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2. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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   The asanas have been given a variety of English names by competing schools of yoga. [2] The traditional number of asanas is the symbolic 84, but different texts identify different selections, sometimes listing their names without describing them. [3] [a] Some names have been given to different asanas over the centuries, and some asanas have ...

3. New to yoga? Start with these 13 easy poses - AOL

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   These easy yoga poses for beginners will increase flexibility, reduce anxiety and aid in weight loss. Learn yoga basics like downward dog and sun salutation.

4. Yashtikasana - Wikipedia

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   Yashtikasana (Yastikasana) or Stick position is a beginner level yoga pose that is usually performed in preparation for more intermediate to advanced level asanas. In Sanskrit, "Yastik" means stick. It is widely used for meditation. Yastikasana ultimate simple yoga pose to destress and remove all fatigue.

5. Asana - Wikipedia

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   Asanas are also called yoga poses or yoga postures in English. The 10th or 11th century Goraksha Sataka and the 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika identify 84 asanas; the 17th century Hatha Ratnavali provides a different list of 84 asanas, describing some of them. In the 20th century, Indian nationalism favoured physical culture in response to ...

6. Postures of Bikram Yoga - Wikipedia

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   The postures include 24 asanas (poses in modern yoga as exercise), one pranayama breathing exercise, and one shatkarma, a purification making use of forced breathing. Bikram Yoga was devised by Bikram Choudhury around 1971 when he moved to America.

7. Yoganidrasana - Wikipedia

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   Yoganidrasana is described in the 17th century Haṭha Ratnāvalī 3.70. [4] The pose is illustrated in an 18th century painting of the eight yoga chakras in Mysore. [5] It is illustrated as "Pasini Mudra" (not an asana) in Theos Bernard's 1943 book Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience. [6]