. It improves hip flexibility and blood circulation to the upper part of the body which is good for the heart and brain.

- Keep your legs medium width apart and toes pointed forward - Hands-on the hip. Make sure heels are in one line with the toes pointing forward - Inhale roll shoulders back, lengthen the spine - As you exhale, bend from the hip and hold on to the ankles. Inhale and lengthen - As you exhale, continue to grip on the ankles and bend forward - Elbows slightly bent, look at the back. Make sure shoulders are not shrugged - Once you are done with a few breaths, as you inhale, head up and chest up, hands on the hip, come up and then the hip is the last one to move. - Then slide your feet in slowly

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Steps

• Prasarita Padottanasana (Wide-Legged Standing Forward Bend)
• Lengthening the spine on inhale
• Deepening the bend on exhale

Benefits

• Strengthens the back
• Makes legs supple and strong
• Improves hip flexibility
• Improves blood circulation to the upper body