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Benefits:
- Improves circulation and increases energy
- Stretches the groins, knees, and thighs
- Reduces pain from sciatica and menstruation
- Helps to alleviate mild depression and anxiety
- Aids in the reduction of menopause symptoms
- May ease childbirth when practiced throughout pregnancy
- Provides therapeutic benefits for high blood pressure, flat feet, asthma, and infertility
Practicing Bound Angle Pose:
- To prepare for this pose, practice hero pose, tree pose, and reclining hand-to-big-toe pose
- If you have a knee or groin injury, practice this pose with blankets folded under the outer thighs
- Begin in a seated position with your legs extending straight in front of you
- Exhaling, bend your knees and bring your heels towards your pelvis before relaxing your knees to your sides towards the ground
- Press your soles towards one another to create resistance
- Keeping your outer feet on the ground, bring your feet towards your pelvis
- Grasp your feet, ankles, or shins based on your level of comfort
- Lengthen your torso extending the top of your head towards the sky
- Optional: On your exhale, bending from the hip joints, bring your torso forward towards your feet
- Remain in this pose for up to 5 minutes
- To move out of this pose, inhale as you lift your knees towards the sky and extend the legs out in front of you
- Follow up with forward bends, seated twists, and/or standing poses
