Supta Virasana - Sleeping Hero's Pose

This is an excellent restorative yoga posture that can be of great benefit to your back-bends and can also help heal minor aches and pains in the knees. With time and practice, this restorative posture can very easily become a resting pose that can deeply renew and rejuvenate the entire body.

Some Tips:

• As a beginner, you might find your thighs sliding apart in this pose. To avoid this, use a strap to bind your thighs so that they remain inline with the hips.

• Make sure that while you get into the pose, you do not feel any sharp twisting sensations in your knees.

• Keep the lower lumbar spin lengthening

• Only stay in the posture for as long as you comfortably can and come out at any time, standing right up and allowing the blood to flush out the knees and ankles.

SOme Benefits:

✨ Improved digestion

✨Strengthens the arches in the feet

✨Stretches your quadriceps and psoas

✨Can help relieve sciatica

✨Helps to reduce sleeping disorders

✨Relieves respiratory ailments

✨Can help to reduce high blood pressure

✨Relieves menstrual pain

✨Stretches your ankles and your abdominal muscles

✨Releases tendons, ligaments, and many smaller muscles in the knees

✨Increases circulation in the knees and brings healing

A point of caution to keep in mind before you do this asana:

• Avoid this posture if you have a serious knee, back, or ankle problems that feel aggravated while in this pose

• Be sure to come out of the posture and stand right up each time before going back into it

Now it’s your turn…

Do you love or dislike this posture? Have you ever practiced it regularly? Give it a try and let me know how you feel in the comments below!