Pose Breakdown: Bow Pose
The archer-inspired Bow Pose will leave you feeling strong in the body and open in the heart. It’s the perfect remedy to a day of sitting hunched over at your desk as it deeply stretches your back muscles. Classified as an intermediate yoga pose, it does require some flexibility as well as control to slowly release it. If you need to modify Bow Pose, you can use yoga straps around your ankles to bring your legs and arms closer together.
Learn how to do Bow Pose (Dhanurasana) with our step-by-step video tutorial from Briohny Smyth. You’ll learn the proper alignment and technique to help you safely move into Bow Pose.
HERE ARE SOME HEALTH BENEFITS OF Bow Pose
Stretches your front body and hip flexors
Builds strength in your back muscles
Opens your chest and shoulders
Massages the digestive organs
Improves posture
Promotes deep, restorative breathing
How to do Bow Pose
1.
Come down to your belly on your mat and extend your legs behind you.
2.
Bring your forehead down with your hands next to your hips.
3.
Bend your knees and reach back with your hands to grab the outsides of your ankles.
4.
Squeeze your inner thighs together.
5.
Press your shins back to lift your shoulders up.
6.
Allowing your arms to straighten, use the power of your legs to press back even more and now lift your knees off the ground, opening your shoulders and gazing forward.
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