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Parivritta Paschimottanasana is the reversed or twisted form of the pose, the body twisted to one side and the hands reversed, so that if the body is turned to the left, the right hand grasps the left foot, the right elbow is over the left knee, and the left hand grasps the right foot. [24]
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.
Pose implies an artistic, aesthetic, athletic, or spiritual intention of the position. Attitude refers to postures assumed for purpose of imitation, intentional or not, as well as in some standard collocations in reference to some distinguished types of posture: "Freud never assumed a fencer's attitude, yet almost all took him for a swordsman." [2]
A pose that is certainly younger than that is Parivritta Parsvakonasana (Revolved Side Angle Pose): it was not in the first edition of Pattabhi Jois's Yoga Mala in 1962. [69] Viparita Virabhadrasana (Reversed Warrior Pose) is still more recent, and may have been created after 2000. [69]
A similar pose appears in Niels Bukh's 1924 Primary Gymnastics; Mark Singleton suggests that Krishnamacharya, influenced by the general gymnastics culture of the time, adopted gymnastics poses into his flowing style of yoga. [1] [2]
The pose occurs twice in Ashtanga Yoga's Surya Namaskar. [13] Parshvasana (Side Stretch Pose), also called Indudalasana, known from 1968, has the arms lifted and the body stretched over to one side. [14] [15] Anuvittasana or Hasta Uttanasana (Standing Back Bend), has the arms raised and the back arched. [16] An extreme form of the pose is ...
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Parivritta Prasarita Padottanasana, the rotated variant of the pose. The rotated variant of the pose is Parivritta Prasarita Padottanasana. The position of the legs is unchanged, but the body is rotated so that one hand is on the floor, while the other arm, directly above that hand, is pointing straight upwards; the gaze is directed to the side or upwards.