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2. 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 ...

3. 30 Standing Yoga Poses Every Yogi Needs to Know - AOL

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   Here are 30 standing yoga poses you should add to your arsenal, including step-by-step instructions, helpful modifications, ... (feel free to modify by using a yoga strap here as you increase ...

4. 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.

5. 2,100 Asanas - Wikipedia

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   Yoga Journal reviewed the book. It reported Lacerda as saying that he had catalogued 8.4 million yoga poses mentioned in Hatha Yoga Pradipika , and that they had been revealed to him in a dream. He stated that 2,100 Asanas was the first edition, and that he was working on a second edition, to be called 50,000 Asanas .

6. New to yoga? Start with these 13 easy poses - AOL

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   These easy yoga poses for beginners will increase flexibility, reduce anxiety and aid in weight loss. Learn yoga basics like downward dog and sun salutation.

7. Yoga as exercise - Wikipedia

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   A wide variety of instructional videos are available, some free, [206] for yoga practice at beginner and advanced levels. By 2018, over 6,000 commercially produced titles were on sale. [207] Over 1,000 books have been published on yoga poses. [208]

8. 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. In the 20th century, Indian nationalism favoured physical culture in response to ...

9. Navasana - Wikipedia

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   To enter the pose from sitting, the knees are bent, and the body's weight is shifted back until the soles of the feet lift off the ground. In the pose, the body is balanced on the sitting bones, not leaning right back on to the tailbone. The spine is lengthened to broaden and lift the chest. [5]