{"id":5081,"date":"2022-07-28T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/?p=5081"},"modified":"2024-08-26T08:45:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T12:45:36","slug":"how-to-do-anjaneyasana-low-lunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/pose-tutorials\/how-to-do-anjaneyasana-low-lunge\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do Low Lunge (Anjaneyasana)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to learn how to do <a href=\"https:\/\/omstars.com\/journey-to-handstand\/class-28stretchingrest-anjaneyasana\">Anjaneyasana<\/a>? Low lunge or crescent moon lunge is a great way to release the front of the hips and give a good stretch to your quads. This makes the posture great to practice if you are learning how to do front splits. It&#8217;s also excellent for opening up your hips after you&#8217;ve been sitting all day. The posture is one that you&#8217;ll come across often in yoga sequences, so whether or not you want to get into a front split eventually, it is still a good pose to be familiar with.<\/p>\n<p>Before we look at how to do the pose, let&#8217;s find out the benefits and the contraindications.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of anjaneyasana<\/h2>\n<p>Here are just some of the benefits of crescent lunge pose.<\/p>\n<p>Releases the hips<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opens the chest<\/li>\n<li>Stretches quads and hamstrings<\/li>\n<li>Stretches and strengthens core muscles<\/li>\n<li>Heart opening<\/li>\n<li>Strengthens the legs<\/li>\n<li>Stretches the shoulders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contraindications for anjaneyasana<\/h2>\n<p>There are some contraindications for crescent lunge. If you have these conditions, you should avoid the pose.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knee injury<\/li>\n<li>Hip injury<\/li>\n<li>Groin injury<\/li>\n<li>Low back problems<\/li>\n<li>High blood pressure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to do anjaneyasana<\/h2>\n<p>Starting from <a href=\"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/yoga-pose-tutorials\/how-to-do-adho-mukha-shvanasana-downward-facing-dog\/\">downward facing dog<\/a>, step your right foot forward between your hands.<\/p>\n<p>Place the sole of your foot on the floor between your hands and bend your right knee to a 90 degree angle. Stack the knee over the ankle, so you&#8217;re in a runner&#8217;s lunge.<\/p>\n<p>Place the back knee on the ground with the foot pointing behind you.<\/p>\n<p>Square your hips and engage your core as you raise your torso up along the centerline of your body.<\/p>\n<p>Bring your hands together overhead and look up at the thumbs.<\/p>\n<p>Your legs and core should remain active in the pose. Your shoulders are down the back, and your ribcage is lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Stay here for 5 breaths before slowly coming out of the pose and repeating it on the other side.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video with Adrian for more tips about how to do anjaneyasana.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ny8GfYWupUk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you looking for more guidance on your yoga journey? Sign up for Omstars to get access to thousands of yoga classes in the comfort of your own home.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/omstars.com\/subscribe\/\">Click here to start your subscription.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to learn how to do Anjaneyasana? Low lunge or crescent moon lunge is a great way to release the front of the hips and give a good stretch to your quads. This makes the posture great to practice if you are learning how to do front splits. It&#8217;s also excellent for opening &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1454],"tags":[1404,1405,1352,359,1256,1221],"class_list":["post-5081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pose-tutorials","tag-anjaneyasana","tag-low-lunge","tag-yoga-how-to","tag-yoga-pose-tips","tag-yoga-pose-tutorial","tag-yoga-pose-tutorials"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/How-to-do-Anjaneyasana.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5081"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6128,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5081\/revisions\/6128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omstars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}