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Historic halftone engraving of the pose from the cover of Yoga Sopana, 1905, the first modern illustrated book on yoga [4]. The name comes from the Sanskrit words ...
The name is from the Sanskrit जठर Jaṭhara, stomach or abdomen; परिवर्तन Parivartana, to turn around; and आसन āsana, posture or seat. [5] The pose is not found in medieval hatha yoga texts, but is described in 20th century manuals including B. K. S. Iyengar's 1966 Light on Yoga.
[1] {{efn|The name "Padangusthasana" (without "Utthita") is used with a different meaning in Bikram Yoga. "Toe Stand Pose" is number 12 in its asana sequence; it is a squatting pose with one leg lightly crossed over the standing leg, which is bent so that the buttocks approach or rest on the heel; despite the etymology there is no contact ...
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 ...
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.
Nearly all the standing poses now practised were unknown in hatha yoga until the 20th century. Many are described in Iyengar's 1966 Light on Yoga. [11] Some, such as Tadasana, appear in the 1896 Vyayama Dipika, a manual of gymnastics, as part of the "very old" sequence of danda (Sanskrit for "staff" or "stick") exercises.
The modern pose is described in Krishnamacharya's 1934 Yoga Makaranda, [5] and in the works of his pupils, B. K. S. Iyengar's 1966 Light on Yoga [6] and Pattabhi Jois's Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] Theos Bernard however illustrates the related pose "Padhahasthasana" (sic) in his 1944 report of his experience of hatha yoga on the border of ...
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]