Twists And Turns Of Yoga Practice
Dr. Robin Armstrong has added a new yoga anatomy article to My Yoga Online addressing the important applications of twists in our yoga class. This article looks at how different yoga positions (standing versus seated) have different approaches to insure proper alignment and safety in our twisting yoga poses.
Twisting postures are an enjoyable, challenging, and some might say vital part of our yoga practice. Poses like marichyansa/Marichis pose, revolved poses like parvritta trikonasana/revolved triangle, and parvritta parsvokonasana/revolved extended side angle pose allow us to move and lengthen our spines to improve our spinal and pelvic flexibility, as well as our strength. Traditionally twists are thought to be detoxifying, literally wringing out the organs of digestion and detoxification. To better understand the benefits and considerations surrounding twists, let’s take a closer look at the spine.
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twists are really my favorite part of my yoga practice right now. it feels so good to wring out my internal organs. i can literally feel my digestion improving after doing a deep and full twist.