Wheel Pose
Urdhva Dhanurasana
Backbends
Advanced
Wheel Pose (Urdhva Dhanurasana) is an advanced backbend. Full-body backbend, energizing.
How to cue it
- Hands by ears, fingers to shoulders
- Press up evenly
- Straighten arms, lift chest
At a glance
- Drishti
- Back / downWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Backbend
- Level
- Advanced
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
Take care
Wrists, shoulders, low back.
Counter poses
What to offer after Wheel Pose to let the body settle.
Good to know
Also called Chakrasana.
Build your class with Wheel Pose in Cue
Drop Wheel 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.