PARIVERTTA PARSVAKON ASANA OR REVOLVED SIDE ANGLE POSE

Parivertta Parsvakon Asana or Revolved Side Angle Pose is a standing posture of Yoga. It is easy to perform and it may be a good starting point for other standing Asanas like Garud Asana, Gomukh Asana, Bharadvaj Asana and Marichya Asana. This Asana involves working of legs, ankles, groins, chest, lungs, shoulders, spine and abdomen.

TECHINQUE

Start the pose by standing in the Tada Asana and place your hands on your sides. Increase distance between both legs to about three-and-a-half feet to four feet.

Parivertta Parsvakon Asana

Twist your right foot outwards upto ninety degree angle with your torso. Also turn your left foot slightly in the direction of the right foot.

Extend your right leg towards the right and bend your right leg at your knee, bringing your thigh and your calf into a ninety degree angle. Position your thigh in a way that it is parallel to the floor.

Lift both your arms and by twisting your torso bring the left arm right on top of the right thigh. Taking your left arm from the inside of your right thigh, place the palm of the left arm on the floor. At the same time, take the right arm towards the ceiling.

Twist your neck pointing your gaze towards your right arm.

Stay in this posture for about a minute.

Repeat all actions with the other side.

This Asana is not to be performed if you are suffering from headache, high or low blood pressure, and insomnia.

In case you have any neck injury then do not look towards your fingers, instead look straight ahead or towards the floor.

In this Asana balancing is the biggest challenge for the beginners. Usually the back heel comes off the floor which then forces to tip over. In order to maintain balance place your back heels either on a thick book or a sand bag, or by placing it against a wall.

If you find it difficult to place your palms on the floor then use a block as a prop.

The expert yogis may work to put the back heel as close as possible to the floor and rotate the back foot about 45 to 60 degrees angles.

BENEFITS

This Asana stretches and strengthens ankles, knees and legs.

This Asana allows stretch of shoulders, chest, lungs, spine and groins.

This Asana rejuvenates organs in the abdominal region.

This Asana increases your stamina.

This Asana improves digestion.

This Asana also improves your balance.

It also helps in the therapeutic treatment of problems like low backache, infertility, constipation, sciatica and osteoporosis.