Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend
Upavistha Konasana
Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend (Upavistha Konasana) is an intermediate seated forward fold. Hamstring/adductor opening.
How to cue it
- Legs wide, kneecaps up
- Walk hands forward, hinge from hips, spine long
At a glance
- Drishti
- Forward / downWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Seated forward fold
- Level
- Intermediate
- Chakra
- Sacral (Svadhisthana)
Take care
Hamstring strain: sit on a blanket.
Counter poses
What to offer after Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend to let the body settle.
Build your class with Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend in Cue
Drop Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend 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.
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