Lying butterfly stretch (Reclined bound angle pose, Supta Baddha Konasana)

Technique

1. Lie flat on your back on a level surface.
2. Bend your knees and bring the soles of your feet together.
3. Allow your knees to fall outward toward the floor, opening the hips.

Form tips

1. Try to keep your lower back in contact with the floor.
2. Relax the inner thigh muscles to allow gravity to pull the knees down.

Similar Exercises

• Block-support pigeon
• Frog stretch
• Diamond frog
• Bent-leg pigeon
• Pigeon pose

Equipment

• Ground (hands or body)