Yin Yoga’s Reclining Twist Pose is a supine twisting posture by which you lie in your again and let your knees fall to 1 aspect whereas your higher physique stays open.
This pose is also referred to as the Supine Spinal Twist. In Sanskrit, you may even see it known as Supta Matsyendrasana or Jathara Parivartanasana, relying on the Yoga custom and the particular variation.
In Yin Yoga, Reclining Twist is often practiced slowly and with help. Somewhat than utilizing muscular effort to twist deeply, you enable gravity, time, and breath to melt the physique into the form.
The pose primarily targets the backbone, decrease again, outer hips, ribs, chest, and stomach. It typically suits nicely close to the top of a Yin Yoga sequence, particularly after hip openers, ahead folds, or backbends.
A typical variation is Twisted Roots Pose, by which the knees are crossed as in Eagle Pose (Garudasana). Crossing the knees creates a stronger stretch via the outer hips, glutes, and decrease again.