Called the triangle pose because of its English translation from Sanskrit, the term “tri" meaning "three." This posture relaxes the shoulders, the back and the arms through elongating and stretching your side body. To perfect the posture, begin by standing in Warrior II, straighten your front leg, lean forward with your leading arm and hinge from the hips to swivel your leading arm to the floor while bringing the opposite arm to the sky.  Open your chest and stack your shoulders so that they are in direct line with your front foot.  Keep both arms and legs straight and strong.  Elongate the skyward side of your body for a deep side stretch, and always maintain a microbend in the knees to ease stress.

Pictured here: Twisted Triangle

For a deeper stretch in your side body, go into traditional triangle pose, then bring your skyward arm to the floor while bringing your floor arm skyward - your body will naturally rotate to face the other way while repositiong your arms.  Be sure to realign/stack your shoulders and reach with strong arms and legs.