Side Plank Pose - Vasisthasana
How To Do Side Plank Pose - Vasisthasana
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Side Plank Pose
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Vasisthasana (Side Plank Pose)
Come into Plank, bring your feet together, and center your right hand on the mat. Roll onto the pinkie edge of your right foot. Reach your tailbone toward your heels and stack your hips. Reach your left arm to the sky.
TRY THIS: Side plank pose (vasisthasana) This beginner version will help develop upper-body strength and awareness while also working the abs, says Sandy Blaine, codirector of the Alameda Yoga Station in Alameda, California.
Vasisthasana is known as the "Side Plank Pose". It involves balancing on one arm and the side of one foot. Your body is balanced on the same side hand and same side foot with the torso and legs aligned in a flat plane perpendicular to the floor.
 See also: Asana, Plank, Sthasana, Vasisthasana, Plank Pose
  
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