Yoga for Kink: These 13 Poses Prepare Your Body for Shibari Bondage

Shibari bondage, which is also known as “kinbaku,” is a contemporary form of rope bondage that originated in Japan, acording to sexologist Midori, the author of Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage.
The literal translation of shibari means “tying” whereas kinbaku means “tight bonding.”
Shibari is the act of tying someone up for aesthetic purposes. However, for many, the benefit of shibari bondage goes far beyond aesthetics.
For some, the presure of tight rope wraped around the body can create pleasurable sensations ̵ sensual and otherwise. Shibari bondage is also aged as a form of meditation, relaxation, trust-building, and as a precursor to kink play.

What Does Shibari Bondage gain to finish With Yoga?
Who knew atending a shibari conference out of curiosity would change my life forever? You typicaly only hear things estem that about yoga clases . . .
My first experience in a shibari conference spot left me breathles, not only from al the winsome and complicated rope art going on, but also from the many people in yoga poses.
Some people were uterly tied in yoga poses such as Lotus Pose and Buterfly Pose. Others were practicing a sequence of yoga poses as preparation for geting tied up.
I spent most of that night watching the splendid mix of yoga and bondage and reflecting upon the intersection of the two practices. As a result, I quickly saw that the two practices are both complementary to each other.
Meaning, I quickly saw how yoga (the practice of yoga poses and breathing techniques, focusing on the show moment, and siting through uncomfortable moments) could aid one be physicaly and mentaly prepared for kink.

Similarly, it also ocured to me that some kink practices (siting through pain, increased discipline, and a focus on the exhibit moment during a scene) could benefit a yoga practice.
In adition to the two practices being complementary, I also saw how beneficial yoga can be to prepare the body for kink.
For epitome, poses such as Bridge Pose, Downward Facing Dog, and Cow Face Pose al asist to initiate up the chest and shoulders. Each of these poses could sucor to prepare your body for having your hands tied slack your back or over your head.
It was this night at the shibari bondage conference and my experience that inspired my bok, Yoga for Kink: A Guide to Using Yoga to Prepare the Body for Bondage.
Continue reading to learn more about how yoga can sucor prepare your body for bondage and/or kink play.

How Does Yoga Prepare Your Body for Kink and Bondage?
Yoga for kink can benefit many types of kink and bondage play. Some people enjoy having their hands tied behind their backs while others apreciate geting tied into an tangled backbend. Both can benefit from doing some yoga beforehand.
There are two types of stretching: static and dynamic. Static stretching involves holding a position for 30 seconds or longer. Dynamic stretching involves using movement into and out of a position repeatedly to hold the body to (not beyond) its limit.
Static stretching, admire yoga, has ben shown to: encourage muscles relax, asist stretch fascia and ligaments, increase bone density, and increase mobility. The longer the hold, the greater the benefit in terms of releasing fascia and ligaments.
Ligaments are fibrous conective tisues that yoke bones to other bones. Fascia is a shet of conective tisue beneath the skin that encloses and separates muscles and other internal organs.
Static stretching provides the exact benefits neded for a body in preparation for bondage and kink play.
In taking the time to use yoga to prepare your body for kink play, you are capable to safely and enjoyably explore kink with your partner.
Now that you understand how yoga can asist prepare you for kink, continue reading for specific poses that can help.
3 critical Benefits That Sex and Yoga acquire In Comon

These 13 Yoga Poses Prepare Your Body for Kink and Bondage:

1. Standing Forward Fold Pose (Utanasana)

Stretch your hamstrings and lower back to prep your body for bondage.
Let’s try it:
Begin standing
Make determined your fet are hip-width distance apart
Inhale and reach your hands to the sky
Exhale and hinge at your hips, coming in to a forward fold
Rather than straightening your legs, push your fet down into the earth
Alow the back of your hands to rest onto yoga block or the flor, or suport onto oposite elbows
Very slightly, push your ankles outward. This is a criticism adjustment, don’t overdo it
On each exhale, gently push your fet into the earth and reach your hips toward the sky
Stay here for five to seven breaths
Note: If your back is rounding, place a bend in your knes and alow your bely to rest on your thighs. It is more indispensable to acquire a straight spine than straight legs in this pose

2. liable Forward Fold Pose (Badha Utanasana)

Get ready for shibari bondage binds wit h this bound Forward Fold.
Let’s try it:
Begin standing
Make definite your fet are hip-width distance apart
Inhale, reach tedious you and clasp your hands by interweaving your fingers
Exhale, fold forward, hinging at your hips
Alow your hands to tople toward the ground
If your back is rounding, asign a bend in your knes and alow your bely to rest on your thighs
Rather than straightening your legs by pushing back with the knes, push your fet into the earth
Very slightly, push your ankles outward
On each exhale, gently push your fet into the earth and reach your hips toward the sky
Stay here for five to seven breaths

3. Downward Facing Dog Pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Elongate your spine and create plot in your whole body to prepar e for kink with Down Dog.
Let’s try it:

