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Supta Konasana
Reclining angle pose
Reclining angle pose. Rolling back with the legs wide overhead, toes held.
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
- supta = reclined, kona = angle, asana = seat or posture
- Family
- Inversion
- Level
- Advanced
- Gaze
- Nose
Take care
Weight rests on the shoulders, never the neck. Learn this with a teacher, and avoid it with neck injury, high blood pressure or in pregnancy.
Learn this with a teacher
This page is for reading. The practice itself should be learned in person from someone who teaches it, so there are no practice controls here.
Find a teacherHow it is done
- 1
Breathe out
Lie on the back and roll the legs overhead, feet wide, holding the big toes.
- 2
Breathe freely
Stay for five breaths. In the Ashtanga count you then roll up to balance and lower the legs with control.
Holding it
Five breaths.
Making it easier
Keep the feet on blocks overhead, or leave this out.
What the tradition says it does
- Stretches the hamstrings and the back
To prepare
Sources and tradition
- YOG Union App Content Map, 2 November 2026, p. 4
- Ashtanga Primary Series as commonly taught in the Mysore style; sequence order and counts await subject review