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How To Do Frog Pose
Here, Sealy explains how to do frog pose using good form.
He recommends using your mat or a blanket for extra padding under your knees.
Start in a tabletop position.
Take slow, deep breaths.
Begin to widen your knees towards the edges of your mat.
Keep your knees bent 90 degrees.
Keep the insides of your foot, ankles, and knees down on the mat.
As you exhale, slowly lower onto your forearms.
Keep your arms shoulder-width apart and your shoulders stacked over your elbows.
Engage your core and lengthen through your spine.
Continue to sink your hips closer to your mat.
Feel a stretch in your hips and groin.
Bring your feet together and stretch your arms forward into achilds pose.
For beginner stretchers, he recommends starting with the less-intensehalf-frog poseas a way to ease in.
To try a half-frog, lie on your stomach and place your forearms in front of you forsphinx pose.
Let your legs stretch straight back behind you.
Youll feel a nicestretch in your hips.
Take deep breaths as you go and only try it if it feels right.
This is when the ego takes over, Sealy says.
Like any pose, you have to listen to your body and never force a posture.
Studies referenced:
Chang, DG.
(2016).Yoga as a treatment for chronic low back pain: A systematic review of the literature.
PMID: 27231715; PMCID: PMC4878447.
Source:
Andrew Sealy, yoga instructor withISSA Yoga & Wellness Academy
This article was originally published onAug.
