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Wide-Legged Mountain

Prasarita Tadasana

Standing Beginner

Wide-Legged Mountain (Prasarita Tadasana) is a beginner standing pose. Builds stability, preps wide-leg poses.

Sage line drawing of Wide-Legged Mountain

How to cue it

  1. Step feet wide and parallel
  2. Press outer edges down
  3. Lengthen spine tall

At a glance

Drishti
ForwardWhere the eyes rest.
Family
Standing
Level
Beginner
Chakra
Root (Muladhara)

Counter poses

What to offer after Wide-Legged Mountain to let the body settle.

Good to know

Same shape as Star Pose (Utthita Tadasana).

Build your class with Wide-Legged Mountain in Cue

Drop Wide-Legged Mountain 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.

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