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Side Angle 


Benefits:
  • Increases hip and shoulder mobility
  • Improves low body strength

Cues:
  • Start in Warrior Two
  • On an inhale shift your body forward placing your right forearm onto your right thigh
  • Bring your left arm up with the palm down stretching directly from your side and reaching in front of you


Common Errors:
  • The back foot is grounded strongly through the four corners of the foot
  • The front knee is either tracking in towards center or to the outside rather than pointing straight forward
  • The forearms rests on the thigh
Modifications:
  • To deepen the pose you can:
    • ​Place your right elbow on the inside of the right thigh
    • Straighten the right arm and have the fingers tips on the mat
    • Come into a bind where you bring your right hand in between the legs and the left hand behind you clasping the hands
  • To lessen the intensity of the pose you can:
    • ​Decrease the angle of the bend in the front knee
    • You can place your left hand on your left thigh

Cautions:
  • Knee pain
  • Hip pain
  • Shoulder pain
Alternative Poses:
  • Warrior Two

Anatomy


Lengthening:

Strengthening:

Side Angle with Bind

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