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Supta Baddha Konasana is a reclined bound angle, and it's a restorative pose. So, we'll
begin ourself in Konasana, but we're not going to worry ourselves with alignment, and working
the muscles here; we want to restore. So we're just going to begin in Konasana, and then
find your bolster, or blankets, and then just lie yourself back, so that you're beginning
to open your chest, you're beginning to open the inner groins, and you're creating space
in your lungs, stretching the intercostal muscles in the lungs, which is going to allow
for deeper breathing. You're going to have some issues here with your knees, and your
lower back. So if, in this pose, as you begin to lay here, and the muscles begin to relax,
and start to stretch your inner groin, that's oftentimes becomes uncomfortable. You're going
to take your blocks to support your knees. Now, if this pose bothers your lower back,
your sacrum, you're going to cross your ankles, so that you bring your legs in, and still
use your blocks. The other issue that you're going to have be able to play with is just
where this bolster goes. You can have it lying against your back, and you can have it away
from your back. The point is that you need to be comfortable in the pose, so that when
you lie back into the pose you go, not discomfort.