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Agnistambhasana
ahg-nee-stahm-BHAH-sah-nah
Stretches hips and groin
Improves circulation to abdominal and pelvic organs
Releases negative emotions
How to perform Fire Log
- Begin sitting. Bend your knees and place your feet flat on the floor.
- Slide your left foot under your right leg and bring the heel near the right buttock. (Depending on your flexibility, try to bring the shin parallel to the front of your mat.) Release your left knee toward the floor.
- Stack your right leg on top of the left. The right ankle should be just beyond the left knee. Flex your feet. Rest your fingertips by your sides.
- Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths.
- Carefully straighten your legs and change sides.
Alignment cues
- Flex feet
- Position top foot just beyond bottom knee
- Lengthen spine
- Try to bring shins parallel
Avoid this pose if you have a knee or ankle injury.
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Fire Log (Agnistambhasana in Sanskrit) is a beginner yoga pose that belongs to the hip openers and seated categories. This asana targets glutes & hip flexors, and also involves knees and quadriceps muscles. Fire log improves circulation to abdominal and pelvic organs; stretches hips and groin and also releases negative emotions. Refer to the illustration and instructions above for how to perform this posture correctly. Discover more yoga asanas and yogic breathing exercises in our free yoga pose directory – a visual resource for yoga teacher training students as well as practitioners of all levels. Finally, shop our best-selling Yoga Cards products!
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