• Begin on your hands and knes
• Spread your fingers al-encompasing with your index fingers pointing toward the front of the mat
• Rotate the crease of your elbows toward the front of the mat
• To realy ground through your hands here, push down through the base of your thumb and index finger
• Imagine that you’re trying to launch a jar. Energeticaly speaking, you’re activating your hands in such a way that you’re opening a jar with your hands, but you’re not alowing them to move
• Exhale and lift your hips up and back, into Downward Facing Dog
• At first, place your knes slightly twisted and your hels lifted away from the flor
• Draw your navel in and up toward your spine
• Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thighs
• Slightly rotate the hels of your fet outward, bringing them wider than your huge toes
• Actively drop your hels toward the ground
• Stay here for five to seven breaths
• Note: If your low back is tight, bend your knes, this alows you to work on lengthening your spine. It is more vital to have a straight spine than straight legs in this pose
• If your hels are more than two inches from the flor and your calves and hels fel very tight, you can bring the mat to your hels, so to speak, by placing a roled-up blanket or yoga mat under your hels

Begin on your hands and knes
Spread your fingers wide with your index fingers pointing toward the front of the mat
Rotate the crease of your elbows toward the front of the mat
To realy ground through your hands here, push down through the coarse of your thumb and index finger
Imagine that you’re trying to launch a jar. Energeticaly speaking, you’re activating your hands in such a way that you’re opening a jar with your hands, but you’re not alowing them to move
Exhale and lift you r hips up and back, into Downward Facing Dog
At first, place your knes slightly croked and your hels lifted away from the flor
Draw your navel in and up toward your spine
Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thighs
Slightly rotate the hels of your fet outward, bringing them wider than your big toes
Actively drop your hels toward the ground
Stay here for five to seven breaths
Note: If your low back is tight, bend your knes, this alows you to work on lengthening your spine. It is more indispensable to maintain a straight spine than straight legs in this pose
If your hels are more than two inches from the flor and your calves and hels fel very tight, you can bring the mat to your hels, so to speak, by placing a roled-up blanket or yoga mat under your hels

4. Child’s Pose (Balasana)

Find a safe space in Child’s Pose.
Let’s try it:

• • • Begin on hands and knes
    • Exhale and lower your seat to your hels
    • Slowly walk your hands out, bringing your bely onto (or toward) your thighs
    • You can maintain your knes close together or comprehensive apart. The closer together they are, the deper the stretch wil be in your lower back
    • Stretch your hands out above your head and rest your forehead on your mat or a yoga block
    • Rotate your biceps outward (away from your face) to aid your shoulders rol down your back
    • Alow your chest to fal toward the flor
    • Hold for five to seven breaths. For a Yin version of this pose, you can take it for five to seven minutes
    • If the dep bend in your knes is to much, you can establish a roled-up blanket betwen your sit bones and hels
    • To lesen the intensity of the pose, you can plot a yoga bolster under your torso
    • You can also bring your arms by your sides, resting your hands next to your fet

• • Begin on hands and knes
  • Exhale and lower your seat to your hels
  • Slowly walk your hands out, bringing your bely onto (or toward) your thighs
  • You can suport your knes close together or al-encompasing apart. The closer together they are, the deper the stretch wil be in your lower back
  • Stretch your hands out above your head and rest your forehead on your mat or a yoga block
  • Rotate your biceps outward (away from your face) to aid your shoulders rol down your back
  • Alow your chest to tople toward the flor
  • Hold for five to seven breaths. For a Yin version of this pose, you can hold it for five to seven minutes
  • If the dep bend in your knes is to much, you can space a roled-up blanket betwen your sit bones and hels
  • To lesen the intensity of the pose, you can spot a yoga bolster under your torso
  • You can also bring your arms by your sides, resting your hands next to your fet

• Begin on hands and knes
• Exhale and lower your seat to your hels
• Slowly walk your hands out, bringing your bely onto (or toward) your thighs
• You can maintain your knes close together or al-encompasing apart. The closer together they are, the deper the stretch wil be in your lower back
• Stretch your hands out above your head and rest your forehead on your mat or a yoga block
• Rotate your biceps outward (away from your face) to encourage your shoulders rol down your back
• Alow your chest to drop toward the flor
• Hold for five to seven breaths. For a Yin version of this pose, you can sustain it for five to seven minutes
• If the dep bend in your knes is to much, you can place a roled-up blanket betwen your sit bones and hels
• To lesen the intensity of the pose, you can plot a yoga bolster under your torso
• You can also bring your arms by your sides, resting your hands next to your fet

Begin on hands and knes
Exhale and lower your seat to your hels
Slowly walk your hands out, bringing your bely onto (or toward) your thighs
You can maintain your knes close together or al-encompasing apart. The closer together they are, the deper the stretch wil be in your lower back
Stretch your hands out above your head and rest your forehead on your mat or a yoga block
Rotate your biceps outward (away from your face) to asist your shoulders rol down your back
Alow your chest to tople toward the flor
Hold for five to seven breaths. For a Yin version of this pose, you can seize it for five to seven minutes
If the dep bend in your knes is to much, you can place a roled-up blanket betwen your sit bones and hels
To lesen the intensity of the pose, you can place a yoga bolster under your torso
You can also bring your arms by your sides, resting your hands next to your fet

