Parshvottanasana

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Parshvottanasana variant with hands brought to the floor

Parshvottanasana (Sanskrit: पार्श्वोत्तानासना, IAST: Pārśvottānāsana) or Intense Side Stretch Pose is a standing and forward bending asana in modern yoga as exercise.

Etymology and origins

Krishnamacharya derived some of his asanas from the gymnastics culture of his time[2]

The name of the pose is from the Sanskrit पार्श्व (parshva) meaning "side", ुत (ut) meaning "intense", तन (tan) meaning "to extend", and आसन (asana), meaning "seat" or "pose".[3]

The pose is unknown in medieval

Mark Singleton suggests that Krishnamacharya, influenced by the general gymnastics culture of the time, adopted gymnastics poses into his flowing style of yoga.[1][2]

Description

The pose is entered from Tadasana. The hands are pressed palms together in prayer position behind the back, fingertips upwards. The feet are placed about a leg length apart, both legs remaining straight. The forward foot points directly forwards; the rear foot is turned forwards some 60 degrees. The hips are aligned at right angles to the feet, so that the body can move downwards in a forward bend straight over the front leg.[5][3] The hands may be taken to the floor to intensify the stretch.[6]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1446527351
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  2. ^
    OCLC 318191988
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  3. ^ a b Mehta 1990, pp. 40–41.
  4. ISBN 81-7017-389-2
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  5. ^ Iyengar 1979, pp. 78–80.
  6. ^ Anon (28 August 2007). "Intense Side Stretch Pose". Yoga Journal.

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