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Parsva Balasana
PARSH-vah bah-LAHS-uh-nuh
Stretches shoulders and upper back
Massages spine and abdominal organs
Releases upper body tension and encourages introspection
How to perform Thread The Needle
- Begin on all fours. Align your wrists under your shoulders and your knees under your hips.
- With an inhale, reach your right arm up toward the ceiling and open your chest.
- With an exhale, thread your right arm under your left arm. Rest your right shoulder and temple on the mat. Keep your hips lifted.
- Extend your left arm forward on the mat or wrap it behind your back.
- Hold the pose and take slow, deep breaths.
- Press into your left hand to release. Return to all fours with an inhale. Change sides.
Alignment cues
- Stack hips over knees · Reach arm fully through · Rest shoulder and temple on floor · Keep hips level · Soften jaw · Breathe into mid-back
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Thread The Needle (Parsva Balasana in Sanskrit) is a yoga pose that belongs to the supine and twists and warm-ups categories. This asana targets lower back and upper back & lower traps, and also involves chest and shoulders muscles. Thread the needle massages spine and abdominal organs; stretches shoulders and upper back and also releases upper body tension and encourages introspection. Refer to the illustration and instructions above for how to perform this posture correctly. Discover more yoga asanas and yogic breathing exercises in our free yoga pose directory – a visual resource for yoga teacher training students as well as practitioners of all levels. Finally, shop our best-selling Yoga Cards products!
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