Seated eagle pose

[broli]

The third exercise of Darebee WO Back Pain Relief Chair Edition is the seated eagle pose.
I tried to do it but I could not place the legs like that.
I cannot put the foot of the raised leg behind the other leg.

Is it just me?

 

[broli]

I found some images:

Seated Eagle Pose 15 Min Chair Yoga Sequence Exploring Garudasana

15 Min chair yoga sequence to explore seated eagle pose. Chairs can make yoga much more accessible in tricky balance poses like Garudasana.

www.dihickman.com

Work on Your Core and Hips While Standing on One Leg in Eagle Pose

Eagle pose is a standing pose that gets into some hard to stretch areas including your thighs and shoulders. It also improves your core strength.

www.verywellfit.com

The latter is not seated.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Is it just me?

Nope. It's not just you. Lots of people cannot hook their foot in Eagle Pose.

The ability to hook the foot like that is dependent upon hip, knee, and ankle mobility, not to mention the size of one's thighs.

It does not matter if you cannot hook your foot. You will still get benefit from doing the pose. Concentrate on crossing your legs as far as you can while trying to keep your hips and shoulders square (facing forward). Use the strength of your lower body muscles to move your legs into the best extent of the pose you can. Do not use your hands to try to force your legs into position. (The hook--or as near to it as you can get--comes from internally rotating the thigh of the top leg. Manually forcing it can put too much lateral pressure on your knee joint--which isn't designed to take much force in that direction.)

 

[broli]

It is easier the normal (not seated) version for me.
I can hook the foot, I do no think that much although.
And one leg is easier (both versions).