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[[File:Utthita_Parsvakonasana.png|thumb|right|''Utthita Parsvakonasana'']]
The name '''Utthita Parsvakonasana''' (oo-TEE-tah parsh-wah-cone-AHS-anna). or comes from Sanskrit where '''Utthita''' means '''Extended Side Angle Pose is an asana. It involves using many essential muscle groups: legs''', ankles, groin, chest, lungs, shoulders, spine'''Parsva''' means '''side''' or '''flank''', '''Kona''' means '''Angle''' and the abdomen'''Asana''' is '''pose'''.
== Etymology Technique==# Start in Tadasana (Mountain Pose). On an exhalation, step your feet 3–4 feet apart. If you feel as though your feet are slipping, shorten your stance slightly. (If your legs are too far apart, it’s difficult to find stability. As you gain flexibility, you can widen your stance.) Rest your hands on your hips. Turn your right foot out so that your toes face the front of your mat; turn your left foot slightly in. Align your right heel with your left heel. # Engage your quadriceps muscles by lifting your kneecaps toward your thighs. Bend your right knee to bring your right shin and thigh to a 90-degree angle with your right kneecap in line with your right ankle. # On an inhalation, extend your arms out to your sides. Then, reach them up overhead and lengthen through your sides. Allow your pelvis to shift: Rotate your left hip slightly forward, and shift your right hip back as you begin to fold to the right. Keep your torso and spine long as you side bend.# Place your right hand to the outside of your right foot. Sweep and extend your left arm over your left ear, maintaining a straight line from your left foot all the way up to your left fingertips. Your palm should be facing down. Attempt to widen your collarbones to create space between your left shoulder and left ear. # Press through your outer left foot. Keep your head neutral, or turn it to gaze at your left thumb. Hold here for 5–10 breaths. Repeat on the other side.<ref name="Technique"/>
==Effects==* Utthita Parsvakonasana is usually performed in two parts, facing left and then again facing right. Begin standing with Parvakonasana strengthens the both feet apart, approximately three to four ft. or one leg length. Starting with the left sidethighs, turn the left foot slightly to the rightknees, legs and the right foot out to the right ninety degreesankles. Align * It is good for developing stamina and endurance* It develops the back sense of the left heel with the arch of the right footbalance. Bend * It tones the left knee over the left ankle, so that the left shin is perpendicular to the floor. Press and anchor the left and right football mound and heels to the floor organs in order to improve stability. Firm the thighs abdomen and spin the right thigh outwardlyimproves intestinal peristalsis, relieving constipation. Rotate * It expands the torso and squeeze the shoulder blades together against the backthorax improving lung capacity. Extend the right arm straight up toward the ceiling, turning * Utthita Parvakonasana stretches the pinky finger side down parallel to the floor waist and reach the right arm energetically over the right eargroin muscles. The left arm can either press into the floor, grasp the left ankle<ref name="Effects"/foot, rest on the left thigh, or on top of a block. Stretch from the grounded right foot out to the finger tips of the right hand, lengthening the entire right side body. Turn the head and gaze above the right arm, which intensifies the twist. Actively push the left knee against the right arm, and tilt the tail bone towards the pelvis. Focus on the breath. Return to standing, the pose is then repeated on the left.>
== Benefits Related Asanas==* [[Adho Mukha Svanasana]]* [[Supta Baddha Konasana]]* [[Prasarita Padottanasana]]* [[Siddhasana]]
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