Locust Pose
Salabhasana
Backbends
Beginner
Locust Pose (Salabhasana) is a beginner prone backbend. Strengthens entire back body.
How to cue it
- Prone, engage all the muscles on your backside
- Lift chest, arms and legs
- Reach back through toes
At a glance
- Drishti
- Forward / downWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Prone backbend
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Solar Plexus (Manipura)
Take care
Low back; pregnancy.
Counter poses
What to offer after Locust Pose to let the body settle.
Build your class with Locust Pose in Cue
Drop Locust 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.