How to do Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) step by step - Iyengar Yoga

How to do Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) step by step - Learn how to do Trikonasana - triangle pose - using these three tips.
In this video we use the wall to help build awareness of alignment. We also utilise height under the front heel to encourage more weight into the ball of the foot which can help engage the legs in such a way as to prevent hyperextending the knee.
Happy practicing 😃
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[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

Often when people use the wall as an alignment tool for the first time, they realise how much they stick their buttocks back and consequently loose the lift in the top chest. Let me know how you go...

[@amazingdude9042]

are you certified by Iyenger ? personally took lessons from BKS himself ?

[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

@@amazingdude9042 Hi. BKS Iyengar officially retired from teaching in 1984 and he asked his international students to establish Iyengar Yoga Associations in their countries and gave these associations the power to certify teachers after years of dedicated training and a rigorous assessment process. I am a certified Senior level Iyengar teacher, teaching yoga since 1997. I have spent time at the Ramamani Iyengar Yoga Institute in Pune, India and have been taught by BKS Iyengar"s daughter and son - Geeta and Prashant - under the watchful of eye of BKS himself while he was still alive. 🙂

[@nothingbutnow3274]

I love this pose and you've just made it feel a whole lot easier!

[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

That's great to hear! Thank you 🙏

[@junehitchman5441]

Brilliant instructions- thank you 🙏

[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

Thank you - glad you appreciated them 😀🙏

[@xiaojienan7891]

Best explained

[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

Glad you liked it 👍🙏

[@robin12379]

Awesome

[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

Glad you like it 😀

[@kellieespie7106]

Such a great video. Thanks!

[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

Glad you liked it! 😀🙏

[@kajalmangukia]

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[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

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[@conniefisher916]

Not sure why the butt can't go lateral, why do you want it in the same sagittal line?

[@IyengarYogawithHeather]

We follow on from Tadasana - we don't stick the buttocks back while in that pose. When coming into Trikonasana whilst it might provide us with a feeling of more agency we actually reduce our ability to work more on the organic level ie we lose the capacity to broaden the pelvic abdominal area which of course is helpful in toning and nourishing the organs in that area. Likewise we can also reduce our ability to broaden the chest as usually the top chest comes forward relative tot he lower chest - think space for the heart and the lungs. Also, commonly when the buttocks go behind the line of the ankles often the lumbar spine moves into more of a lordotic state which usually means the abdominal muscles are not being toned and the organs not being lifted. Lastly, when we work with the hips in line with the ankles, rather than allowing the buttocks to stick back, it can provide more of stretch in the hamstrings and adductors and possibly the side waist. 😀