Reverse Plank
Purvottanasana
Backbends
Intermediate
Reverse Plank (Purvottanasana) is an intermediate backbend. Strengthens posterior chain, opens chest.
How to cue it
- Hands behind hips, fingers forward
- Press hips up
- Reach chest, point toes
At a glance
- Drishti
- Up / backWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Backbend
- Level
- Intermediate
- Chakra
- Throat (Vishuddha)
Take care
Wrists, shoulders.
Counter poses
What to offer after Reverse Plank to let the body settle.
Good to know
Upward Plank.
Build your class with Reverse Plank in Cue
Drop Reverse Plank 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.