Utthita Parsvakonasana is also called the Extended Side Angle Pose. it is a SANSKRIT word which means, Utthita means "Extended", Parsva means "side", Kona means "angle" and Asana means "Pose". This asana performs the stretches and extends the body from the heels to the head. It is also famous for modern yoga exercises.
Benefits of Utthita Parsvakonasana Yoga:
There are the most health benefits of Utthita Parsvakonasana Yoga are,
1. Weight Loss:
This asana is the best for reducing weight loss. it gives enough stretch from fingers to toes. Daily practice of this asana, may help to burn fats from the body and naturally reduce weight loss and belly fat, and may help to maintain body shape in a proper way.
2. Heart Health:
This pose is the best for heart health. It provides massage and stretches to heart muscles. This pose helps to prevent heart diseases.
3. Improve Digestion:
Utthita Parsvakonasana Yoga helps to release gastric juice from the digestive system and run a proper digestion system.
4. Helps Slim waist and hips:
This pose may help to require stretch at the waist and hips area helps to reduce unnecessary fats in this area.
5. Strengthen the legs:
If you have leg problems such as weak, muscle, knee pain, or alignment for a long time. This is the best yoga for helping to reduce leg problems. If you correctly perform this pose definitely you will relieve on leg problem.
6. Increase Stamina:
This pose is the best to boost your overall body stamina.
7. Lungs Expansion:
At the time of asana Stretching nearby lungs and helpful in the expansion of the lungs area and increasing lung capacity.
8. Relief in Knee pain:
This is the best for knee pain. You may daily perform asana practices it definitely helps to reduce knee pain.
9. Spine Health:
It is most of the rare yoga poses. This pose may provide stretching to the spine and provides the best health to the spinal region.
10. Infertility:
The correct yoga poses with proper technique and perform regular also helps in treating infertility.
Step by step Utthita Parsvakonasana yoga
1. Stand in Tadasana. (Step 1) Take a deep inhalation and with a jump spread the legs apart sideways 4 to 4.5 feet. Lift the arms sideways, in line with the shoulders, palms facing down. (Step 2)
2. While breathing out slowly, turn the right foot sideways 90 degrees to the right, and the left foot slightly to the right, holding the left leg extended out and tightened at the knee joint. Curve the right leg at the knee joint until the thigh and the shin form a right angle and the right thigh is parallel to the floor.
3. Put the right palm on the floor by the side of the right foot, the right armpit covering and touching the outer side of the right knee. Extend the left arm out over the left ear. Hold the head up. (Step 3 and 4).
4. Stiffen the loins and stretch the hamstrings. The chest, the hips and the legs should be inline and in order to achieve this, place the chest up and back. Extend every part of the body, Focusing on the back part of the whole body, especially the spine. Extend the spine until all the vertebrae and ribs move and there is a feeling that even the skin is being stretched and pulled.
5. Stay in this posture from half a minute to a minute, breathing deeply and evenly. Breath in and lift the right palm from the floor.
6. Inhale, straighten the right leg and raise the arms as in step I.
7. Continue with exhalation as in step 1 to 4, reversing all processes, on the left side.
8. Exhale and jump back to Tadasana. (Step 1 )
