# Konasana

By [YOGA](https://paragraph.com/@yoga-3) · 2023-08-17

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### **Konasana**

Konasana, also known as the Sideways Bending Pose, involves stretching one arm towards the sky while the other hand rests against the leg.

**Benefits:** This pose helps increase flexibility, balance, and strength and can also help in relieving stress and tension in the spine and hips. It also helps those suffering from constipation.

**Who Should Avoid:** Anybody who has had a recent or chronic injury to the knees, hips, spine, or neck, high or low blood pressure, migraine and diarrhea.

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