Yoga for Back Pain - Side Angle Pose

Photo: Barry Stone

Our Yoga for Back Pain collaboration (between Ann Pizer and myself) continues this month with side angle pose. This pose will challenge your balance and give you a great spine lengthening experience, as well as help you reverse years of poor posture habits. And, as a mixture with the right poses, including preparation work (i.e. pelvic tilt), side angle can help address the pain and discomfort of scoliosis. To learn how to perform side-angle pose correctly, follow the instructions.

Side angle pose is a standing pose, and should be preceded with tadasana, or mountain pose and triangle pose. See Ann's write up on the series of poses.

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