Utthita Parsvakonasana Extended Side Angle Pose, is an asana in modern yoga as exercise. It involves using many essential muscle groups: legs, ankles, groin ...UtthitaParsvakonasanaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchstandingpostureinmodernyogaUtthitaParshvakonasanavariantwitharminfrontoflegUtthitaParsvakonasana(Sanskrit:उत्थितपार्श्वकोणासन;IAST:utthitapārśvakoṇāsana),[1]ExtendedSideAnglePose,isanasanainmodernyogaasexercise.Itinvolvesusingmanyessentialmusclegroups:legs,ankles,groin,chest,lungs,shoulders,spine,andtheabdomen.Contents1Etymologyandorigins2Description3Variations4References5Sources6FurtherreadingEtymologyandorigins[edit]YogaclassinIndiaThenamecomesfromtheSanskritwordsutthitameaning"extended",parsvameaning"sideorflank",konameaning"angle",[1]andasanameaning"postureorseat".Theposeisnotmentionedinmedievalhathayogatexts.Itappearsinthe20thcenturyinKrishnamacharya'sschoolofyogainMysore,andintheteachingofhispupilsPattabhiJoisandB.K.S.Iyengar,alongwithotherasanaswithnamesthatdescribethepositionofthebodyanditslimbs.[2][3]Description[edit]TheposeisenteredfromTadasana;thelegsarespreadwideapart,thefeetareturnedoutasforTrikonasanaandthearmsarestretchedoutsideways.Onekneeisbenttoarightangleandthehandonthatsideisplacedonthefloorjustbehindthefoot.Theupperarmisthenstretchedinlinewiththebodystraightout,abovetheear.[4][5]Variations[edit]ParivrittaParsvakonasanaAtwistingasana,ParivrittaParsvakonasana(reversedsideanglepose),isobtainedbyreversingthedirectionofturnofthethorax.[6]Theoppositeelbowisbroughttotheforwardknee;thisisausefulpreparatorypose.Inthefullpose,thehandisbroughttothefloorontheoutsideofthefrontfoot,andtheotherhandisstretchedforwardsinlinewiththebodyoverthehead,withthegazedirectedupwards.[7]References[edit]^ab"ExtendedSideAnglePose."YogaJournal.CruzBayPublishing,2013.Web.10Aug.2013.^Singleton2010,pp. 204-205.^Sjoman1999,p. 49.^Iyengar1979,pp. 66–67.^Mehta1990,pp. 24–25.^"YogaPose:RevolvedSideAnglePocketYoga".PocketYoga.Retrieved4February20