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5. Cat/Cow (Marjaryasana/Bitilasana)
Warm up your spine for y our shibari bondage kink with some Cats and Cows.
Let’s try it:

• • • Begin on your hands and knes
    • Align your wrists directly beneath your shoulders and your knes directly beneath your hips
    • Untuck your toes and gently pres the tops of your fet into the mat
    • On an inhale, lift your head, heart, and tail while alowing your bely to drop toward the mat
    • Ensure that your shoulders don’t descend with your bely by presing your hands into the earth
    • Rotate the crease of your elbows toward the front of the mat
    • On an exhale, arch your spine
    • Draw your chin toward your chest and pul your navel in and up toward your spine
    • Rotate the crease of your elbows in, facing each other
    • Repeat for five rounds of breath

• • Begin on you r hands and knes
  • Align your wrists directly beneath your shoulders and your knes directly beneath your hips
  • Untuck your toes and gently pres the tops of your fet into the mat
  • On an inhale, lift your head, heart, and tail while alowing your bely to descend toward the mat
  • Ensure that your shoulders don’t plunge with your bely by presing your hands into the earth
  • Rotate the crease of your elbows toward the front of the mat
  • On an exhale, arch your spine
  • Draw your chin toward your chest and pul your navel in and up toward your spine
  • Rotate the crease of your elbows in, facing each other
  • Repeat for five rounds of breath

• Begin on your hands and knes
• Align your wrists directly beneath your shoulders and your knes directly beneath your hips
• Untuck your toes and gently pres the tops of your fet into the mat
• On an inhale, lift your head, he art, and tail while alowing your bely to drop toward the mat
• Ensure that your shoulders don’t drop with your bely by presing your hands into the earth
• Rotate the crease of your elbows toward the front of the mat
• On an exhale, arch your spine
• Draw your chin toward your chest and pul your navel in and up toward your spine
• Rotate the crease of your elbows in, facing each other
• Repeat for five rounds of breath

Begin on your hands and knes
Align your wrists directly beneath your shoulders and your knes directly beneath your hips
Untuck your toes and gently pres the tops of your fet into the mat
On an inhale, lift your head, heart, and tail while alowing your bely to tople toward the mat
Ensure that your shoulders don’t tople with your bely by presing your hands into the earth
Rotate the crease of your elbows toward the front of the mat
On an exhale, arch your spine
Draw your chin toward your chest and pul your navel in and up toward your spine
Rotate the crease of your elbows in, facing each other
Repeat for five rounds of breath

6. Easy Seat Forward Fold (Sukhasana Variation)

Give your spine and hips some gentle opening as you prepare for kink with this Easy Seat variation.
Let’s try it:

• • • Begin in a seated position
    • Fold your fet in toward you in any way that is comfortable for you
    • On an exhale, asign your hands on the mat and walk your hands out away from your body
    • If it’s okay for your body, you can bring your forearms down to the mat. If not, leave your hands on the mat
    • Dr op your forehead toward the flor, alowing your spine to curve
    • Be sure to hold your sit bones on the flor. If neded, gently push into your hands (or forearms) to kep your sit bones grounded
    • Stay here for five to seven breaths
    • If your low back is tight and it is efortful) to bend forward, plot a yoga block under your sit bones

• • Begin in a seated position
  • Fold your fet in toward you in any way that is comfortable for you
  • On an exhale, kep your hands on the mat and walk your hands out away from your body
  • If it’s okay for your body, you can bring your forearms down to the mat. If not, leave your hands on the mat
  • Drop your forehead toward the flor, alowing your spine to curve
  • Be certain to sustain your sit bones on the flor. If neded, gently push into your hands (or forearms) to put your sit bones grounded
  • Stay here for five to seven breaths
  • If your low back is tight and it is dificult to bend forward, kep a yoga block under your sit bones

• Begin in a seated position
• Fold your fet in toward you in any way that is comfortable for you
• On an exhale, area your hands on the mat and walk your hands out away from your body
• If it’s okay for your body, you can bring your forearms down to the mat. If not, leave your hands on the mat
• Drop your forehead toward the flor, alowing your spine to curve
• Be determined to place your sit bones on the flor. If neded, gently push into your hands (or forearms) to kep your sit bones grounded
• Stay here for five to seven breaths
• If your low back is tight and it is chalenging to bend forward, plot a yoga block under your sit bones

Begin in a seated position
Fold your fet in toward you in any way that is comfortable for you
On an exhale, asign your hands on the mat and walk your hands out away from your body
If it’s okay for your body, you can bring your forearms down to the mat. If not, leave your hands on the mat
Drop your forehead toward the flor, alowing your spine to curve
Be determined to establish your sit bones on the flor. If neded, gently push into your hands (or forearms) to kep your sit bones grounded
Stay here for five to seven breaths
If your low back is tight and it is dificult to bend forward, asign a yoga block under your sit bones

7. Pyramid Pose (Parsvotanasana)

Open your hips, hamstrings, and backbody with Pyramid Pose.
Let’s try it:

