TRIKONASANA -INTRODUCTION
Trikon - triangle
Shape between legs is a triangle and hence the name triangle pose.
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| TRIKONASANA |
PROCEDURE:
✦ Stand straight. Spread your legs at a comfortable distance from each other.
✦ Slowly raise your arms so that they are in line with both your shoulders.
✦ Ensure that your arms are straight and leveled not above or below, not front or behind each other.
✦ Keep your left foot straight, turn your right foot at an angle of 90 degree.
✦ Take a long deep breath in and while exhaling slowly bend your body towards the right from your hip.
✦ Try to touch your right ankle with your right hand.
✦ Raise your left hand up towards the sky. Turn your head upwards and keep your sight on the left hand.
✦ If it is difficult to touch your ankle, extent your hand as far as you comfortably can.
✦ Stay relaxed in this position for a while. Breathe in and out normally. Feel your whole body relaxing.
✦ Inhaling slowly come back to the upright position and straighten your right foot.
✦ Next turn out your left foot out and repeat the same asana.
BENEFITS:
✦ Simple and useful asana.
✦ It strengthens the back muscles and prevent the occurence of flat foot.
✦ It stimulates abdominal organs.
✦ Improves digestion. Cures indigestion and constipation.
✦ Gives mobility to hip joint and neck.
✦ It makes us calm, relax and tension free.
CONTRAINDICATIONS:
The persons with the following disease should not perform this asana,
✦ Chronic knee, neck and hip injuries.
✦ Hypotension and hypertension
✦ Diarrohea
✦ Migrane
✦ Slip disc
MODIFICATION:
Parivrita trikonasana: (revolved triangle pose)
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| PARIVRITA TRIKONASANA |
Procedure is similar to that above mentioned triangle pose. The only difference is that if you turn your right leg out,you have to touch the right ankle with your left hand instead of right hand.
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