Wide-Angle Seated Forward Fold

You Should Feel

Stretch through your inner thighs and hamstrings. Length through your spine. Grounding through your sitting bones.

How to Get Into the Pose

• 1Sit with legs extended wide to sides (not so wide you lose alignment)
• 2Flex feet, toes point up
• 3Sit tall, hands on ground in front of you
• 4Walk hands forward, folding from hips
• 5Keep spine long—avoid rounding to get lower
• 6Option to fold toward center or toward each leg individually

Modifications

• •If hamstrings are tight: Sit on a blanket, bend knees slightly, bring legs closer together
• •If low back rounds: Sit on more height, stay more upright, place hands on blocks
• •If uncomfortable: Take legs less wide
• •To deepen: Walk hands farther forward, bring chest and belly toward ground