DESCRIPTION
Learn how to do Side Plank Pose (Vasisthasana). This video tutorial will teach you the proper alignment and technique to help you safely move into Side Plank Pose.
Side Plank Pose is great for improving balance while also strengthening your entire body. From your fingers to your toes, this pose activates all the muscles on the side of the body you are working.
Benefits of Side Plank Pose:
- Strengthens your arms and wrists
- Works your entire core
- Improves your balance
How to do Side Plank Pose:
1. Come down onto your hands and knees. Place your hands under your shoulders and wrap your triceps back so your elbows face backward.
2. Step your feet back and bring them together while squeezing your inner thighs together.
3. Roll onto the outer edge of one foot and stack your hips vertically over each other.
4. Stack your shoulders and reach your arm straight up overhead.
5. Externally rotate your bottom arm by wrapping the tricep back, and press through your arm to create activation through your side body.
6. Bring your gaze down, forward, or up toward the sky.