If we see the origin of this pose then we’ll come to know that it does not originate from India. It also doesn’t come in medieval hatha yoga texts. However, a similar pose gets describe in an early 20th-century danish text, by Niels Bukhs’s primitive gymnastic.
After that, it was derived from the 19th-century, Scandinavian tradition of gymnastics and later it arrived in India in the early 1920s. Then it got modified by Indian yoga experts. This is modified and incorporated into exercises by Swami Kuvalayananda.
Further, it was taken up by the influential yoga teacher Tirumala Krishnamacharya, where he starts working on this yoga and teaches it to many of his students.
We need to know that all yoga exercises are for the betterment of human beings but if we perform them properly with the advice of an experienced teacher. Especially for our youth yoga is important to get relax and remain fresh for the whole day long.
However, Utthita hasta padangusthasana improves concentration and also promotes a sense of stability.
From mountain pose tadasana you have to lift one knee towards your chest and the corresponding hand of your grabs your big toe. After that your leg is extended forward then it moved out to the side. Your other hand stays on your hip.