Sphinx Pose
Salamba Bhujangasana
Backbends
Beginner
Sphinx Pose (Salamba Bhujangasana) is a beginner prone backbend. Gentle backbend, supports spine.
How to cue it
- Forearms down, elbows under shoulders
- Press pubic bone down
- Lift chest, soft neck
At a glance
- Drishti
- ForwardWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Prone backbend
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
Take care
Low back: keep it mild.
Counter poses
What to offer after Sphinx Pose to let the body settle.
Good to know
Supported cobra. Gentle/Yin friendly.
Build your class with Sphinx Pose in Cue
Drop Sphinx 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.