Vinyala

Pose sheet

Bulb Pose

Kandāsanaकन्दासन

Sit upright, open your knees, and hold both feet lifted against your torso.

Open this pose in the 3D body

Steps

Support

Both sitting bones and knees; feet lifted.

Enter

  1. Sit with your legs extended in front of you.
  2. Bend your knees, widen your thighs, bringing heels toward your perineum.
  3. Hold each foot with the hand on the same side.
  4. Invert your feet and lift them toward your torso without jerking.
  5. Bring heels and outer foot edges toward your abdomen and chest.

Hold

  1. Keep your torso upright without rounding your back.
  2. Keep your knees open and grounded without pushing them down.
  3. Continue holding your feet with both hands.

Exit

  1. Guide your feet to the floor with both hands.
  2. Rest with your feet on the floor.
Breathing
Deep breathing in the variation with hands released.
Duration
About 30 seconds in the variation with hands released.

Adapt

Adaptations

  • Alternative: raised Bound AngleIn Baddha Koṇāsana, sit on a folded blanket.
  • Alternative: Bound Angle PoseKeep your feet grounded in Baddha Koṇāsana.
  • Alternative: supported Bound AngleIn Baddha Koṇāsana, place blocks under your knees.

Variations

  • Straight arms, palms up on knees; or prayer at chest.
  • Join your palms above your head.
  • Bring your palms together behind your back.

Signals of effort

  • Very deep external rotation of both hips.
  • Deep flexion of both knees.
  • Inversion of both feet, lifted toward your torso.