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Yin yoga teacher Cassandra Sherman explains the pros and cons of reclined hero pose

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Reclined Hero or Supta Virasana is not appropriate for every body.

It is possible that even with your best intention and best effort, this pose might just not work for you.

Some people, it's just not going to work no matter how much you try, please don't do it.

This might be the extent of saddle pose or reclined hero pose.

The warning signs to lookout for here are absolutely knee pain.

If it feels like it's pinching or pulling, or there's compression, it's not worth it. Please get out of the pose. It might not be suitable for you. Not every yoga pose is meant for every single person.

You can also work at lifting 1 shin, lifting the other one or lifting both.

A counter stretch would be to also work on your toe squat.

But whenever we're trying to improve things at the connective tissue or at the joint level, it takes a long time.

So you do need to be quite patient with this one, but it is possible.

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