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  2. Tribhanga - Wikipedia

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    Like many other poses used in traditional Indian dance, including Odissi, Bharata Natyam and Kathak, Tribhangi or Tribhanga can be found in Indian sculpture as well. . Traditionally the Yakshi is shown with her hand touching a tree branch, and a sinuous pose, tribhanga pose, as is Salabhanjika, whose examples dating to the 12th century can be found in the Hoysala temples of Belur, in south ...

  3. Yin-yang-style baguazhang - Wikipedia

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    Tian family's Yin Yang Bagua Zhang is one of three main Bagua Zhang systems in China. It integrates the crane-walking and roc-spanning powers, the soft and hard, uplifting, elegant, impressive and graceful styles. Tian family's Yin Yang Bagua Zhang is the martial arts styled as twisting, spanning, sitting and lifting. This style integrates ...

  4. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    Squatting is a posture where the weight of the body is on the feet (as with standing) but the knees and hips are bent. In contrast, sitting , involves taking the weight of the body, at least in part, on the buttocks against the ground or a horizontal object such as a chair seat .

  5. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    An asana (Sanskrit: आसन, IAST: āsana) is a body posture, used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. [1] The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the oldest mentioned asanas are indeed seated postures for meditation , asanas may be standing , seated, arm-balances, twists, inversions, forward bends ...

  6. Lalitasana - Wikipedia

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    Usually it is the proper right leg that dangles, but the reversed image can be found. Bare feet are normal. Bare feet are normal. Asana is a general term for a seated pose, from Sanskrit : आसन āsana "sitting down" (from आस ās "to sit down"), a sitting posture, a seat.

  7. Gracefulness - Wikipedia

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    Gracefulness, or being graceful, is the physical characteristic of displaying "pretty agility", in the form of elegant movement, poise, or balance. The etymological root of grace is the Latin word gratia from gratus , meaning pleasing. [ 1 ]

  8. Meditative postures - Wikipedia

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    All the same, she writes, a formal method is helpful, and the asana chosen needs to be stable and comfortable, as the Yoga Sutras state: on the one side, few people would wish to hold strenuous postures like Downward Dog for half an hour or more; on the other side, a restful posture like Savasana (Corpse Pose) might be comfortable but would ...

  9. Shirshasana - Wikipedia

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    In the Supported Headstand (Salamba Shirshasana), the body is completely inverted, and held upright supported by the forearms and the crown of the head. [9] In his Light on Yoga, B. K. S. Iyengar uses a forearm support, with the fingers interlocked around the head, for the basic posture Shirshasana I and its variations; he demonstrates a Western-style tripod headstand, the palms of the hands ...