spliffendz
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Parighasana - Cross Bar of the Gate Pose
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Parighasana combines twisting the torso and forward bending. This pose connects the upper and lower extremities and uses this connection to carry the twist into the spine and torso.
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Pink muscles are stretching and blue muscles are contracting. The shade of the color represents the force of the stretch and the force of contraction. Darker = stronger.
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From "The Key Poses of Yoga"
by Ray Long MD
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Basic Joint Positions
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• The bent-leg hip flexes, abducts, and internally rotates.
• The knee of the same leg flexes.
• The straight-leg hip flexes and externally rotates.
• The knee of the same leg extends.
• The trunk flexes and rotates.
• The shoulders abduct and flex.
• The elbows flex.
• The forearms supinate.
• The wrists flex.
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From "Anatomy for Backbends and Twists"
by Ray Long MD
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Parighasana combines twisting the torso and forward bending. This pose connects the upper and lower extremities and uses this connection to carry the twist into the spine and torso.
.
Pink muscles are stretching and blue muscles are contracting. The shade of the color represents the force of the stretch and the force of contraction. Darker = stronger.
.
From "The Key Poses of Yoga"
by Ray Long MD
.
.
.
Basic Joint Positions
.
• The bent-leg hip flexes, abducts, and internally rotates.
• The knee of the same leg flexes.
• The straight-leg hip flexes and externally rotates.
• The knee of the same leg extends.
• The trunk flexes and rotates.
• The shoulders abduct and flex.
• The elbows flex.
• The forearms supinate.
• The wrists flex.
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From "Anatomy for Backbends and Twists"
by Ray Long MD