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  2. Yogasopana Purvacatuska - Wikipedia

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    The yoga scholar Mark Singleton observes that the publication of Yogasopana was in several ways a "key transitional moment" from medieval hatha yoga to modern yoga as exercise. [1] For the first time, the yogic body was represented naturalistically, using modern half-tone engravings, as a muscled, three-dimensional body in physical postures.

  3. Makarasana - Wikipedia

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    Makarasana is however often used as a relaxation asana, an alternative to the supine Shavasana, and both head and legs are rested on the floor. Yoga International describes it as having the chest "slightly raised", and as "one of the best postures for working with diaphragmatic breathing ".

  4. The Surprising Health Benefits of Hot Yoga You Might ... - AOL

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    Hot yoga can embody any type of yoga which is practiced in a heated environment, and the ranges of temperature and humidity can vary depending on the style you are practicing, says Maria Andrews ...

  5. Yoga as therapy - Wikipedia

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    At least three types of health claims have been made for yoga: magical claims for medieval haṭha yoga, including the power of healing; unsupported claims of benefits to organ systems from the practice of asanas; and more or less well supported claims of specific medical and psychological benefits from studies of differing sizes using a wide ...

  6. Is hot yoga good for you? What to know about the benefits ...

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    Yoga can be challenging to begin with, but doing it in a heated room can feel next-level intimidating. Like most forms of exercise, hot yoga comes with benefits as well as risks to know about ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Salabhasana - Wikipedia

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    The asana's name comes from the Sanskrit शलभा "shalabh" which means "grasshopper" or "locust". [5]The pose is not found in the medieval hatha yoga texts. It is included in Yoga Ghamande's 1905 Yogasopana Purvacatuska, the first yoga manual with printed illustrations, uniquely as halftone plates.

  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 ...

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