A yoga teacher demonstrates Parivrita Trikonasana with cues designed to protect the lower back by shifting focus to the thoracic spine. The sequence starts in Warrior I, then straightens the front leg and twists, pulling the hips in opposite directions while rotating the shoulder upward.
Here's how I like to teach Parivrita Trikonasana, Revolved Triangle, for women's bodies. Gonna start in Virabhadrasana, one leg. So you're gonna straighten the front leg, bring your right hand onto the right hip. Inhale, lengthen the spine, left arm comes forward. Bend forward as you lengthen, bring your left hand onto the block or onto the ground. Lengthen as you look forward, pull that right hip back, left hip comes forward. From here we'll pull the scapula back, rotate the right shoulder towards the sky, and right arm comes up. We bring the focus out of the low back and into the thoracic spine. That way you can light up the follow button for all the yoga.
