Mountain Pose
Tadasana
Standing
Beginner
Mountain Pose (Tadasana) is a beginner standing pose. Posture awareness, grounding, foundation for all standing poses.
How to cue it
- Ground all four corners of the feet
- Stack ankles-hips-shoulders-ears
- Crown lifts, tailbone heavy
At a glance
- Drishti
- Forward (Nasagra)Where the eyes rest.
- Family
- Standing
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Root (Muladhara)
Take care
None: universally accessible.
Counter poses
What to offer after Mountain Pose to let the body settle.
Good to know
Foundational reference pose.
Build your class with Mountain Pose in Cue
Drop Mountain 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.