Where are the hands placed for Camel Pose?

Where are the hands placed for Camel Pose?

• A. Hands wrapped around the back
• B. Palms on your low back with your fingers pointing down
• C. Hands on the knees
• D. Palms flat on the mat beside you

Answer: (B)

Palms on your low back with your fingers pointing down. In Camel Pose this hand position acts as a stable anchor for the hips and gives you control as you lean back to open the chest. Pressing into the sacrum with the fingertips pointing downward helps lengthen the front body, guides the spine into gentle extension, and protects the lower back from over-tucking. It also cues the shoulders to roll back and the chest to lift instead of collapsing inward. If you’re not there yet, you can keep the hands on the sacrum or hips and work toward this placement, but other hand positions—wrapping around the back, hands on the knees, or palms flat on the mat beside you—don’t provide the same supportive contact for safe, aligned backbending.

Palms on your low back with your fingers pointing down. In Camel Pose this hand position acts as a stable anchor for the hips and gives you control as you lean back to open the chest. Pressing into the sacrum with the fingertips pointing downward helps lengthen the front body, guides the spine into gentle extension, and protects the lower back from over-tucking. It also cues the shoulders to roll back and the chest to lift instead of collapsing inward. If you’re not there yet, you can keep the hands on the sacrum or hips and work toward this placement, but other hand positions—wrapping around the back, hands on the knees, or palms flat on the mat beside you—don’t provide the same supportive contact for safe, aligned backbending.