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  2. Indra Devi - Wikipedia

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    Devi's fascination with India began at 15 when she read a book by poet-philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and a yoga instruction book by Yogi Ramacharaka.In Berlin, she worked as an actor in The Blue Bird, touring Europe, and accepted a proposal of marriage from the banker Herman Bolm, on condition she could first go to India; he agreed and paid for the trip.

  3. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    An asana 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, backbends , or reclining in prone or ...

  4. 10 Insta-famous yogi's who are the definition of yoga goals - AOL

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    For many yoga newbies, the back-bending and arm-twisting poses can seem intimidating and kind of painful. It may seem difficult and even impossible to become a yoga pro, but you can ease into the ...

  5. This Is the #1 Best Yoga Pose for Weight Loss - AOL

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    The Best Yoga Pose for Weight Loss. There are several yoga poses in particular that are especially good for weight loss. Gaillard says the number one yoga pose for weight loss is plank pose ...

  6. Eka Pada Rajakapotasana - Wikipedia

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    The Yin Yoga form of the asana is named Swan Pose, while the Aerial yoga variant, supported in a hammock, is called Flying Pigeon Pose. The basic pose is described in the 20th century by two of Krishnamacharya 's pupils, Pattabhi Jois and B. K. S. Iyengar ; several other variants have been created.

  7. Virabhadrasana - Wikipedia

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    The pose is not found in B. K. S. Iyengar's 1966 textbook Light on Yoga, and may have been created as recently as the start of the 21st century. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The arm position in Virabhadrasana III can be varied; the arms may be held straight out to the sides, or straight back along the sides of the body, or the hands may be held in prayer ...

  8. Sharon Stone recreates famous 'Basic Instinct' pose - AOL

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  9. Parighasana - Wikipedia

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    Since, as yoga scholar Mark Singleton writes, it closely resembles a pose used in modern gymnastics, such as Niels Bukh's 1924 Primary Gymnastics, [2] it is likely that Krishnamacharya derived the asana from the general gymnastics culture of his time; there is no suggestion that he copied it directly from Bukh.