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Svarga Dvijasana (Bird of Paradise pose) is a bound variant of Utthita Padangusthasana II. Utthita Ekapadasana is a milder form of the same pose, the leg not lifted far enough for the toes to be grasped. Utthita Parshvasahita has the raised leg out to the side and the head turned away from the raised leg.
Notes [ edit ] ^ 84's symbolism may derive from its astrological and numerological properties: it is the product of 7, the number of planets in astrology , and 12, the number of signs of the zodiac , while in numerology , 7 is the sum of 3 and 4, and 12 is the product, i.e. 84 is (3+4)×(3×4).
Sima Guang. The principal text of the Zizhi Tongjian comprises a year-by-year narrative of the history of China over 294 scrolls, sweeping through many Chinese historical periods (Warring States, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms, Jin and the Sixteen Kingdoms, Southern and Northern dynasties, Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties), supplemented with two sections of 30 scrolls each—'tables' (目錄; mùlù ...
Padahastasana. Ardha Uttanasana is a halfway stage, the trunk horizontal and the palms resting on the calves. [9]Niralamba Uttanasana has the hands touching the waistband rather than reaching down.
Historic halftone engraving of the pose from the cover of Yoga Sopana, 1905, the first modern illustrated book on yoga [4]. The name comes from the Sanskrit words ...
Parivritta Prasarita Padottanasana, the rotated variant of the pose. The rotated variant of the pose is Parivritta Prasarita Padottanasana. The position of the legs is unchanged, but the body is rotated so that one hand is on the floor, while the other arm, directly above that hand, is pointing straight upwards; the gaze is directed to the side or upwards.
Iyengar Yoga, named after and developed by B. K. S. Iyengar, and described in his bestselling [1] 1966 book Light on Yoga, is a form of yoga as exercise that has an emphasis on detail, precision and alignment in the performance of yoga postures ().
Sukhasana is from Sanskrit सुख sukha, meaning "pleasure" or "ease". [14] The 19th century Sritattvanidhi describes and illustrates the pose. [ 15 ] The name, and the more general name Yogasana ("Yoga pose") which may denote a variety of sitting poses, is found in much older documents as a meditation seat, such as in the 4th century ...