Beginner exercise

Staff Pose

Also called Dandasana

  • Mobility
  • Stability
  • Range Of Motion And Yoga

Technique

How to perform Staff Pose

  1. Sit with both legs extended in front of you and the feet relaxed or gently drawn back.
  2. Place your hands beside the hips and lengthen your torso upward, using a folded towel beneath the pelvis if your back rounds markedly.
  3. Keep the knees soft enough to sit comfortably and breathe without straining.
  4. Bend the knees to release.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Biceps Femoris0.5Mobility Target
Erector Spinae0.5Stabilizer
Semimembranosus0.5Mobility Target
Semitendinosus0.5Mobility Target
Rectus Femoris0.4Stabilizer
Vastus Lateralis0.4Stabilizer
Vastus Medialis0.4Stabilizer