Yoga Instruction
Focus: Knees, Ankles Level: Intermediate Total Time: 30-60 seconds Indications: digestion, infertility Contraindications: blood pressure (high or low), insomnia, headaches
The Revolved Side Angle
Note:
The Revolved Side Angle focuses on building strength in your knees and ankles while stretching your shoulders, chest, lungs, spine and groin. It can energize your abdominal organs and improve your digestion, stamina and balance. Many people believe that the revolved side angle can aid in recovering from constipation, backache, osteoporosis, and infertility. Those who have ever experienced blood pressure problems, insomnia, or who have a headache should avoid this pose. If you are prone to neck problems, look ahead or down at the ground instead of looking up.
Pose Instruction
- Begin by standing in mountain pose. Stand tall and straight with your feet separated enough to feel stable. Establish a solid connection with the ground by shifting your weight distribution so that it is equally divided between the base of your big toes, the base of your little toes, and both left and right sides of your heels. Breathe deeply.
- Breathe out, placing your hands on your hips, and stepping back with your left leg into a lunge. Position your right foot at a 45-degree angle to the right and point your left foot slightly to the right. Align your heels, tense your thighs and rotate your right thigh slightly outward. The middle of your kneecap should be directly over your right ankle, not tilted in or out.
- Breathe out and rotate your torso to the right until you are looking over your right leg. As you do this, raise your left heel and rotate on the ball of your foot until the inside of your foot is parallel to the inside of your right foot. Inhale slowly.
- Breathe out and bend your right knee until your thigh is parallel to the ground. Your right shin should be vertical at this point, with your knee directly above your heel. At the same time, press your left thigh toward the sky and stretch deeply through your left heel while tucking in your tailbone.
- Breathe out again, twist your torso further to the right and lower your left shoulder toward your right leg. Lower your left arm to the right of your leg, using the pressure of your arm against your thigh to help twist your shoulders further. Pull your shoulder blades down and back. The objective is to lower your left arm all the way to where it meets the shoulder, but listen to your body. You may feel discomfort, but you should never feel pain.
- Continue to stretch your torso for several breaths.
- To release yourself from this pose, breathe in, raise your torso up as you exhale.
- Return to mountain pose. Stand tall and straight with your feet separated enough to feel stable. Establish a solid connection with the ground by shifting your weight distribution so that it is equally divided between the base of your big toes, the base of your little toes, and both left and right sides of your heels.
- After resting in mountain pose for a few slow, full breaths, repeat the process, this time bending over your left leg.
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