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  2. Natarajasana - Wikipedia

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    Natarajasana (Sanskrit: नटराजासन, romanized: Naṭarājāsana), Lord of the Dance Pose [1] or Dancer Pose [2] is a standing, balancing, back-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. [1] It is derived from a pose in the classical Indian dance form Bharatnatyam, which is depicted in temple statues in the Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram.

  3. Shiva Rea - Wikipedia

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    In 2007 Vanity Fair called her "the Madonna of the yoga world" in a desert photo shoot; the photographer, Michael O'Neill portrayed her in Dancer pose (Natarajasana) wearing bikini briefs and an outsize bead necklace, with two tigers in a featureless flat landscape. The article said she was "the best-known instructor of Vinyasa flow yoga" and ...

  4. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    Matsyendra's pose Sitting Twist 15th C. HYP 1.28-29 17th C. GhS: Mayurasana [17] मयूरासन Peacock Balancing 10th C. V [62] 15th C. HYP 1.33 Muktasana [6] मुक्तासन Liberated Sitting Meditation 10th C. V [62] [i] Natarajasana [95] नटराजासन Lord of the Dance Dancer Nataraja's Pose Standing Backbend 20th ...

  5. Nataraja - Wikipedia

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    The word Nataraja is a Sanskrit term, from नट Nata meaning "act, drama, dance" and राज Raja meaning "king, lord"; it can be roughly translated as Lord of the dance or King of the dance. [22] [23] According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, the name is related to Shiva's fame as the "Lord of Dancers" or "King of Actors". [24]

  6. Asana - Wikipedia

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    Asanas are also called yoga poses or yoga postures in English. The 10th or 11th century Goraksha Sataka and the 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika identify 84 asanas; the 17th century Hatha Ratnavali provides a different list of 84 asanas, describing some of them.

  7. Standing asanas - Wikipedia

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    For example, Natarajasana, the pose of Dancing Shiva, is depicted in 13th - 18th century Bharatnatyam dance statues of the Eastern Gopuram, Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, implying, according to Ananda Bhavanani, that the pose was used in medieval hatha yoga and that there was a cultural interchange between yoga and dance. [8]

  8. Tandava - Wikipedia

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    The Natya Shastra portrays Shiva narrating about the various aspects of the dance to the god Brahma. [4] The 32 Angaharas and 108 Karanas are discussed by Bharata in the 4th chapter of the Natya Shastra, Tandava Lakshanam. [11] Karana is the combination of hand gestures with feet to form a dance posture. Angahara is composed of seven or more ...

  9. List of dance styles - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance. For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin .