How to Do the Yoga Reclining Hero Pose With a Strap

The reclining hero pose is an intermediate yoga pose that requires great flexibility in the legs and hips. While you shouldn't perform this pose if you feel pain or discomfort in your knees, avoiding the common mistake of opening the thighs can help to protect your knees. A yoga strap will help you avoid this problem.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Rest on your knees in a comfortable position with your knees opened to hip width. Secure a yoga strap around your mid thigh with the loose end facing forward. Open your feet a bit wider than your hips and then sit your tailbone onto the ground between your feet.

2. Inhale deeply, lengthening through the spine and then exhale as you lean back slightly. Place your hands on the floor at your sides with fingers facing forward and use them to support your body as you lower. Gradually drop onto your elbows and then lift your hands, placing them on the back of your hips for support.

3. Continue lowering yourself down until you are in a supine position. Move your hands to rest on your lower ribs and notice how the yoga strap allows you to relax your legs, hips and groin without rising opening the thighs and compromising the posture.

4. Lift your knees slightly if the groin stretch becomes too intense. Hold the pose for at least 30 seconds, slowly working your way up to 5 minutes. When ready, press your forearms into the floor and lift yourself up onto your hands to return to a kneeling position.

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