Runner's Lunge
Ashwa Sanchalanasana
Standing
Beginner
Runner's Lunge (Ashwa Sanchalanasana) is a beginner lunge. Opens hips, transitional strength.
How to cue it
- Fingertips frame the front foot
- Lengthen spine forward
- Sink and square hips
At a glance
- Drishti
- Forward / downWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Lunge
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Sacral (Svadhisthana)
Take care
Wrist sensitivity: use blocks.
Counter poses
What to offer after Runner's Lunge to let the body settle.
Good to know
Equestrian pose. Sun Salutation component.
Build your class with Runner's Lunge in Cue
Drop Runner's Lunge 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.








