Thursday, July 18, 2013

Extended Side Angle Pose (Utthita Parsvakonasana)

Extended Side Angle Pose 
(Utthita Parsvakonasana)

Stand nice and tall.

Stand wide as twice as hip distance apart.
Raise your arms parallel to the mat.


Turn your right foot out.
Turm your left foot in slightly to the right.


On your exhale, bend your right knee.
Place your right elbows onto your right thigh.
As you inhale, open the chest up and reach your arms up, palm facing to the mat.
As you exhale, bring your right side of torso close to your right thigh.
Press your right fingertips on the mat outside of your right thigh.
Keep breathing. 
Keep extending your left side of body more longer.
Stay for 30 seconds or more.

Or Palm on the mat if you can.

Slowly bring your torso up.

Straighten your leg.

Stand back in Mountain Pose.
Do other side as well.






-Oh Yoga-

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