Asana · Practise on your own
Parivritta Trikonasana
Revolved triangle pose
Revolved triangle pose. The triangle turned into a twist, the opposite hand reaching to the front foot.
Awaiting subject reviewWritten from our source material and not yet checked by a teacher of this practice. Read it as reference, and learn the practice from someone who teaches it.
- Meaning
- parivritta = revolved, tri = three, kona = angle, asana = seat or posture
- Family
- Standing twist
- Level
- Intermediate
- Gaze
- Upward hand
Take care
Twist from the length of the spine, not by pulling. Take care with a recent back or sacroiliac injury, and in pregnancy.
How it is done
- 1
Breathe in
From the triangle stance, turn the right foot out and the back foot further in. Square the hips toward the front leg.
- 2
Breathe out
Turn the torso and bring the left hand to the outside of the right foot.
- 3
Breathe freely
Raise the right arm and turn the chest. Stay for five breaths.
- 4
Breathe in
Come up and repeat on the left.
Holding it
Five breaths on each side.
Making it easier
Shorten the stance, and place the lower hand on a block inside the foot.
What the tradition says it does
- Stretches the hamstrings and the outer hips
- Rotates the spine
Variations
Sources and tradition
- YOG Union App Content Map, 2 November 2026, p. 4
- Ashtanga Primary Series as commonly taught in the Mysore style; sequence order and counts await subject review