Parsva Bakasana (Side Crane or Crow Pose) is an arm balance that can build confidence, help you face your fears, and teach you to be flexible. Instead of putting one knee on each arm as you would in ...

Parsva Bakasana or the Side Crane Pose is good for strengthening the arms, wrists and shoulders and improving balance. In Sanskrit, Parsva means side, Baka means crane and Asana is a pose. Parsva ...

Arm balances can turn your world upside-down--literally--which is part of why yogis feel such a sense of accomplishment after mastering a pose like Bakasana (Crane or Crow Pose). One of the first arm ...