Sleeping Vishnu PoseSave PDF
Anantasana
ah-nahn-TAH-suh-nuh
Stretches hamstrings and inner thighs
Stimulates reproductive and urinary organs
Develops balance and mental steadiness
How to perform Sleeping Vishnu Pose
- Lie on your right side. Extend your right arm along the floor and rest your head on your upper arm.
- Bend your left knee and grasp your left big toe with your left fingers, using the thumb and first two fingers.
- Straighten the leg upward if possible.
- Keep your spine long and your gaze steady. Balance your body using your core and grounded right leg.
- Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths.
- Release the leg with an exhale. Roll onto your back, then change sides.
Alignment cues
- Stack hips and shoulders · Flex supporting foot · Engage core for balance · Keep top leg extended and active · Gaze softly forward or up
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Sleeping Vishnu Pose (Anantasana in Sanskrit) is a yoga pose that belongs to the balancing and hip openers and supine categories. This asana targets glutes & hip flexors, and also involves hamstrings muscles. Sleeping vishnu pose stimulates reproductive and urinary organs; stretches hamstrings and inner thighs and also develops balance and mental steadiness. 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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