Technique
- From a seated position with legs in front of you, bring your legs into Lotus, right leg first.
- Lay down and use your hands on your back to lift the lotus, sit bones up.
- Take the hands on your knees and balance.
Form tips
- Take the chin away from the chest to put weight on the back of the head rather than on your neck.
- If you cannot balance with hands on the knees, keep them on your back.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.
Muscles
Flexibility
Primary
- Glutes
Secondary
- Pelvis
- Hamstrings
- Neck
Equipment
Appears in
Flexibility
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Progressions
Primary series finishing sequence 1
Elite
View Similar Exercises
View Similar Exercises
Lotus L-sit
Intermediate
Pigeon pose
Intermediate
Lotus
Intermediate
Sitting bound half lotus fold
Intermediate
Foot-elevated vertical frog
Intermediate
Want to log this exercise? Open it in Calistree. Text and images are used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; the video plays from the original source.