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The name comes from the Sanskrit मकर makara meaning "crocodile" or "monster", [2] and आसन āsana meaning "posture" or "seat". [3]Makarasana is described in the 17th-century Gheraṇḍa Saṁhitā (Chapter 2, Verse 40).
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.
"Crocodile Shoes" is a single by Jimmy Nail. It was written for the television drama Crocodile Shoes , and became a chart hit for Nail in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Sweden in 1994 and 1995. It is featured on the album of the same name .
"Crocodile" is a song by British electronic music band Underworld, and was released as a single on September 12, 2007, in Japan first, in order to promote their album Oblivion with Bells. [1] [ permanent dead link ] On September 5, Underworld released the music video for "Crocodile" on their website.
The music on Crocodiles is generally dark and moody: In 1980, the British music magazine NME described McCulloch's lyrics as "scattered with themes of sorrow, horror, and despair, themes that are reinforced by stormy animal/sexual imagery" and American music magazine Creem described Crocodiles as "a moody, mysterious, fascinating record."
The pose is often chosen by yoga practitioners who wish to advertise themselves: the Welsh author Holly Williams, writing about the commercialisation of yoga in The Independent, commented that she had "unfollowed [several] people on Instagram whose artful shots of their Lycra-clad one-legged wheel poses come with a barrage of hashtags (#fitspo ...
All the same, she writes, a formal method is helpful, and the asana chosen needs to be stable and comfortable, as the Yoga Sutras state: on the one side, few people would wish to hold strenuous postures like Downward Dog for half an hour or more; on the other side, a restful posture like Savasana (Corpse Pose) might be comfortable but would ...
The name chakhe is derived from chorakhe (จระเข้), meaning "crocodile". [2] The word krapeu means "alligator" or "crocodile" in the Khmer language, as well. [3] Chakhe and krapeu are also related to the Myanmar/Mon mi gyaung (kyam), which has realistic zoological features and not just the abstract form of a crocodile. [2]