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Pindasana
Embryo pose
Embryo pose. From upward lotus, the knees drawn toward the chest and embraced.
Awaiting subject reviewWritten from our source material and not yet checked by a teacher of this practice. Read it as reference, and learn the practice from someone who teaches it.
- Meaning
- pinda = embryo, asana = seat or posture
- Family
- Inversion
- Level
- Advanced
- Gaze
- Nose
Take care
Needs an easy lotus and a steady shoulderstand. Learn it with a teacher.
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Find a teacherHow it is done
- 1
Breathe out
From Urdhva Padmasana, lower the lotus toward the chest.
- 2
Breathe freely
Wrap the arms round the legs and hold the hands. Stay for eight breaths.
Holding it
Around eight breaths.
Making it easier
Hug the crossed shins in Karnapidasana instead.
What the tradition says it does
- Deeply flexes the spine and hips
Variations
Sources and tradition
- YOG Union App Content Map, 2 November 2026, p. 4