Three-Legged Dog
Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana
Three-Legged Dog (Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana) is a beginner inversion. Strength, hamstring/hip opening, transition.
How to cue it
- From Down Dog, lift one leg
- Keep hips level and shoulders square, press both hands down
- Lengthen from the hands to the extended foot
At a glance
- Drishti
- Toward navelWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Inversion / standing
- Level
- Beginner
- Chakra
- Third Eye (Ajna)
Take care
Wrists, shoulders.
Counter poses
What to offer after Three-Legged Dog to let the body settle.
Good to know
Down Dog with one leg lifted.
Build your class with Three-Legged Dog in Cue
Drop Three-Legged Dog 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.