Wild Thing
Camatkarasana
Backbends
Intermediate
Wild Thing (Camatkarasana) is an intermediate backbend. Heart opener, shoulder/hip-flexor stretch.
How to cue it
- From side plank/down dog, step top foot back
- Open chest, sweep arm overhead
At a glance
- Drishti
- Back / upWhere the eyes rest.
- Family
- Backbend
- Level
- Intermediate
- Chakra
- Heart (Anahata)
Take care
Wrists, shoulders, low back.
Counter poses
What to offer after Wild Thing to let the body settle.
Good to know
Flip-dog.
Build your class with Wild Thing in Cue
Drop Wild Thing 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.