Dragonfly {Straddle}
Featuring Susan
Graduated from Root to Rise Teacher Training Spring 2024
Feel the sweet release of folding inward in Dragonfly, also known as Straddle pose. Take your time as you ease your way in, feeling the irresistible sensations that come along the way!
Benefits
Opens the hips, groin, and the back of thighs
Provides a gentle opening to inner knees
Stimulates the ovaries
benefits from YinYoga.com
Directions
From Caterpillar (sit on a folded blanket and extend your legs out in front of you), separate your legs to form a v shape until you feel a mild sensation in your inner thighs
Extend your palms out in front of you on your mat, blocks, blanket or bolster and fold forward
Stay for 3-5 breaths
Modifications
For One legged Dragonfly bend one knee and place you foot on your inner thigh and then start to reach your hands in front of you and fold forward and/or add a twist or side bend
Variations
Take your Dragonfly to the wall place your legs and sit bones as close to the wall as you can (using a bolder behind your legs if you need extra support
Practice our pose of the month with us in your next Studio or Virtual class.
