Bound Angle Pose

Reclining Bound Angle Pose
Supta Baddha Konasana
(SOUP-tah BAH-dah cone-NAHS-anna) supta = lying down, reclining baddha = bound kona = angle ...

Cobblers or Bound Angle Pose
(Ashtanga Sequence)
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Bound Angle Pose - aka: butterfly stretch
Gomukhasana
Cow Face Posture - one leg over the other to stretch the hips ...

Bound Angle Pose, also called Cobbler's Pose after the typical sitting position of Indian cobblers, is an excellent groin- and hip-opener.

Reclining bound angle pose (supta baddha konasana)
Sit on the floor and lay a bolster or long pillow lengthwise (parallel to your spine) behind you.

Baddha Konasana Bound angle pose
Sit against wall. Press feet into each other, heels close to groins. Shoulder blades pressed flat into wall & downward to arch lower back. Tilting pelvis slightly. Draw outer thigh muscles towards knees.

Baddha Konasana Shirshasana (Bound Angle Pose in Headstand)[15]
Eka Pada Shirshasana (Single Leg Headstand)[16]
Mukta Hasta Shirshasana (Free Hands Headstand)[17]
Parivrttaikapada Shirshasana (Single Leg Revolved Headstand)[18] ...

Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose)
Dandasana (Staff Pose)
Navasana (Boat Pose)
Salabhasana (Locust Pose)
Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)
Sethu Bandha Sarvangasana (Supported Bridge Pose)
Sukhasana (Easy Pose) ...

  The name Baddhakonasana means "bound angle pose," but what "angle" is "bound?

The following poses are known to be especially calming: child, shavasana, crocodile, supine bound angle pose, seated forward bend, and seated head to knee.

Baddha Konasana (bound angle pose)
5. Janu Sirasana (one leg seated forward bend)
6. Parivrtta Janu Sirasana (revolved head to knee pose)
7. Ardha Baddha Padma Pascimottanasana (bound half lotus forward bend)
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See also: Bound Angle, Asana, Yoga, Baddha Konasana, Stretch