In the asana vocabulary, there are many positions and actions that take awareness to the side body. This starts with the simplest of actions – raising the arms overhead or sideways, and then extends to the simplest asanas taught to beginners – the lateral standing asanas. In this session we progress to ardha chandrasana, and then parivrtta ardha chandrasana.

Level: Experienced Beginner

Duration: 60 min.

Props needed: yoga strap, couple of blocks, access to a wall

This recording is part of the Short Course Not Front, Not Back, On the Side: Exploration of the Lateral Body (Short Course; Level Experienced Beginner)

Tag words: 60mins ardha chandrasana arms lateral parivrtta ardha chandrasana parsva konasana shoulder health shoulders side body trikonasana upper back