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Siddhasana (Sanskrit: सिद्धासन; IAST: siddhāsana) or Accomplished Pose is an ancient seated asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise suitable for meditation. [1] The names Muktasana (Sanskrit: मुक्तासन, Liberated Pose ) and Burmese position are sometimes given to the same pose, sometimes to an easier ...
A single asana is listed for each main pose, whether or not there are variations. Thus for Sirsasana (Yoga headstand), only one pose is illustrated, although the pose can be varied by moving the legs apart sideways or front-and-back, by lowering one leg to the floor, by folding the legs into lotus posture, by turning the hips to one side, by placing the hands differently on the ground, and so on.
It is one of the earliest texts to describe a non-seated asana and to call such postures asanas (the term originally and literally meaning a seat), namely Mayurasana the peacock pose. In chapter 96 it describes nine asanas in all (Brahmasana, Svastikasana , Padmasana , Gomukhasana , Simhasana , Muktasana , Virasana, [ a ] Bhadrasana , and ...
Cobra Pose or Bhujangasana (Sanskrit: भुजंगासन; IAST: Bhujaṅgāsana) [1] is a reclining back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. It is also performed in a cycle of asanas in Surya Namaskar , Salute to the Sun, as an alternative to Urdhva Mukha Svanasana , Upward Dog Pose.
Tree pose [1] or Vrikshasana (Sanskrit: वृक्षासन, romanized: vṛkṣāsana) is a balancing asana. It is one of the very few standing poses in medieval hatha yoga , and remains popular in modern yoga as exercise . [ 2 ]
Yogasopana Purvacatuska is written in the style of an instruction manual. It covers yoga in terms of Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga, with sections on the yamas (prohibitions), niyamas (observances), asanas (postures), and pranayama (breath control).
Utkatasana (Sanskrit: उत्कटासन; IAST: Utkaṭāsana), Chair Pose, [1] or fierce pose, [2] is a standing asana in modern yoga as exercise. [3] It was a low squatting asana in medieval hatha yoga .
Akarna Dhanurasana (Sanskrit: आकर्ण धनुरासन; IAST: Ākarṇa Dhanurāsana), also called the Archer pose, [1] Bow and Arrow pose, [2] or Shooting Bow pose [1] is an asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. The posture resembles an archer about to release an arrow.