Seal Pose
Backbends
Beginner
Seal Pose is a beginner prone backbend. Deeper passive backbend than Sphinx.
How to cue it
- Arms straighter than Sphinx, hands wide
- Let belly soften
- Ease into the low-back curve
At a glance
- Drishti
- Forward / upWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Prone backbend (Yin)
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
Take care
Low back sensitivity.
Counter poses
What to offer after Seal Pose to let the body settle.
Good to know
Yin pose. A Bhujangasana variation.
Build your class with Seal Pose in Cue
Drop Seal 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.