How To Do Revolved Triangle - Parivrtta Trikonasana | Lydia Lim Yoga

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[Music] hi guys so in this tutorial we're going to be learning how to masturbate revolve triangle first things first we need to have open hamstrings and so your pyramid pose is going to offer you exactly that an option to lengthen through the hamstrings concentrate on squaring off your shoulders here you're more than welcome to keep your hands on your hips place the hands on some blocks or even lower them down onto the ground depending on your current condition remember that revolve triangle pose is a posture that it's improving circulation around the lower back your abdomen as well as the pelvic region the next pose that i believe is going to be quite helpful for you again is tackling the hamstrings so half splits is going to allow you to do exactly that make sure that with the extended leg that you're curling your toes backwards and this is going to intensify that stretch uttanasana your standing forward fold is also supporting an elong eating with soft connective tissue around the hamstrings start by bending the knees to begin with concentrate on keeping the chest firmly on your thighs and then gently draw the chest down towards the shins it's important that we work with our breath so as you lengthen the spine a tiny bit you feel that breath come in and then as you take that deeper forward fold you breathe out and go a little deeper the same breath technique can be applied in a seated forward fold variation bashimothanasana in this demo i am with my legs extended but you're more than welcome to bend the knees if that's where you need to be today keep the elbows pulling out to the side and with each exhale breath you lower the chest down across your extended legs so the next pose is the triangle pose the sister pose of the one that we're studying today lower the right hand down onto the shin a block or the ground and really think about lengthening through the inner thigh as well as the side body here stabilize yourself by pressing down into the edge of the back foot this is going to be very important for revolve triangle the next pose is a wide forward fold with a twist so you can lower that bottom hand onto the yoga mat or a block whatever suits your particular condition in this present moment make sure you spend equal time on the right and the left side and just enjoy that beautiful twist matsi andrasana is also a different variation that pretty much allows us to work on that rotation of your spine in the central axis i've got another how-to tutorial on how to master lord of the fish's pose so feel free to check that out if you're still working on this variation guys when it comes to your revolve triangle pose which we're about to look at next it's really important that your back heel is at a 45 degree angle make sure that you reach that top arm as far as you can and then lowering that hand outside of the front foot on a yoga block or on the ground once you feel stabilized then you can reach the opposite arm all the way up remember to draw up through your thigh muscles and firm your outer hips towards one another most importantly keep your legs straight so if you need to use a block go ahead and place your hand on a yoga block my friends enjoy the tutorial guys namaste