Standing Split (Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana) is a standing yoga posture that helps to stretch and open the hips, hamstrings, and inner thighs. It also helps to strengthen the legs and core muscles while improving balance and flexibility. To practice this pose,
A split is a physical position in which the legs are in line with each other and extended in opposite directions. Splits are commonly performed in various athletic activities, including dance, figure skating, gymnastics, contortionism, synchronized swimming, cheerleading, martial arts, hockey goaltender, aerial arts and yoga as exercise, where a front split is named Hanumanasana and a side split is named Samakonasana. A person who has assumed a split position is said to be "in a split", or "doing the splits", or "doing a split".