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10 Basic Yoga Poses for Beginners

Seated-Wide Angle Straddle or Upavishta Konasana

Type of pose: Seated

Different from pascimottanasana, the upavishta konasana requires you to open the legs wide to create a slightly different pose. Although it might look like you need to bring the chest to the ground, it is not actually true. Instead, focus on keeping a flat back, keeping the feet flexed, and rotating your pelvis forward rather than crunching forward via the spine. If you can combine these three things, you can do this stretch easily. [7]