Bow Pose
Dhanurasana
Backbends
Intermediate
Bow Pose (Dhanurasana) is an intermediate prone backbend. Opens chest/hip flexors, strengthens back.
How to cue it
- Hold ankles
- Kick feet into hands to lift chest and thighs
- Squeeze the glutes and lift more up
At a glance
- Drishti
- ForwardWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Prone backbend
- Level
- Intermediate
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
Take care
Low back; pregnancy.
Counter poses
What to offer after Bow Pose to let the body settle.
Build your class with Bow Pose in Cue
Drop Bow 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.