Janu Sirsasana Variations. This pose gifts a deep vivid stretch to the side body paired with loving and heart opening movement. It involves stretching the neck shoulders spine hamstrings abdominal muscles and groins.
Seated head to knee pose. Sit with the legs outstretched in front of you staff pose dandasana. Bend your right knee and place the right foot against the left inner thigh relaxing the knee down.
The western name for janu sirsasana is head to knee pose.
As students have varying abilities a given yoga pose may be easy for a particular student but hard for another. One hand on knee variation keeping the right knee bent the left hand rests on the right knee. This pose gifts a deep vivid stretch to the side body paired with loving and heart opening movement. Parivrtta janu sirsasana is a twisted variation of janu sirsasana where the spine is bent forward at the same time stretching and twisting sideways.