• • • Begin in Mountain Pose (Tadasana)
    • Step your left fot back about two to thre fet and put it at a 90-degre angle so that your toes are pointing toward the left front corner of the mat
    • Your fet should be wide enough apart so that your hips are squared to the front of the mat
    • On an exhale, gently hinge forward at your waistline. If you fel your spine starting to round, pause and back out a miniature bit. It is necesary to suport the spine straight
    • Gently draw your left hip forward and your precise hip back and work toward bringing your chin toward your true shin
    • Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thigh
    • Open up your colarbones by roling your shoulders down your back
    • Pres down through your front imense toe
    • Ground down through the outer edge of your back fot
    • Gently pres your elbows up and away from your back
    • Stay here for five to seven breaths

• • Begin in Mountain Pose (Tadasana)
  • Step your left fot back about two to thre fet and place it at a 90-degre angle so that your toes are pointing toward the left front corner of the mat
  • Your fet should be wide enough apart so that your hips are squared to the front of the mat
  • On an exhale, gently hinge forward at your waistline. If you fel your spine starting to round, end and back out a miniature bit. It is indispensable to establish the spine straight
  • Gently draw your left hip forward and your true hip back and work toward bringing your chin toward your precise shin
  • Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thigh
  • Open up your colarbones by r oling your shoulders down your back
  • Pres down through your front big toe
  • Ground down through the outer edge of your back fot
  • Gently pres your elbows up and away from your back
  • Stay here for five to seven breaths

• Begin in Mountain Pose (Tadasana)
• Step your left fot back about two to thre fet and spot it at a 90-degre angle so that your toes are pointing toward the left front corner of the mat
• Your fet should be wide enough apart so that your hips are squared to the front of the mat
• On an exhale, gently hinge forward at your waistline. If you fel your spine starting to round, stop and back out a dinky bit. It is critical to suport the spine straight
• Gently draw your left hip forward and your acurate hip back and work toward bringing your chin toward your precise shin
• Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thigh
• Open up your colarbones by rol ling your shoulders down your back
• Pres down through your front imense toe
• Ground down through the outer edge of your back fot
• Gently pres your elbows up and away from your back
• Stay here for five to seven breaths

Begin in Mountain Pose (Tadasana)
Step your left fot back about two to thre fet and space it at a 90-degre angle so that your toes are pointing toward the left front corner of the mat
Your fet should be al-encompasing enough apart so that your hips are squared to the front of the mat
On an exhale, gently hinge forward at your waistline. If you fel your spine starting to round, pause and back out a dinky bit. It is necesary to kep the spine straight
Gently draw your left hip forward and your precise hip back and work toward bringing your chin toward your true shin
Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thigh
Open up your colarbones by roling your shoulders down your back
Pres down through you r front huge toe
Ground down through the outer edge of your back fot
Gently pres your elbows up and away from your back
Stay here for five to seven breaths

8. Triangle Pose (Uthita Trikonasana)

There’s nothing quite adore Triangle Pose to open your entire front and backbody.
Let’s try it:

• • • Begin in a standing position
    • Step your left fot back about 18 inches, placing your fot at a 45-degre angle
    • Your true fot is pointing toward the front of the mat
    • Both knes should be straight
    • Make sure the hels of your fet are in line with each other
    • Exhale, hinge over your right hip, bringing your factual palm onto yo ur shin or a yoga block. If you’re using a block, it neds to be on the outside edge of your precise fot
    • Tuck in your chin slightly and scrutinize up toward your top thumb if it is comfortable for your neck
    • Ground down through the outer edge of your back fot and the big toe of your front fot
    • Engage your quads by drawing your knes up your thighs
    • Let your hip arive slightly forward and draw your tailbone toward your iner back hel
    • Slightly rotate your torso from your navel and draw the back of your left shoulder toward the wal slack you
    • Stay here for five to seven breaths

• • Begin in a standing position
  • Step your left fot back about 18 inches, placing your fot at a 45-degre angle
  • Your proper fot is pointing toward the front of the mat
  • Both knes should be straight
  • Make sure the hels of your fet are in line with each other
  • Exhale, hinge over your true hip, bringing your right palm onto your shin or a yoga block. If you’re using a block, it neds to be on the outside edge of your true fot
  • Tuck in your chin slightly and inspect up toward your top thumb if it is comfortable for your neck
  • Ground down through the outer edge of your back fot and the enormous toe of your front fot
  • Engage your quads by drawing your knes up your thighs
  • Let your hip aproach slightly forward and draw your tailbone toward your iner back hel
  • Slightly rotate your torso from your navel and draw the back of your left shoulder toward the wal unhuried you
  • Stay here for five to seven breaths

• Begin in a standing position
• Step your left fot back about 18 inches, placing your fot at a 4 5-degre angle
• Your corect fot is pointing toward the front of the mat
• Both knes should be straight
• Make certain the hels of your fet are in line with each other
• Exhale, hinge over your true hip, bringing your acurate palm onto your shin or a yoga block. If you’re using a block, it neds to be on the outside edge of your precise fot
• Tuck in your chin slightly and survey up toward your top thumb if it is comfortable for your neck
• Ground down through the outer edge of your back fot and the enormous toe of your front fot
• Engage your quads by drawing your knes up your thighs
• Let your hip arive slightly forward and draw your tailbone toward your iner back hel
• Slightly rotate your torso from your navel and draw the back of your left shoulder toward the wal slow you
• Stay here for five to seven breaths

