Baddha Konasana Tutorial - Iyengar Yoga for Beginners

Baddha Konasana Tutorial - 5 Top Tips for Improving Bound Angle Pose. Iyengar Yoga for Beginners.

Baddha Konasana, or Bound Angle Pose/Cobblers Pose/Butterfly Pose as it is otherwise known, can present real problems for those of us with stiff hips. However, this is a pose which, when practiced regularly, can really help to increase hip flexibility. It externally rotates the femur bones in the hip joint, and stretches the muscles around the hip capsule. Yoga with Lin and Leo give 5 Top Tips for getting a better action in Baddha Konasana for those who find that practicing the classic pose does not seem to be moving the pose on in the way you were hoping. You will need four foam pads, a yoga blanket, a yoga belt and a chair. You can always use alternatives like folded towels or blankets and a piece of cord if you don't have any yoga equipment. Check out our video on Yoga Kit:
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Lin and Leo teach Iyengar Yoga at the Maidstone Yoga Centre to both beginners and more advanced students and are familiar with the problems of hip pain and other musculo skeletal problems that students bring to classes.

Yoga can help with physical problems like back pain, frozen shoulder, headaches and period pains, but in yoga practice we look to integrate body and mind. In the modern world, many of us are beset by stress and anxiety and getting the work life balance correct is often difficult. By creating a sense of mindfulness in our yoga practice, the elusive benefits of meditation - the reduction of muscle tension and stiffness as well as control of feelings of depression and anxiety - can often be reduced. By stretching and strengthening the body, and stabilising the breath, a sense of calm and confidence can result.

"The aim of yoga is to calm the chaos of conflicting impulses." B K S Iyengar.


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