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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. Karma-Sanyasa Yoga - Wikipedia

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    Karma Yoga and Karma-Sanyasa Yoga are both paths outlined in the Bhagavad Gita. [4] Karma Yoga is the path of selfless action and is centered around performing one's duties and responsibilities without attachment to the outcomes. It emphasises dedicating one's actions to a higher purpose or to the divine, without being attached to success or ...

  4. Sannyasa yoga - Wikipedia

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    If the Sun is the strongest planet in the chart, the person is of high morals and intellectual prowess, and will choose severe and austere practices in remote places; if it is the Moon, then the practice is in seclusion, and more in the study of scriptures; if it is Mercury, one is easily influenced by philosophy of others; if it is Mars, one ...

  5. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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    The human body is capable of a wide variety of positions, as exemplified by this energetic yoga position, "astavakrasana".. Human positions refer to the different physical configurations that the human body can take.

  6. Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga - Wikipedia

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    The Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga is a discourse found in the ancient Indian scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which encapsulates the philosophical teachings of Krishna to the warrior prince Arjuna. This discourse occurs in the midst of the battlefield of Kurukshetra , where Arjuna is engulfed by moral and emotional dilemmas about his duty as a warrior.

  7. 2,100 Asanas - Wikipedia

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    The article noted that Dharma Mittra's 1984 chart of 908 Asanas had, until Lacerda's book, been the measure of all the yoga poses that existed. [1] The Washington Post calls it a "glossy, handsome coffee-table book", and so large as to be "either inspiring or totally daunting". It writes that the asanas range from "extremely simple" to ...

  8. 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.

  9. Asana - Wikipedia

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    A name following this pattern is Shatkonasana, "Six Triangles Pose", described in 2015. [80] Mittra illustrated 908 poses and variations in his 1984 Master Yoga Chart, and many more have been created since then. [78] [80] The number of asanas has thus grown increasingly rapidly with time, as summarised in the table.