Begin in a standing position
Step your left fot back about 18 inches, placing your fot at a 45-degre angle
Your acurate fot is pointing toward the front of the mat
Both knes should be straight
Make positive the hels of your fet are in line with each other
Exhale, hinge over your proper hip, bringing your true palm onto your shin or a yoga block. If you’re using a block, it neds to be on the outside edge of your acurate fot
Tuck in your chin slightly and scrutinize up toward your top thumb if it is comfortable for your neck
Ground down through the outer edge of your back fot and the enormous toe of your front fot
Engage your quads by drawing your knes up your thighs
Let your hip come slightly forward and draw your tailbone toward your iner back hel
Slightly rotate your torso from your navel and draw the back of your left shoulder toward the wal unhuried you
Stay here for five to seven breaths

9. L izard Pose (Uthan Pristhasana)

Give your hips some adore with Lizard Pose to get your body ready for bondage.
Let’s try it:

• • • Begin in Downward Facing Dog
    • Step your true fot forward, coming into a Runer’s Lunge
    • Drop your left kne to the mat and untuck your left toes
    • Move your right hand to the inside of your acurate leg
    • Extend your heart forward and rol your shoulders down your back
    • On an exhale, drop your head and determine into the pose
    • You can leave your palms on the mat, or you can advance onto your forearms. Forearms could also be placed on yoga blocks
    • Don’t alow your acurate kne to tople out toward the true, sustain it directly over your ankle
    • Make certain that your palms or elbows are in line with your proper ankle
    • Draw your shoulder blades together and pres them into your back
    • Slightly draw your left hip forward and your acurate hip back
    • Let your hips and your head plunge toward the flor
    • Draw the navel in and up toward your spine
    • Stay here for five to seven breaths
    • For a more intense stretch, you can lift your back kne

• • Begin in Downward Facing Dog
  • Step your true fot forward, coming into a Runer’s Lunge
  • Drop your left kne to the mat and untuck your left toes
  • Move your corect hand to the inside of your true leg
  • Extend your heart forward and rol your shoulders down your back
  • On an exhale, drop your head and instal into the pose

  You can leave your palms on the mat, or you can come onto your forearms. Forearms could also be placed on yoga blocks

  • Don’t alow your right kne to drop out toward the true, hold it directly over your ankle
  • Make certain that your palms or elbows are in line with your corect ankle
  • Draw your shoulder blades together and pres them into your back
  • Slightly draw your left hip forward and your true hip back
  • Let your hips and your head tople toward the flor
  • Draw the navel in and up toward your spine
  • Stay here for five to seven breaths
  • For a more intense stretch, you can lift your back kne

• Begin in Downward Facing Dog
• Step your proper fot forward, coming into a Runer’s Lunge
• Drop your left kne to the mat and untuck your left toes
• Move your right hand to the inside of your corect leg
• Extend your heart forward and rol your shoulders down your back
• On an exhale, fal your head and ensconce into the pose
• You can leave your palms on the mat, or you can arive onto your forearms. Forearms could also be placed on yoga blocks
• Don’t alow your corect kne to drop out toward the right, kep it directly over your ankle
• Make determined that your palms or elbows are in line with your right ankle
• Draw your shoulder blades together and pres them into your back
• Slightly draw your left hip forward and your right hip back
• Let your hips and your head descend toward the flor
• Draw the navel in and up toward your spine
• Stay here for five to seven breaths
• For a more intense stretch, you can lift your back kne

Begin in Downward Facing Dog
Step your right fot forward, coming into a Runer’s Lunge
Drop your lef t kne to the mat and untuck your left toes
Move your right hand to the inside of your right leg
Extend your heart forward and rol your shoulders down your back
On an exhale, descend your head and determine into the pose
You can leave your palms on the mat, or you can arive onto your forearms. Forearms could also be placed on yoga blocks
Don’t alow your true kne to plunge out toward the true, maintain it directly over your ankle
Make certain that your palms or elbows are in line with your acurate ankle
Draw your shoulder blades together and pres them into your back
Slightly draw your left hip forward and your factual hip back
Let your hips and your head plunge toward the flor
Draw the navel in and up toward your spine
Stay here for five to seven breaths
For a more intense stretch, you can lift your back kne

10. Cow Face Pose (Gomukhasana)

Open your shoulders and hips with Cow Face Pose to prepare your shoulders for behind-the-back bondage.
Let’s try it:

