Parsvottanasana

This posture is a forward-bent posture with the legs vertically open.

 

Basics of any standing postures

1. connect the front foot and the back foot to press each other, as you tuck the legs into the hips firmly and keep the hips stable, so it is counterbalanced and the posture should be more stable and more deepened.

2. Try to shift the weight onto the back leg as much as possible.

3. the tail bone, the spine, the neck and the head should be aligned and lengthened.

4. Engage the psoas.

 

As following the basics

 

1. Put the palms behind the back firmly, and open and lift the chest.

2. Separate the feet a leg width apart, keep the front foot pointing straight ahead, turn the back toe at 45 degrees against the front foot, and align the back heel with the front foot.

3. The front leg is adducted and externally rotated, the back leg is adducted and externally rotated.

4. Keep the hips squere. keep the weight on the strong back leg as much as possible.

5. As you lengthen the spine and the neck, bring the chin toward the sin.