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‘PARSVA’ IS TRANSLATED from Sanskrit as a side, ‘kona’ means an angle, and parivritta – ‘turned backward, reversed.' Often the full name of this asana sounds like a pose of the opposite side angle.
Parivritta Parsvakonasana is often used as a variant of compensation after performing Utthita Parsvakonasana, but you may also perform it as a separate training element when required to make a twisting action in the lumbar spine area.