Reverse Triangle is easy to get to from either regular Triangle or any of the Warrior poses. It’s a pose that gives a gentle stretch through different muscles than targeted in Triangle, while also engaging in a gentle spinal twist, and keeping the form of basic Warrior. In some ways, it’s a pre-cursor to the Triangle pose, but it offers its own benefits too.

Steps

1. From Triangle, rotate your arms so that the arm that was reaching toward the sky is now on the earth. From a Warrior pose, straighten your front leg and so the same motions with your arms. Your front foot and the arm that’s on the ground should be opposites.
2. Move the hand that’s on the ground to the inside of your front foot.
3. Let your other arm guide your body open as it reaches toward the sky.
4. Your chest should be rotated against and toward your front leg. It should be completely open and your torso should be parallel – or near parallel – to the ground.

Comments

This pose strengthens the lower back, stretches out your hips and gives your spine a twist. When engaging in this pose, it’s important to send your breath into those areas and concentrate on stretching them out and opening them up!