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  2. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    The traditional number of asanas is the symbolic 84, but different texts identify different selections, sometimes listing their names without describing them. [3] [a] Some names have been given to different asanas over the centuries, and some asanas have been known by a variety of names, making tracing and the assignment of dates difficult. [5]

  3. Standing asanas - Wikipedia

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    The standing asanas are the yoga poses or asanas with one or both feet on the ground, and the body more or less upright. They are among the most distinctive features of modern yoga as exercise . Until the 20th century there were very few of these, the best example being Vrikshasana , Tree Pose.

  4. Category:Standing asanas - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Standing asanas" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ...

  5. Category:Asanas - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Standing asanas (1 C, 21 P) T. Twisting asanas (7 P) Y. Yoga series (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Asanas"

  6. Postures of Bikram Yoga - Wikipedia

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    The postures include 24 asanas (poses in modern yoga as exercise), one pranayama breathing exercise, and one shatkarma, a purification making use of forced breathing. Bikram Yoga was devised by Bikram Choudhury around 1971 when he moved to America.

  7. Parshvottanasana - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version ... or Intense Side Stretch Pose is a standing and forward bending asana in modern ... multiple names: authors list ; Mittra, Dharma

  8. Tadasana - Wikipedia

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    Tadasana is the basic standing asana on which many other poses are founded. The feet are together and the hands are at the sides of the body. The posture is entered by standing with the feet together, grounding evenly through the feet and lifting up through the crown of the head.

  9. Utkatasana - Wikipedia

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    Utkatasana shown as a squatting pose in the 19th century Sritattvanidhi. The name comes from the Sanskrit words utkaṭa (उत्कट) meaning "wild, frightening, above the usual, intense, gigantic, furious, or heavy", [5] and āsana (आसन) meaning "posture" or "seat".