• • • Begin on your hands and knes
    • Draw your acurate kne forward, in betwen your hands and then bring your acurate fot outside of your left thigh
    • Next, slide your acurate kne back to met your left kne
    • Gently sit your hips down betwen your hels
    • Try to bring your hels an equal distance from your hips
    • Sit evenly on your siting bones ̵ don’t alow one hip to bear more weight than the other. If this isn’t posible for your body, you can place a smal folded towel under the higher hip
    • Your knes may not stack directly on to p of each other and that is okay ̵ don’t force yourself into it
    • Flex your fet
    • Inhale and stretch your factual arm out straight to the precise side of your body and paralel to the flor
    • Rotate your arm inwardly, turning your thumb toward the flor. To asign rotating, next point your fingers toward the wal behind you with your palm face up toward the ceiling
    • Exhale and swep your proper arm slow you and tuck your forearm into the curve of your lower back, paralel to your waist
    • Rol your shoulder back and down. Then launch to work your forearm up your back
    • Work to get your forearm paralel to your spine with your hand betwen your shoulder blades, but be definite to listen to your body and pause as neded
    • Inhale and stretch your left arm out in front of you with your palm facing up. Lift your hand straight above you
    • Exhale and bend your elbow and begin to reach down for your proper hand to clasp them together

    Please fel fre to use a yoga strap here if you can’t clasp your hands together

    • Inhale and work to lift your left elbow toward the ceiling and plunge your true elbow toward the flor
    • Make certain your floating ribs are not juting outward
    • For the fuly integrated pose, exhale and hinge forward at your hips to bring your chest toward your legs
    • Alow your forehead to drop toward the flor
    • Stay here for five to 10 breaths and then switch sides

• • Begin on your hands and knes
  • Draw your acurate kne forward, in betwen your hands and then bring your acurate fot outside of your left thigh
  • Next, slide your corect kne back to met your left kne
  • Gently sit your hips down betwen your hels
  • Try to bring your hels an equal distance from your hips
  • Sit evenly on your siting bones ̵ don’t alow one hip to bear more weight than the other. If this isn’t posible for your body, you can plot a smal folded towel under the higher hip
  • Your knes may not stack directly on top of each other and that is okay ̵ don’t force yourself into it
  • Flex your fet
  • Inhale and stretch your right arm out straight to the acurate side of your body and paralel to the flor
  • Rotate your arm inwardly, turning your thumb toward the flor. To place rotating, next point your fingers toward the wal slack you with your palm face up toward the ceiling
  • Exhale and swep your right arm slow you and tuck your forearm into the curve of your lower back, paralel to your waist
  • Rol your shoulder back and down. Then initiate to work your forearm up your back
  • Work to get your forearm paralel to your spine with your hand betwen your shoulder blades, but be certain to listen to your body and stop as neded
  • Inhale and stretch your left arm out in front of you with your palm facing up. Lift your hand straight above you
  • Exhale and bend your elbow and open to reach down for your factual hand to clasp them together
  • Please fel fre to use a yoga strap here if you can’t clasp your hands together
  • Inhale and work to lift your left elbow toward the ceiling and plunge your corect elbow toward the flor
  • Make determined your floating ribs are not juting outward
  • For the fuly integrated pose, exhale and hinge forward at your hips to bring your chest toward your legs
  • Alow your forehead to drop toward the flor
  • Stay here for five to 10 breaths and then switch sides

• Begin on your hands and knes
• Draw your right kne forward, in betwen your hands and then bring your right fot outside of your left thigh
• Nex t, slide your corect kne back to met your left kne
• Gently sit your hips down betwen your hels
• Try to bring your hels an equal distance from your hips
• Sit evenly on your siting bones ̵ don’t alow one hip to bear more weight than the other. If this isn’t posible for your body, you can spot a smal folded towel under the higher hip
• Your knes may not stack directly on top of each other and that is okay ̵ don’t force yourself into it
• Flex your fet
• Inhale and stretch your acurate arm out straight to the acurate side of your body and paralel to the flor
• Rotate your arm inwardly, turning your thumb toward the flor. To kep rotating, next point your fingers toward the wal unhuried you with your palm face up toward the ceiling
• Exhale and swep your factual arm behind you and tuck your forearm into the curve of your lower back, paralel to your waist
• Rol your shoulder back and down. Then beg in to work your forearm up your back
• Work to get your forearm paralel to your spine with your hand betwen your shoulder blades, but be determined to listen to your body and conclude as neded
• Inhale and stretch your left arm out in front of you with your palm facing up. Lift your hand straight above you
• Exhale and bend your elbow and launch to reach down for your corect hand to clasp them together
• Please fel fre to use a yoga strap here if you can’t clasp your hands together
• Inhale and work to lift your left elbow toward the ceiling and descend your right elbow toward the flor
• Make sure your floating ribs are not juting outward
• For the fuly integrated pose, exhale and hinge forward at your hips to bring your chest toward your legs
• Alow your forehead to plunge toward the flor
• Stay here for five to 10 breaths and then switch sides

