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Throne

Stable, iconic, and a key seated L-basing pose for beginner flow and later throne machines.

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Throne

Why it matters

Stable, iconic, and the perfect balance practice.

Throne looks easy because it is seated.
That is the trap.

Throne is simple to hold, but hard to transition well.

What it is

Throne is a basic seated L-basing pose and one of the main hubs of beginner AcroYoga.

It is a pose, a reset point, and later a doorway into harder machines.

Incoming

Common ways to arrive here.

  • From Bird
  • From Folded Leaf / beginner flow setup
  • From assisted standing entry
  • From flow route

Entry

Common entry patterns.

  • Assisted entry
  • From Bird / basic calibration
  • From beginner flow route
  • Detailed mechanics are kept simple here; use the source references and a spotter when learning.

Exit

Common exit patterns.

  • Back to standing
  • Back to Bird / flow reset
  • To Whale
  • To Throne Twist
  • To Chair / Titibhasana exit variation

Goes to

Current graph references.

  • Whale
  • Throne Twist
  • Straddle Throne
  • Chair / Titibhasana exit
  • Beginner flow reset

Chair / Titibhasana exit

This is a throne-family exit idea.

From a chair-like throne variation, the flyer can exit through a Titibhasana-style shape or pop idea.

Keep it as a review variation until the exact mechanics are checked.

Machine note

Throne becomes much more interesting later.

Pro machines like Rubik’s Cube and throne-family revolutions use it as a serious transition hub.

Crappy Bird to Throne and back is beginner play.

Clean throne revolutions are guru territory.

Field notes

Mahachandra. My Shakti.

Do not disrespect the chair.
The chair becomes a portal when the timing is clean.

Used in flows

Sources / attribution

  1. #2ABT: AcroYoga Beginner Tutorial - Throne
  2. Beginner Acro Yoga: Throne
  3. Throne 360 - Simons Akroyoga — throne-machine reference

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