{"id":366,"date":"2023-03-21T05:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T05:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2023-03-24T04:30:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T04:30:41","slug":"utthita-trikonasana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrishikeshyoga.com\/blog\/utthita-trikonasana\/","title":{"rendered":"Descriptions of Utthita Trikonasana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Utthita Trikonasana<\/strong><\/p>\n

The name comes from the Sanskrit,\u00a0where \u201cUtthita\u201d<\/strong>,\u00a0means \u201cextended,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Trikona,\u00a0means \u201cthree corners\u201d<\/strong> or \u201cTriangle,\u201d<\/strong> and\u00a0\u201cAsana\u201d<\/strong>,\u00a0means \u201cpose.\u201d The term is often used synonymously with\u00a0Trikonasana\u00a0(triangle pose)<\/strong>. Utthita Trikonasana is a standing and side-bending pose. You will develop better grip of the ground, so it can be considered as a foundational pose. It gives a good stretch to the sides, arms, spine, thighs, glutes, hamstrings and calf muscles.<\/p>\n

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How To Do It?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2981 From a standing position with the legs apart as per your comfort (try and keep them at least three feet apart)<\/strong>, stretch your arms at shoulder level and bring it parallel to the mat.
\n\u2981 Now turn the right foot at 20 degrees inwards and bring the left foot at 90 degrees outwards, as this will not hurt your knees.
\n\u2981 Now sliding your entire upper body downwards towards the left.
\n\u2981 Relax by releasing the pose and come up and take few breaths.
\n\u2981 Now placing the right foot at 90 degrees and the left foot at 20 degrees, take the position towards the right.
\n\u2981 Release the pose and relax and bring the body to the centre and after relaxing repeat the pose.<\/p>\n

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Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2981 It is an extremely beneficial asana for chest opening and shoulder opening.
\n\u2981 It will also improve your lung capacity in the long run.
\n\u2981 It is also great to lose weight and improves digestion as well.
\n\u2981 Regular practice will increase the strength of the thighs, knees, and ankles.
\n\u2981 The regular practice also improves blood circulation.
\n\u2981 The asana if good for all those, who suffer from strength and anxiety.
\n\u2981 It also increases balance and concentration.
\n\u2981 This asana activates the root chakra, sacral chakra and the heart chakra.<\/p>\n

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Contraindications<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2981 If you have high blood pressure, do not raise the arm, while practicing the asana.
\n\u2981 If you have any slip disc issue, or back issue, you must not do this asana.
\n\u2981 All those having knee injury, must also not do this asana.<\/p>\n

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Utthita Trikonasana The name comes from the Sanskrit,\u00a0where \u201cUtthita\u201d,\u00a0means \u201cextended,\u201d\u00a0Trikona,\u00a0means \u201cthree corners\u201d or \u201cTriangle,\u201d and\u00a0\u201cAsana\u201d,\u00a0means \u201cpose.\u201d The term is often…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58],"tags":[95,71,93,44,94,61,91,69,92,70,51,90,43,41,98,72,96,52,97,53,83,56,99,35,89,68,87,67,85,54,86,55,84,57,4,82,66,79,47,77,59,81,65,88,40,80,11,78,12],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-100-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-india","tag-100-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-100-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-india","tag-100-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-100-hour-yoga-ttc-in-india","tag-100-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-in-india","tag-200-hour-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-india","tag-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-ttc-in-india","tag-200-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-india","tag-300-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-india","tag-300-hour-yoga-teacher-training-course-in-rishikesh","tag-300-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-india","tag-300-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-300-hour-yoga-ttc-in-india","tag-300-hour-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-best-yoga-school-in-india","tag-best-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-certified-yoga-school-in-india","tag-certified-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-in-india","tag-kundalini-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-in-india","tag-kundalini-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-teacher-training-in-india","tag-kundalini-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh","tag-kundalini-yoga-ttc-in-india","tag-kundalini-yoga-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-top-yoga-school-in-india","tag-top-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga","tag-yoga-center-in-india","tag-yoga-center-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-course-in-india","tag-yoga-course-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-in-india","tag-yoga-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-in-ttc-in-india","tag-yoga-in-ttc-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-retreat-in-india","tag-yoga-retreat-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-school-in-india","tag-yoga-school-in-rishikesh","tag-yoga-teacher-training-in-india","tag-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t