Prone Poses

A prone pose is a posture when lying on stomach, or when the torso is facing the floor. Examples include frog pose, bow pose and locust.

Frog pose in April 18th 2021. Today is one of my favorite poses, the Frog pose or Mandukasana. When fully warmed up, this hip opener feels wonderful to stay in for a while.
Frog pose (Mandukasana)
Bow Pose in January 17th 2022. My favorite memory from last year was when I visited Gotland with my brother, sister and aunt in the summer. We saw limestone rauks (stacks), beautiful sunsets a
Bow Pose (Dhanurasana)
Chaturanga in June 13th 2023. My choice for outdoor Plankpose is wallchaturanga. Unlike regular wallplank, very little weight is exerted on the wall, so pretty much anything works as a wall in
Chaturanga (Chaturanga Dandasana)
Puppy pose in June 22nd 2020. Yeah, I'm in here!
Puppy pose (Uttana Shishosana)
Upwardfacing dog in July 26th 2023. One pose that feels like a wave to me is Upwardfacingdog or Urdhva Mukha Svanasana. I make a variation with lifted leg in the second slide
Upwardfacing dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana)
Cobra pose in August 25th 2023. “All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.”
Cobra pose (Bhujangasana)
Rabbit pose in February 24th 2019. I bring a Sasankasana or Rabbitpose in Teide National Park, Tenerife. I haven't practiced this before, and I think it's an interesting alternative to chi
Rabbit pose (Sasankasana)
Locust pose in June 20th 2022. Locust pose or Salabhasana is an important prone pose to practice often for a healthy back.
Locust pose (Salabhasana)
Sphinx pose (Bhujangasana)
Seal pose in July 30th 2023. Today's pose is Sealpose.
Seal pose
Gherandasana in December 18th 2017. It's the first time I practice any type of Pose Dedicatedto Sage Gheranda or Gherandasana.
Gherandasana (Pose Dedicated to Sage Gheranda)
Twisted Prone Pretzel in November 6th 2017. This is my first Twisted Prone Pretzel, so I had to check different posts how it is made. By then, I did also find that I like shots from above best, so I rigged my tripod at maximum altitude and pointed downwa
Twisted Prone Pretzel
Fallen dancer pose with strap support
Fallen Dancer (Supta Natarajasana)
Thread the needle in November 17th 2018.
Thread the needle (Parsva Balasana)
Bhekasana in June 18th 2020. Bhekasana should not be confused with Mandukasana, another pose which is known as Frog pose.
Bhekasana (Frog pose)