Crow Pose – Bakasana: How to Make It Easy

Crow pose or bakasana, is the classic and basic arm balance. It seems harder than it actually is. Doron has helped countless people into their first crow pose, and many times it was just a matter of understanding the technique and getting over the initial fear.

How to come into Bakasana

• Come into squat pose. Place your hands on the mat, shoulder width apart.
• Keep bending your elbows, rotating the arms externally to take elbows closer to each others.
• Activate your shoulders, to prevent collapsing.
• Keep reaching the chest and gaze forward as you place your knees as high as possible on the upper arms.
• Start lifting the hips up, shifting weight on arms.
• You can lift up one leg at a time.
• Eventually your legs will be lifted up automatically, as you shift shift the weight forward by moving the hips.
• Keep the gaze and chest reaching forward all the time to prevent rolling over!

This video will help you understand the physics of bakasana so you can do it easily. It’s not about being super strong, just knowing how to move your hips and chest. As for the fear part, put a big fat pillow in front of you just in case.

Crow Pose – Bakasana

Share the Balance

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Further reading

How many asanas are there? Want to know about more of them? 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses is a catalog of yoga poses and modifications. The most complete collection of yoga asanas ever photographed, and the first-ever to categorize an astonishing 2,100 yoga poses.

Blissful Living, 

Doron