Seated Side Angle (Parsva Upavistha Konasana)

Type: Sitting & Twisting react-text: 2379

Level: react-text: 2382 Beginner /react-text

Steps:

Sit straight and lengthen your legs wide. Rotate your left side up, with your right side to your right leg and reach for your toes with your right hand. Try to grab your right toes with your left hand from above. Try to look up.

Props & Assistance:

react-text: 2391 It is best to keep the bottom shoulder in contact with the inner knee than to lose the contact in order to straighten the knee completely. It doesn't matter if you can't reach your toes with the arm overhead, you will still get the stretch through the side body by reaching.

Variations:

Remember to complete the stretch on both (left & right) side of the body to ensure you are balanced.

Preparatory poses:

It is done after forward and backward bending asanas, for example:

react-text: 2402 •Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend •Side Angle •Downward dog •Bound Angle •Reclining Big Toe •Standing Forward Bend

Follow up poses:

This pose is typically practiced as part of a sitting forward bend sequence.

Benefits:

react-text: 2410 •Stretches the spine, shoulders, and hamstrings •Stimulates abdominal organs •Improves digestion /react-text

Caution/Avoid:

react-text: 2427 •Pregnancy •Back problems •Diarrhea /react-text

•If you have a medical condition and are thinking of starting yoga, it is advisable to consult with your doctor.