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  2. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    Yin Yoga names are for the equivalent Yin variants; these are usually somewhat different from the conventional poses. Indian texts are "notoriously difficult to date". [ 12 ] The table shows the approximate date and abbreviated title of the earliest document or authority to describe that asana (not only naming it), as follows:

  3. Yoga using props - Wikipedia

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    The teacher of Yin Yoga Bernie Clark wrote that many yoga students see props as "cheating", [14] perhaps feeling that since they are used in restorative yoga sessions, they are not suitable for other students. Clark counters that props offer multiple benefits, including increasing or decreasing stress in specific areas; creating length and ...

  4. Yin Yoga - Wikipedia

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    Shoelace pose, a classic asana of Yin Yoga, based on but not identical to the traditional Gomukhasana [1]. Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga (as exercise), incorporating principles of traditional Chinese medicine, with asanas (postures) that are held for longer periods of time than in other yoga styles.

  5. The impressive health benefits of yoga - and 13 easy poses ...

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    Hot yoga, sometimes called Bikram yoga, which is performed in a heated room following a set of 26 poses. The heat helps to increase flexibility and detox the body through sweating.

  6. Eka Pada Rajakapotasana - Wikipedia

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    Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Sanskrit: एक पाद राजकपोतासन; IAST: Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana), Rajakapotasana, or [One-legged] King Pigeon Pose [1] is a seated back-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. The Yin Yoga form of the asana is named Swan Pose, while the Aerial yoga variant, supported in a hammock, is called ...

  7. Yoga brick - Wikipedia

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    A yoga brick or yoga block is a smooth block of wood or of firm but comfortable material, such as hard foam rubber or cork, used as a prop in yoga as exercise. The use of wooden bricks to assist in alignment was introduced by B. K. S. Iyengar , founder of Iyengar Yoga , and has spread to practices such as Restorative Yoga and Yin Yoga .

  8. Utthita Parshvakonasana - Wikipedia

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    The pose is not mentioned in medieval hatha yoga texts. It appears in the 20th century in Krishnamacharya's school of yoga in Mysore, and in the teaching of his pupils Pattabhi Jois and B. K. S. Iyengar, along with other asanas with names that describe the position of the body and its limbs. [2] [3]

  9. Standing asanas - Wikipedia

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    One difficulty is naming; the existence of a medieval pose with the name of a current standing pose is not proof that the two are the same, as the names given to poses may change, and the same name may be used for different poses. For example, the name Garudasana, Eagle Pose, is used for a sitting pose in the Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā, 2.37. [4 ...

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