How to do Eight-Angle Pose | Astavakrasana Tutorial with Briohny Smyth

Looking for a strength and balance challenge? Eight-Angle pose is a fun advanced arm balance to learn to master.

Here are some health benefits of Eight-Angle Pose:
- Tones your core
- Improves balance and focus
- Strengthens upper body and wrists

How to do Eight-Angle Pose:
1. Send one leg out in front of you with the other leg bent.
2. Lift your bent leg up and cross your opposite-side hand over to the pinky-toe edge of the foot. Place the same-side hand underneath the calf and use it to hoist that leg over your shoulder.
3. Point your toes and clamp that shoulder with your leg.
4. Place your hands flat next to your hips. Push down to lift your hips up off the ground.
5. Lift your straight leg off the ground, cross the straight leg over your bent-leg ankle, and create a hook by flexing your feet.
6. Extend your legs out to the side, squeeze your arms with the inner thighs, and bend your elbows like chaturanga.
7. Look down for extra balance, out toward your legs, or forward.

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[dayesimpson]

What a great tutorial. Clear, precise, easy to understand and what I liked most was the way ti was filmed - a clean backdrop with nothing to disrupt you from trying this challenging pose. Thank you!

[bhavnarasaily]

The more videos I watch, the more Briohny continues to amaze me 🙏🏼

[maiphung]

She made it look so easily.
I love her voice a lot..

[anonymous-usbs]

You are my inspiration Akka, this is the only genuine channel to learn pose by pose before moving to vinyasa

[afroponix]

Some of the best guides I’ve come across, I can muscle it but I’m missing the thigh squeeze at the end. Either that or I’m too sweaty 😂

[samanthaerinhale]

I have just found you Briohny and honestly your cues are so incredibly helpful!!! I just managed to do a fairly decent version of this for the second time in my life. You just reignited my motivation and love for arm balances that aren't just headstands and handstands - THANK YOU!!! xoxo

[thenpothigaiyogastudio]

Good one.
I know few more techniques to reach the end posture in this asana. But your process to reach the same is perfectly explained.
Keep posting

[UdaalPorga]

How do you manage to talk while doing this complicated asana? :-D

[Drew.P.Todger]

That's so impressive. I just tried it and can't even get halfway. 🤣

[CristmasBox]

The place looks like stockroom from Matrix when Neo picking guns.

[lifeingeneral]

Firstly correct your translation it's not eight angle pose. It is ashta(8) anga (limbs) this name came after the sage whose eight limbs were twisted. Stop giving such names. No where it forms eight angle.