The Angle Pose (Konasana)

Kona =Angle; Asana = Pose/Posture

(This posture is Pronounced as:konah-sanah)

How to do Angle Pose (Konasana):

1. Stand with your feet at a comfortable distance apart.Balance your weight equally on both the feet.

2. Breathing in, raise your arms overhead and join the palms together,interlacing the fingers to form a steeple position.Keep the arms touching the ears.

3. Breathing out, bend to the right.Put more attention on straightening the elbows,pressing the feet firmly into the ground,and moving the pelvis to the left.

4. Hold the pose. Feel the stretch on the side and,relax in this posture.Keep taking deep,gentle breaths.

   

5. Now breathe in and,return to standing position.

6. Breathing out,bring the arms down.

7. Repeat the pose bending to the other side.

Benefits of the Angle Pose (Konasana)

• Stretches the sides of the body and the spine.

• Tones the arms,legs,and abdominal organs.

• Helpful in relieving back pain.

• Increases the flexibility of the spine.

  

Contraindications of the Angle Pose (Konasana) 

• Spondylitis patients should avoid this pose.

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