Yoga Sitting Poses

Hi Everyone,

Here a sequence of sitting poses to do following this video of yoga standing poses or alternatively after warming up with some sun salutations. This way you can extend your practice time.

Sitting poses can be among the hardest for most people. Traditionally you do yoga to help you learn how to sit. Sitting properly, without effort, so you can be still and meditate. When you try to meditate in a sitting position and your back hurts, hips are stiff, etc, that is all that you can focus on, and its not beneficial.

Doing yoga, opening and loosening your body so that you can sit effortlessly makes a huge difference for your meditation practice. As well as from a physical perspective this little routine stretches the back of the body, opens your hips and works on your core strength. Also, if you repeat this for a week or so you will notice a difference, which is always nice for the motivation!

Keep practicing !!!

The poses I demonstrate in this sequence are:

Staff pose / Dandasana

Seated forward bend / Paschimottanasana

Reversed plank pose or inclined plane pose/ Purvottanasana

Boat pose / Navasana

Cobbler pose or butterfly pose/ baddha konasana

Seated wide angle pose / Upavishta konasana


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4 Comments

  • Hi, Esther. Thank you for uploading the clip. It’s really nice and help me a lot!
    But I can’t do the sitting pose as i can’t stretch my legs in such wide angle. I feel the painful of the joints everytime i do the sitting pose.

    Comment by Coco Sep 03, 08, 10:20 am

  • Hi Esther! I just love your videos, every single one of them :)
    You make everything look so easy, which is really not :). At this sequence, unfortunately, I just can’t stretch my legs that much.. it hurts sooo much..
    And I really wanna do it :(
    I should practice harder and more often probably…

    Comment by Svetla Sep 05, 08, 5:42 pm

  • Dear Svetla and Coco,
    Glad you enjoy my video’s , thats great to hear!
    About the sitting poses, definitely sit on a folded blanket or a sturdy pillow if you have difficulty straightening the legs. As well keeping your legs a little bend at the knees (maybe placing something underneath the knees) is ok if the back of your legs hurt too much, over time you might not need that any more. And of course practicing a lot helps!
    Good luck,
    Esther

    Comment by yogatic! Sep 06, 08, 12:13 pm

  • hi esther..
    iam very glad to see your attractive
    videos ‘”,,,,,,,,,,,,,…..
    can you advise about good yoga book?

    thanks…
    with love

    Comment by wahib Jul 07, 09, 7:14 am



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