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  2. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    Atypical positions are common to break dancing, gymnastics, and yoga, and may include: standing on one leg; handstand; head stand; spreadeagle; crab position; The human body can be suspended in various stable positions, where the support is above the center of gravity. The positioning may be voluntary or involuntary.

  4. Handstand - Wikipedia

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    In modern yoga as exercise, the handstand is among the inverted poses; it is known as Adho Mukha Vrksasana, [11] Downward-facing Tree Pose. In traditional hatha yoga in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Vyayāmadipike , which calls it the "second gardam ", and the Śrītattvanidhi use the handstand in a sequence involving touching the nose to ...

  5. Matsyendrasana - Wikipedia

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    Ardha Matsyendrasana I, a commonly practised half form of the pose For Ardha Matsyendrasana I, sit with one leg bent on the ground, the foot tucked in close to the body, and cross the other leg over across the body, the knee raised and bent, and the foot on the ground by the outside of the other leg.

  6. Postures of Bikram Yoga - Wikipedia

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    The following are the 26 postures of Bikram Yoga, as it names them; some of the Sanskrit names differ from those used for the same or closely related poses in other schools of yoga, and some of them are otherwise used for different poses.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Category:Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas - Wikipedia

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    Asanas described in Hatha yoga texts up to the 17th century. Many more asanas are named in these texts but without descriptions it is not possible to match medieval names with modern asanas: many poses had multiple names, and the same names were often used for multiple poses.

  9. Mayurasana - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from the Sanskrit words mayūra (मयूर) meaning "peacock" [2] and āsana (आसन) meaning "posture". [3] Mayurasana is one of the oldest non-seated asanas used in hatha yoga; it is first described in the 10th century Vimānārcanākalpa. The Vāsiṣṭha Saṁhitā 1.76-7 states that it destroys all sins. [4]

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