Chaturanga Dandasana
A pose, a mirror and an experience often missed.

“Chaturanga Dandasna”!  We hear it called over and over again in a vinyasa flow practice. What is it that we need to know about this pose that rolls off of the tongue, often with vigor?!

In sanskrit, Chaturanga Dandasana translates to “four(Chatur) limb(anga) staff (Danda) pose (asana). Often mistaken to mean high and low plank pose encompassed in the one cue “Chaturanga”, it is actually low plank pose. High plank, or kumbhakas…