SUPTBADHA KONASANA
Method of Practice
- Lie comfortably on your back on a yoga mat or a firm bed.
- Bend your knees and bring the soles of your feet together, drawing them as close to your pelvis as is comfortable.
- Allow your knees to gently fall outward to the sides, forming a diamond shape with your legs.
- Extend your arms comfortably by your sides with your palms facing upward.
- Close your eyes and breathe slowly and deeply.
- Remain in this position for a comfortable duration, then slowly return to the starting position.
- Repeat a few times, according to your comfort.
Benefits of Supta Baddha Konasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose)
- Deeply relaxes the nervous system.
- Helps relieve lower back pain, sciatica, and menstrual cramps.
- Improves blood circulation throughout the body.
- Calms the mind, relieves fatigue, and promotes deep, restful sleep.
- Improves digestion and enhances lung capacity.
- Particularly beneficial for PCOS/PCOD, menstrual pain and cramps, menopausal symptoms, stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
- Also serves as a supportive practice for high blood pressure, digestive disorders, fatigue, and headaches.
Contraindications
If you have a severe knee or hip injury, significant hip pain, or sciatica, practice this pose only under the guidance of a qualified physician or yoga expert.
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