Cobra Pose
Bhujangasana
Backbends
Beginner
Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana) is a beginner prone backbend. Strengthens back, opens chest.
How to cue it
- Hands under shoulders and press feet down
- Hug your elbows to the sides of your ribcage
- Inhale, peel your upper body off the mat using your back
At a glance
- Drishti
- Up / forwardWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Prone backbend
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
Take care
Low back: keep it gentle; pregnancy.
Counter poses
What to offer after Cobra Pose to let the body settle.
Build your class with Cobra Pose in Cue
Drop Cobra 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.