Legs · Bodyweight
Lotus Pose Breathing
How to do the lotus pose breathing, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Sit cross-legged on the floor with each foot resting on the opposite thigh, spine tall and hands resting on your knees. Close your eyes and breathe slowly and deeply through your nose, letting your belly expand on each inhale and soften on each exhale.
- 1Feel your spine lengthen and your sit bones ground into the floor
- 2Feel a gentle opening through your hips and inner thighs
- 3Let each breath slow your pace and relax your shoulders
Common mistakes
- Don't force your knees down or your feet into position if your hips
- resist
- Don't slump or round your lower back
- Don't hold tension in your shoulders or jaw
Muscles worked
The lotus pose breathing mainly works the adductors, with the hip flexors assisting.
- AdductorsPrimary
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- GlutesMinor
- HamstringsMinor
Kovo programs the lotus pose breathing for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More hips & adductors exercises
- How to do the butterfly stretch
- How to do the external rotation
- How to do the cable hip adduction
- How to do the internal rotation
- How to do the cobra pose
- How to do the core scrunch
Last reviewed June 2026.