How to do Samakonasana (Straight Angle Pose) and Its Benefits

Samkonasana or Straight Angle Pose is one of the highest or advanced levels of yoga poses. This asana is a sitting asana which requires a lot of flexibility in the hips, waist and legs. Health benefits of Samkonasana helps in gaining good strength. When you stretch your body, you relieve muscle tension, improve blood circulation, flexibility and reduce the risk of injuries.

Samkonasana Basics

Meaning

Samakonasana word comes from the Sanskrit language. Where Sama, meaning “straight,” Kona, meaning “angle,” and asana, meaning ” yoga posture”. As the name suggests it known as Straight Angle Pose in English.

Straight Angle Pose is one of the most beneficial yoga poses that improves the flexibility of hips and waist. Along with this, it also causes deep strain in the legs as well as the inner thighs. In this physical yoga position, the legs are in line with each other and spread in opposite directions.

Practice Guide For Samkonasana

The Practice Guide to Perform Samkonasana serves as a valuable resource for yoga enthusiasts seeking to advance their practice, offering a structured and detailed approach to mastering this asana.

Preparatory Poses

• Virasana
• Adho Mukha Shavasana

Steps to do Samakonasana (Straight Angle Pose)

• First of all, To enter the pose, begin sitting on the ground in the Dandasana position or stretch the legs to your front.
• Secondly, stretch the legs sideways very slowly so that both the legs form a straight line. Or both legs out in a “V” position as wide as is comfortable.
• Now, bring your palms together in from of the heart or Namaskar mudra. Make sure the Drishti to the floor between both feet.
• Maintain this position for few seconds while you’re breathing.
• In this position, the body should be kept straight.
• When comfortable, you can move the hands on the floor bringing the torso up and slowly sit in Samakonasana, pushing the knees closer to the floor.
• Release and come to sit in Dandasana (Staff Pose), to stretch the legs out completely and relax.
  

Samakonasana is also used for a standing posture. It has known in English as the right angle pose. 

• In this position, join your legs take your arms up.
• After that, exhale and move forward with a flat back and look down.
• Now, come up with a flat back, looking forward, strengthening your cervical area.
• When comfortable, you can move the arms straight.
• Try to look forward, and hold it as fell as comfortable.
• Maintain this position for few seconds while you’re breathing.
• Release and come back in the first position.
  
  

Benefits Of Samakonasana or The Straight Angle Pose

• Samakonasa is a deep hip-opening yoga that activates and stimulates the first three chakras, and mainly the Muladhara Chakra (Root Chakra). also, it provides inner stability and strength needed for personal growth.
• The heart chakra is the center of love and compassion, that promotes forgiveness and acceptance of both others and self.
• This Yogasana not only helps to make your back strong but also helps to get rid of the back pain. 
• People who are suffering excessive neck pain must practice this asana daily to get immediate relief.
• This challenging yoga poses that Stretches and Strengthens the inner thighs, upper thighs, hips, and pelvic floor muscles.
• Samakonasana helps to release and reducing tensions and makes for a stronger body that encourages self-confidence and teaches self-control. 

Precautions

Keeping a clean stomach is important to practice yoga effectively and safely. Practicing yoga on an empty stomach or at least several hours after meals allows the body to perform the asanas more comfortably and with more focus. This timing ensures that the digestive system has enough time to process the food, thereby avoiding discomfort or potential complications during exercise.

• People who having shoulder or back injuries should avoid doing this Yoga pose.
• If you have any legs problem do not practice.
• Pregnant ladies should avoid doing this pose.