Banana Pose
Bananasana
Restorative
Beginner
Banana Pose (Bananasana) is a beginner supine side stretch. Side-body/IT-band and intercostal opening.
How to cue it
- Stay grounded through hips
- Walk feet and shoulders to one side into a crescent
- Hold
At a glance
- Drishti
- Closed / softWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Supine side stretch (Yin)
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
Take care
Shoulder.
Counter poses
What to offer after Banana Pose to let the body settle.
Good to know
Yin pose.
Build your class with Banana Pose in Cue
Drop Banana Pose into a sequence, keep these cues beside it, set the timing, then teach the whole class off one screen you can read from across the room. Free to start.
Also from Cue
Printable pose cards
68 cards. 60 poses, 6 breath practices, 2 sun salutations.
- Front is the pose. Back is three cues, drishti, benefits and counter poses.
- Made to test yourself on, for teacher training or your own study.
- Lay them out to build a class, then keep it in Cue.
Instant download. Print at home on cardstock, cut and go.