Editing Bondage positions and methods (section)

===Reverse prayer===
[[Image:Reverse Prayer Tie.jpg|thumb|140px|A reverse prayer restraint]]
The '''reverse prayer position''', a technique used in BDSM play, involves restraint of a person's arms by binding them behind the person's back, with the hands placed between the shoulders, with the fingers of both hands straight, extended, and the palms of the hands touching each other.<ref name=lexicon>{{cite web|url=http://www.restrainedelegance.com/preview/lexicon1/icons/index.php|title=The Restrained Elegance lexicon of slavegirl bondage poses and positions|author=Hywel & Ariel|website=Restrained Elegance|access-date=25 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823184337/http://www.restrainedelegance.com/preview/lexicon1/icons/index.php|archive-date=23 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The wrists are bound together. It is similar to the traditional prayer position, but with the arms behind, rather than in front of, the bound person, thus preventing use of the arms. Someone bound in the position may need careful monitoring. Many people find the position painful after a time, and cramps may set in.

To immobilize the arms further, ropes or a strap are often placed round the arms and torso, pressing the arms against the back. On a woman, this can conveniently be linked to ropes for breast bondage. Another technique is to fix ropes from the elbows to a belt or other ropes round the body.

In bondage fiction, people in this position are sometimes forced to have their [[Elbow-joint|elbow]]s touching, turning this into a form of elbow bondage. Very few people can adopt this position without [[Dislocated shoulder|dislocation of the shoulders]]. However, with many people, it is possible to press the elbows together slightly and tie them in that position.

The reverse prayer position (without any bondage) is also used in some [[yoga]] exercises.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yogaartandscience.com/poses/av/pashnam/pashnam.html|title=Pashchima Namaskarasana (Reverse Prayer Pose)|author=Witold Fitz-Simon|date=2010|website=Yoga Art and Science|access-date=2 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325003906/http://www.yogaartandscience.com/poses/av/pashnam/pashnam.html|archive-date=25 March 2019|url-status=usurped}}</ref>