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Featured Pose: Utthita Parshvakonasana

October 15, 2011 | 07:00 AM | By: Witold Fitz-Simon Filed in: Featured Pose | Technique

Utthita Parshvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose)

Utthita Parshvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose)

Pronunciation: OOT-hee-ta parsh-va-cone-AH-sana

Utthita = risen or rising (as from a seat); risen (from a sickness) elevated, high; endeavoring, striving, exerting one’s self, active; extended; high, lofty, eminent.

Parshva = the region of the ribs, side, flank.

Kona = a corner, angle.

Asana = sitting, sitting down; sitting in peculiar posture according to the custom of devotees; abiding, dwelling. (more…)

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