Seated Forward Bend

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Instructions

  • Sit on the floor with the legs outstretched, feet together and hands on the knees.

  • Slowly bend forward from the hips, sliding your hands down your legs.

  • Try to touch the knees with the forehead.

  • Hold the position for as long as is comfortable.

  • Slowly return to the starting position.

Modifications

  • Sit up on a folded blanket.

  • Hold a strap around the feet.

  • Place a rolled up blanket under the knees.

Contraindications

  • Slipped disc

  • Sciatica

  • Hernia

Type of pose

  • Seated

Parts of Body Benefited

  • Hamstrings

  • Hip joints

  • Liver

  • Pancreas

  • Spleen

  • Urogenital system

  • Kidneys

  • Adrenal glands

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