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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Yashtikasana - Wikipedia

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   Yashtikasana (Yastikasana) or Stick position is a beginner level yoga pose that is usually performed in preparation for more intermediate to advanced level asanas. In Sanskrit, "Yastik" means stick. It is widely used for meditation. Yastikasana ultimate simple yoga pose to destress and remove all fatigue.

5. Calisthenics - Wikipedia

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   Practicing the wall walk, an exercise for achieving handstands A handstand is the act of supporting the body in a stable, inverted vertical position by balancing on the hands. In a basic handstand, the body is held straight with arms and legs fully extended, with hands spaced approximately a shoulder-width apart. Hyperextensions

6. 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 ...

7. Scorpion pose - Wikipedia

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   Scorpion pose or Vrischikasana is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise that combines a forearm balance and backbend; [1] [2] the variant with hands rather than forearms on the floor, elbows bent, is called Ganda Bherundasana. [3] Light on Yoga treats both forearm and hand balance forms as variants of this pose. It is a part of the ...