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Standing Separate Leg Stretching

Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Paschimottanasana

Forward Folds Intermediate

Standing Separate Leg Stretching (Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Paschimottanasana) is an intermediate standing forward fold. Hamstring/spine opening, calming.

Sage line drawing of Standing Separate Leg Stretching

How to cue it

  1. Feet wide
  2. Hold heels
  3. Fold with a flat back then crown toward floor, elbows bend back

At a glance

Drishti
DownWhere the eyes rest.
Family
Standing forward fold
Level
Intermediate
Chakra
Root (Muladhara)

Take care

Hamstring; dizziness.

Good to know

Bikram series.

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