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2. 30 Standing Yoga Poses Every Yogi Needs to Know - AOL

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   Here are 30 standing yoga poses you should add to your arsenal, including step-by-step instructions, helpful modifications, Yoga is all about being in the present moment: meeting yourself exactly ...

3. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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   An asana 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, backbends , or reclining in prone or ...

4. Standing asanas - Wikipedia

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   The origin of standing asanas has been controversial [24] [25] since Singleton's 2010 book Yoga Body argued that some forms of modern yoga represent a radical reworking of hatha yoga, in particular by adding standing asanas and transitions (vinyasas) between them, and by suppressing most non-postural aspects of yoga, rather than a smooth ...

5. Tadasana - Wikipedia

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   Standing in a back bend gives the Standing Locust Pose, Stiti Shalabhasana. Placing the feet wider is common in vinyasa styles of yoga and provides a more stable base in this and other such standing asanas. [11] Namaskarasana, Pranamasana, or Prayer Pose has the hands in prayer position (Anjali mudra) in front of the chest. [12]

6. Tree pose - Wikipedia

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   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]

7. Asana - Wikipedia

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   Asanas can be classified in different ways, which may overlap: for example, by the position of the head and feet (standing, sitting, reclining, inverted), by whether balancing is required, or by the effect on the spine (forward bend, backbend, twist), giving a set of asana types agreed by most authors.