High Crescent Lungeउत्थित अश्व संचालनासन
Utthita Aśva Sañcālanāsana — an intermediate standing pose that works the quadriceps, glutes, hip flexors.
30–60सेकंद धरून ठेवले
One line on the timetable. High Crescent Lunge is held 30–60 seconds, with the breath moving throughout — and it takes its place inside one of the practices posted on this site.
स्रोत·YogaPath sequence data — stay times as taught·one breath ≈ 5 s at an even pace·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
How to do High Crescent Lunge
Read all of it before starting, and read the cautions further down before starting at all.
From a forward fold, step the right foot back and keep the back knee lifted with the heel high.
Bend the front knee towards a right angle, stacked over the ankle.
Draw the back thigh up and lengthen the tailbone towards the back heel.
Sweep the arms overhead alongside the ears with the front ribs drawn in.
Hold with steady breathing, then change sides.
Hold: 30–60 seconds. Keep the breath moving throughout — if you are holding it, the pose is too much for today.
Muscles worked
Where the effort and the lengthening land. Primary groups do most of the work; secondary groups assist or are stretched.
What High Crescent Lunge does
Described mechanically — what the movement does to muscle and joint. Not a list of conditions it treats, because a pose does not treat conditions.
- Loads the front quadriceps and glute deeply on an unstable narrow base.
- Stretches the hip flexors of the lifted back leg under tension.
- Trains the trunk to stay stacked with the arms overhead.
High Crescent Lunge is one of 18 standing poses in this library and one of 60 poses rated intermediate. Poses built on the feet, where the legs carry the work and the floor is the reference point.
Who should skip High Crescent Lunge, or change it
- Knee injury on the front leg.
- Ankle injury on the back foot, which is on the ball of the foot throughout.
- Shoulder injury — keep the hands at the chest.
- Low back pain if the ribs flare.
General information only — not medical advice. Some asanas are unsuitable during pregnancy, injury or specific conditions. Learn from a qualified teacher and stop if anything hurts. If you are pregnant, recovering from surgery or managing any health condition, ask your doctor before starting a practice, and learn the pose itself from a qualified teacher who can see you move.
Common mistakes in High Crescent Lunge
What tends to go wrong, and the specific correction — not "engage your core".
MistakeBack hip sinking so the pelvis tips forward.
FixLift the back thigh and lengthen the tailbone down.
MistakeHips too wide apart or too narrow, wobbling side to side.
FixStep the back foot slightly wider than the front for a stable base.
How the energy figure on a yoga timetable is reached
- Nobody has measured a single asana in a metabolic cart, so no per-pose figure is published here — not by this site and not by anyone.
- The pose is matched to the nearest style of practice in the 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities. High Crescent Lunge sits at code 02150, योग, हठ, 2.5 MET.
- That MET value is put through the standard ACSM relationship for a stated reference adult of 70 kg.
- The result is the cost of a practice of that kind for as long as you practise — not the cost of holding this one shape.
- Scale it to yourself: the relationship is linear in body mass, so multiply by your own weight in kilograms and divide by 70.
kcal/min = MET × 3.5 × kg ÷ 200
= 2.5 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200
= 3.06 kcal per minute
The same practice, hour by hour
Read it the way you would read a timetable: pick the length of session you actually sit down for, and that is the figure.
| Time practising | 10 मिनिटे | 20 मिनिटे | 30 मिनिटे | 45 मिनिटे | 60 मिनिटे |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 31 | 61 | 92 | 138 | 184 |
स्रोत·2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities·code 02150 · 2.5 MET · 70 kg reference adult·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
The whole activity dataset, including everything that is not yoga, is at BurnLab.
Asked before class
How do you do High Crescent Lunge?
From a forward fold, step the right foot back and keep the back knee lifted with the heel high. Bend the front knee towards a right angle, stacked over the ankle. Draw the back thigh up and lengthen the tailbone towards the back heel. Sweep the arms overhead alongside the ears with the front ribs drawn in. Hold with steady breathing, then change sides. Hold for 30–60 seconds.
What does High Crescent Lunge work?
Primarily the quadriceps, glutes, hip flexors, with the calves, spinal erectors, shoulders assisting or lengthening. In mechanical terms: loads the front quadriceps and glute deeply on an unstable narrow base.
Who should not do High Crescent Lunge?
Knee injury on the front leg. Ankle injury on the back foot, which is on the ball of the foot throughout. Shoulder injury — keep the hands at the chest. Low back pain if the ribs flare. This is general information, not medical advice — if any of these apply to you, ask your doctor and learn the pose with a qualified teacher rather than from a page.
Is High Crescent Lunge suitable for beginners?
Not as a first pose. High Crescent Lunge is rated intermediate here: it assumes a working base of strength and range, and a teacher who has watched you move. Build up through the standing poses marked beginner first.
How many calories does High Crescent Lunge burn?
The honest answer is that nobody has measured a single asana. The 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities publishes MET values for styles of yoga, not for individual poses. High Crescent Lunge sits closest to Compendium code 02150, yoga, Hatha, at 2.5 MET — about 92 kcal for 30 minutes of that kind of practice for a 70 kg adult. Holding one pose for a minute is a rounding error either way.
Sequences that use High Crescent Lunge
The rest of the standing poses on the wall
More standing poses — first at the same level, then the rest of the family.
Asana names are traditional. Every step, benefit and caution on this page is written for YogaPath rather than reproduced from any book, studio or other library — see how this site is written आणि what it is written from. General information only — not medical advice. Some asanas are unsuitable during pregnancy, injury or specific conditions. Learn from a qualified teacher and stop if anything hurts.
स्रोत·Published asana references·asana names, alignment and cautions as taught·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
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