{"id":739,"date":"2014-05-22T03:43:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T22:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/?p=739"},"modified":"2017-05-09T12:46:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T07:16:39","slug":"utthita-trikonasana-extended-triangle-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/utthita-trikonasana-extended-triangle-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Utthita Trikonasana &#8211; Extended Triangle Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Utthita means extended or stretched, trikon means triangle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2235\" src=\"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utthita-Trikonasana-Extended-Triangle-Posture.jpg\" alt=\"Utthita-Trikonasana-Extended-Triangle-Posture\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utthita-Trikonasana-Extended-Triangle-Posture.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utthita-Trikonasana-Extended-Triangle-Posture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-content\/uploads\/Utthita-Trikonasana-Extended-Triangle-Posture-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Steps:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Stand in <a href=\"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/samasthiti-equal-standing-posture-tadasana-mountain-posture\/\">Tadasana<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Inhale and spread your feet about 3 to 3.5 ft apart (or keep the gap between your feet equal to the length of one of your leg)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Turn your right foot 90 degrees to the right and turn the left foot slightly to the right, keeping the left leg stretched from the inside and tightened at the knee.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Exhale and bend the trunk sideways to the right, bringing the right palm near the right ankle (beginners can keep their right palm on the knee, shin bone or the ankle, whatever is possible). If possible, the right palm should rest completely on the floor.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Stretch the left arm up, bringing it in line with the right shoulder and extend the trunk, look at the thumb of the left hand.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Keep your right knees locked by pulling up the knee cap<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Remain in this posture for at least 10 deep breaths, gradually increasing the count. Inhale and come back up repeating the posture on the other side (do for the same amount of time on the other side).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Stretches and strengthens the thighs, knees, and ankles<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Stretches the hips, groins, hamstrings, and calves; shoulders, chest, and spine<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Relieves backache and neck sprain<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">It corrects minor deformity in the legs, and aligns the bones.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\"><strong>Contraindications:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Diarrhea,\u00a0Headache,\u00a0Low blood pressure<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">Heart Condition: Practice against a wall. Keep the top arm on the hip.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,serif;\">For high blood pressure and neck problems &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Don&#8217;t turn your head to look upward; continue looking straight ahead or down and keep both sides of the neck evenly long.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;\">Look for other postures in our\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/asana-index\/\">asana directory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utthita means extended or stretched, trikon means triangle. Steps: Stand in Tadasana. Inhale and spread your feet about 3 to 3.5 ft apart (or keep the gap between your feet equal to the length of one of your leg) Turn your right foot 90 degrees to the right and turn the left foot slightly to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/utthita-trikonasana-extended-triangle-posture\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Utthita Trikonasana &#8211; Extended Triangle Posture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[138,226,225,142],"tags":[66,65,4],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-yoga-postures","category-hamstring-stretches","category-hip-openers","category-standing-postures","tag-extended-triangle-posture","tag-utthita-trikonasana","tag-yoga-postures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/2240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}