The name comes from the Sanskrit words paschima (पश्चिम, paścima) meaning "west" or "the back of the body"; uttana (उत्तान, uttāna) meaning "intense stretch" or "straight" or "extended" and asana (आसन, āsana) meaning "pose"
The pose is described in the 15th-century Hatha Yoga Pradipika, chapter 1.
Calms the brain and helps relieve mild depression.
Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause.
Relieves anxiety, fatigue, headache.
Stretches the spine, shoulders, hamstrings, and groins.
Stimulates the liver and kidneys.
Avoid this pose if one is suffering from severe low back pain. If the knees are injured. Not to be practiced by pregnant women.
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