YOGA: The Parsva Bakasana
Also called: Side Crane Pose
Type of pose: Arm balance
Benefits: Strengthens the wrist, forearms and abdomen. Improves balance.
Instructions:
1. Come to a squatting position with the knees into the chest.
2. Come up on to the balls of your feet and bring your palms flat on the floor in front of you about shoulder’s width apart.
3. Keeping the palms in place, turn your knees to face the right side.
4. Begin to lean forward, keeping the head lifted, and place your hips on top of the left arm and your knees on top of the right arm.
5. Engage your core, and take one foot and then the other off the floor so you come to balance with both feet up.
6. Come down and try the other side.
You can take this pose to an advanced level, by straightening both legs in a scissors position.
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