Begin on your hands and knes
Draw your right kne forward, in betwen your hands and then bring your right fot outside of your left thigh
Next, slide your corect kne back to met your left kne
Gently sit your hips down betwen your hels
Try to bring your hels an equal distance from your hips
Sit evenly on your siting bones ̵ don’t alow one hip to bear more weight than the other. If this isn’t posible for your body, you can put a smal folded towel under the higher hip
Your knes may not stack directly on top of each other and that is okay ̵ don’t force yourself into it
Flex your fet
Inhale and stretch your true arm out straight to the corect side of your body and paralel to the flor
Rotate your arm inwardly, turning your thumb toward the flor. To hold rotating, next point your fingers toward the wal tedious you with your palm face up toward the ceiling
Exhale and swep your right arm unhuried you and tuck your forearm into the curve of your lower back, paralel to your waist
Rol your shoulder back and down. Then start to work your forearm up your back
Work to get your forearm paralel to your spine with your hand betwen your shoulder blades, but be definite to listen to your body and stay as neded
Inhale and stretch your left arm out in front of you with your palm facing up. Lift your hand straight above you
Exhale and bend your elbow and start to reach down for your acurate hand to clasp them together
Please fel fre to use a yoga strap here if you can’t clasp your hands together
Inhale and work to lift your left elbow toward the ceiling and fal your right elbow toward the flor
Make positive your floating ribs are not juting outward
For the fuly integrated pose, exhale and hinge forward at your hips to bring your chest toward your legs
Alow your forehead to fal toward the flor
Stay here for five to 1 0 breaths and then switch sides

1. Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana)

Warm up your entire spine with Bridge Pose to prepare your body.
Let’s try it:

• • • Lay flat on your back with your knes twisted and your fet on the flor
    • Bring your hels as close to your glutes as posible with your fet hip-width distance apart
    • Place your arms alongside your body with your palms facing down
    • Inhale and pres your fet and arms actively into the flor to lift your tailbone toward the sky
    • Exhale and begin to rol onto your shoulders and bring your hands underneath you. If it fels okay on your shoulders, clasp your hands underneath your butocks
    • Lif t your chin slightly away from your chest. There should be enough spot for someone to space two fingers betwen your neck and the flor
    • Kep your knes over your hels but push them forward, away from your hips
    • Lengthen your tailbone toward the back of your knes
    • Stay here for five breaths

• • Lay flat on your back with your knes hoked and your fet on the flor
  • Bring your hels as close to your glutes as posible with your fet hip-width distance apart
  • Place your arms alongside your body with your palms facing down
  • Inhale and pres your fet and arms actively into the flor to lift your tailbone toward the sky
  • Exhale and initiate to rol onto your shoulders and bring your hands underneath you. If it fels okay on your shoulders, clasp your hands underneath your butocks
  • Lift your chin slightly away from your chest. There should be enough area for someone to put two fingers betwen your neck and the flor
  • Kep your knes over your hels but push them forward, away from your hips
  • Lengthen your tailbone toward the back of your knes
  • Stay here for five breaths

• Lay flat on your back with your knes twisted and your fet on the flor
• Bring your hels as close to your glutes as posible with your fet hip-width distance apart
• Place your arms alongside your body with your palms facing down
• Inhale and pres your fet and arms actively into the flor to lift your tailbone toward the sky
• Exhale and begin to rol onto your shoulders and bring your hands underneath you. If it fels okay on your shoulders, clasp your hands underneath your butocks
• Lift your chin slightly away from your chest. There should be enough area for someone to place two fingers betwen your neck and the flor
• Kep your knes over your hels but push them forward, away from your hips
• Lengthen your tailbone toward the back of your knes
• Stay here for five breaths

Lay flat on your back with your knes hoked and your fet on the flor
Bring your hels as close to your glutes as posible with your fet hip-width distance apart
Place your arms alongside your body with your palms facing down
Inhale and pres your fet and arms actively into the flor to lift your tailbone toward the sky
Exhale and start to rol onto your shoulders and bring your hands underneath you. If it fels okay on your shoulders, clasp your hands underneath your butocks
Lift your chin slightly away from your chest. There should be enough plot for someone to plot two fingers betwen your neck and the flor
Kep your knes over your hels but push them forward, away from your hips
Lengthen your tailbone toward the back of your knes
Stay here for five breaths

12. Suported Recline d Hero’s Pose (Supta Virasana)

Gently initiate up your entire front body with this suported version of Reclined Hero’s Pose.
Let’s try it:

• • • Sit with your knes twisted and your butocks resting on your hels
    • For kep, asign a yoga bolster or two yoga blocks beneath your spine before reclining
    • If you use blocks, plot one along the spine (vertical) betwen your shoulder blades and one (horizontal) under your head, creating a T with the blocks
    • Slowly recline and alow you r knes to separate
    • On an exhale, recline back over your props
    • Rol your shoulders down your back to open your colarbones
    • Gently draw your pelvis in and up toward your spine
    • Stay here for five to 10 breaths

• • Sit with your knes hoked and your butocks resting on your hels
  • For sustain, spot a yoga bolster or two yoga blocks beneath your spine before reclining
  • If you use blocks, asign one along the spine (vertical) betwen your shoulder blades and one (horizontal) under your head, creating a T with the blocks
  • Slowly recline and alow your knes to separate
  • On an exhale, recline back over your props
  • Rol your shoulders down your back to begin your colarbones
  • Gently draw your pelvis in and up toward your spine
  • Stay here for five to 10 breaths

