Saddle Pose
Supta Virasana
Backbends
Intermediate
Saddle Pose (Supta Virasana) is an intermediate kneeling backbend. Passive quad/hip-flexor and spine opening.
How to cue it
- Feet beside hips
- Recline back onto elbows or floor with props
- Soften and hold
At a glance
- Drishti
- Back / closedWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Kneeling backbend (Yin)
- Level
- Intermediate
- Chakra
- Sacral (Svadhisthana)
Take care
Knees, low back: use props.
Build your class with Saddle Pose in Cue
Drop Saddle 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.