Where are the hands placed for Camel Pose?

Where are the hands placed for Camel Pose?

• A. Palms on low back with fingers pointing down
• B. Place your palms on your low back with your fingers pointing down
• C. Hands on the hips
• D. Hands crossed on chest

Answer: (B)

In Camel Pose, you use the back of your body as the primary lever to open the chest while creating a stable base. Placing your palms on your low back with your fingers pointing down gives you a solid contact point to support the spine as you lift the chest and broaden the collarbones. This setup helps you maintain a safe, controlled backbend—keeping the lower back protected and the shoulders drawing back rather than collapsing forward. Placing hands on the hips doesn’t give you the same back support or leverage to open the chest, and crossing the arms over the chest blocks the heart-opening and spine extension that Camel Pose aims for. So the palms on the low back with fingers pointing down is the most effective alignment for this pose.

In Camel Pose, you use the back of your body as the primary lever to open the chest while creating a stable base. Placing your palms on your low back with your fingers pointing down gives you a solid contact point to support the spine as you lift the chest and broaden the collarbones. This setup helps you maintain a safe, controlled backbend—keeping the lower back protected and the shoulders drawing back rather than collapsing forward. Placing hands on the hips doesn’t give you the same back support or leverage to open the chest, and crossing the arms over the chest blocks the heart-opening and spine extension that Camel Pose aims for. So the palms on the low back with fingers pointing down is the most effective alignment for this pose.