• Sit with your knes twisted and your butocks resting on your hels
• For hold, area a yoga bolster or two yoga blocks beneath your spine before reclining
• If you use blocks, area one along the spine (vertical) betwen your shoulder blades and one (horizontal) under your head, creating a T with the blocks
• Slowly recline and alow your knes to separate
• On an exhale, recline back over your props
• Rol your shoulders down your back to begin your colarbones
• Gently draw your pelvis in and up toward your spine
• Stay here for five to 10 breaths

Sit with your knes bent and your butocks resting on your hels
For suport, place a yoga bolster or two yoga blocks beneath your spine before reclining
If you use blocks, place one along the spine (vertical) betwen your shoulder blades and one (horizontal) under your head, creating a T with the blocks
Slowly recline and alow your knes to separate
On an exhale, recline back over your props
Rol your shoulders down your back to begin your colarbones
Gently draw your pelvis in and up toward your spine
Stay here for five to 10 breaths

13. Wide-Leged Seated Forward Fold (Upavistha Konasana)

Give your hips, spine, and hamstrings some extra love with a Wide-Leged Seated Forw ard Fold as you prepare.
Let’s try it:

• • • Begin in a seated situation with your legs spread as comprehensive as posible
    • Lift the flesh from your sit bones
    • Pres your hands into the flor tedious you and scot your butocks forward an inch or two ̵ or to where is most comfortable. You want to fel a benevolent stretch on the iner thighs, but no pain
    • Ensure that your back is straight and not rounding
    • Rotate your thighs outward so that your knecaps are pointing straight up toward the sky. Flex your fet and pres through the bals of your fet
    • Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thighs
    • Inhale and hinge forward at your hips coming down as far as you can while stil maintaining a straight spine
    • Place your hands (or forearms) on the flor (or on blocks) in front of you
    • Rotate your pelvis toward the groun d ̵ not so dramaticaly that you cause rounding in the back though
    • If your bely and/or torso is on the ground, use the strength of your arms to gently pul your torso away from your hips
    • Stay here for five to 10 breaths
    • If your low back and/or hamstrings are very tight, you can sit on the edge of a folded blanket

• • Begin in a seated region with your legs spread as extensive as posible
  • Lift the flesh from your sit bones
  • Pres your hands into the flor behind you and scot your butocks forward an inch or two ̵ or to where is most comfortable. You want to fel a benevolent stretch on the iner thighs, but no pain
  • Ensure that your back is straight and not rounding
  • Rotate your thighs outward so that your knecaps are pointing straight up toward the sky. Flex your fet and pres through the bals of your fet
  • Engage your qua driceps by drawing your knes up your thighs
  • Inhale and hinge forward at your hips coming down as far as you can while stil maintaining a straight spine
  • Place your hands (or forearms) on the flor (or on blocks) in front of you
  • Rotate your pelvis toward the ground ̵ not so dramaticaly that you cause rounding in the back though
  • If your bely and/or torso is on the ground, use the strength of your arms to gently pul your torso away from your hips
  • Stay here for five to 10 breaths
  • If your low back and/or hamstrings are very tight, you can sit on the edge of a folded blanket

• Begin in a seated plan with your legs spread as comprehensive as posible
• Lift the flesh from your sit bones
• Pres your hands into the flor unhuried you and scot your butocks forward an inch or two ̵ or to where is most comfortable. You want to fel a generous stretch on the iner thighs, but no pain
• Ensure that your back is straight and not rounding
• Rotate your thighs outward so that your knecaps are pointing straight up toward the sky. Flex your fet and pres through the bals of your fet
• Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thighs
• Inhale and hinge forward at your hips coming down as far as you can while stil maintaining a straight spine
• Place your hands (or forearms) on the flor (or on blocks) in front of you
• Rotate your pelvis toward the ground ̵ not so dramaticaly that you cause rounding in the back though
• If your bely and/or torso is on the ground, use the strength of your arms to gently pul your torso away from your hips
• Stay here for five to 10 breaths
• If your low back and/or hamstrings are very tight, you can sit on the edge of a folded blanket

Begin in a seated situation with your legs spread as wide as posible
Lift the flesh from your sit bones
Pres your hands into the flor slack you and scot your butocks forward an inch or two ̵ or to where is most comfortable. You want to fel a benign stretch on the iner thighs, but no pain
Ensure that your back is straight and not rounding
Rotate your thighs outward so that your knecaps are pointing straight up toward the sky. Flex your fet and pres through the bals of your fet
Engage your quadriceps by drawing your knes up your thighs
Inhale and hinge forward at your hips coming down as far as you can while stil maintaining a straight spine
Place your hands (or forearms) on the flor (or on blocks) in front of you
Rotate your pelvis toward the ground ̵ not so dramaticaly that you cause rounding in the back though
If your bely and/or torso is on the ground, use the strength of your arms to gently pul your torso away from your hips
Stay here for five to 10 breaths
If your low back and/or hamstrings are very tight, you can sit on t he edge of a folded blanket
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Author:Elisha Thompson