Revolved Half Moon Poseपरिवृत्त अर्ध चन्द्रासन
Parivṛtta Ardha Candrāsana — an advanced twist that works the obliques, hamstrings, gluteus medius.
30–60SECONDS HELD · EACH SIDE
One line on the timetable. Revolved Half Moon Pose is held 30–60 seconds each side, with the breath moving throughout — and no set practice here is built around it — it is held on its own.
ਸਰੋਤ·YogaPath sequence data — stay times as taught·one breath ≈ 5 s at an even pace·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 2026
How to do Revolved Half Moon Pose
Read all of it before starting, and read the cautions further down before starting at all.
From a short lunge with the right foot forward, place the right hand on a block under the shoulder.
Shift the weight forward onto the right foot and lift the left leg to hip height, toes pointing down.
Straighten the standing leg without locking it and level both hips.
Rotate the ribcage to the left and reach the left arm towards the ceiling.
Hold with the gaze forward, lower the back foot with control, and change sides.
Hold: 30–60 seconds each side. 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 Revolved Half Moon Pose 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.
- Rotates the trunk on a single-leg base, which demands constant correction at the standing ankle and hip.
- Loads the outer hip of the standing leg while the pelvis is held level.
- Lengthens the standing hamstring under a rotated load.
Revolved Half Moon Pose is one of 25 twists in this library and one of 61 poses rated advanced. Poses that rotate the spine around its long axis with the pelvis anchored.
Who should skip Revolved Half Moon Pose, or change it
- Pregnancy — the closed twist and the balance demand both rule it out.
- Disc injury or sacroiliac instability, which this shape provokes readily.
- Recent abdominal surgery.
- Hamstring, knee or ankle injury on the standing side.
- Vertigo or low blood pressure — practise with the back against a wall.
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 Revolved Half Moon Pose
What tends to go wrong, and the specific correction — not "engage your core".
MistakeLifted hip rolling open towards the ceiling.
FixTurn the lifted toes down to the floor and level the hips before rotating further.
MistakeBottom hand placed too far forward so the shape stretches out and collapses.
FixMove the block back under the shoulder and shorten the reach.
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. Revolved Half Moon Pose sits at code 02175, yoga, Power, 4 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
= 4 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200
= 4.90 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 ਮਿੰਟ | 20 ਮਿੰਟ | 30 ਮਿੰਟ | 45 ਮਿੰਟ | 60 ਮਿੰਟ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 49 | 98 | 147 | 221 | 294 |
ਸਰੋਤ·2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities·code 02175 · 4 MET · 70 kg reference adult·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 2026
The whole activity dataset, including everything that is not yoga, is at BurnLab.
Asked before class
How do you do Revolved Half Moon Pose?
From a short lunge with the right foot forward, place the right hand on a block under the shoulder. Shift the weight forward onto the right foot and lift the left leg to hip height, toes pointing down. Straighten the standing leg without locking it and level both hips. Rotate the ribcage to the left and reach the left arm towards the ceiling. Hold with the gaze forward, lower the back foot with control, and change sides. Hold for 30–60 seconds each side.
What does Revolved Half Moon Pose work?
Primarily the obliques, hamstrings, gluteus medius, with the spinal erectors, shoulders, ankles assisting or lengthening. In mechanical terms: rotates the trunk on a single-leg base, which demands constant correction at the standing ankle and hip.
Who should not do Revolved Half Moon Pose?
Pregnancy — the closed twist and the balance demand both rule it out. Disc injury or sacroiliac instability, which this shape provokes readily. Recent abdominal surgery. Hamstring, knee or ankle injury on the standing side. Vertigo or low blood pressure — practise with the back against a wall. 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 Revolved Half Moon Pose suitable for beginners?
No. Revolved Half Moon Pose is rated advanced. The shape itself is rarely the problem — arriving at it years too early is. Work through the beginner and intermediate twists poses on this site and learn this one in person.
How many calories does Revolved Half Moon Pose 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. Revolved Half Moon Pose sits closest to Compendium code 02175, yoga, Power, at 4 MET — about 147 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.
The rest of the twists on the wall
More twists — 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 ਅਤੇ 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.
ਸਰੋਤ·Published asana references·asana names, alignment and cautions as taught·ਸਮੀਖਿਆ ਜੁਲਾਈ 2026
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