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Begin standing in mountain pose. Step one foot forward into a lunge position keeping your front knee bent at 90 degrees with your back leg straight, heel lifted. Inhale and lift your arms overhead ...
List of asanas. Padmāsana, lotus pose, used for meditation. Gilt bronze statue of Bodhisattva Manjusri and Prajnaparamita, Nepal, c. 1575. 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 ...
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. From the time of Krishnamacharya in Mysore, many ...
Utkatasana. Utkatasana. Utkatasana (Sanskrit: उत्कटासन; IAST: Utkaṭāsana), Chair Pose, [1] or fierce pose, [2] is a standing asana in modern yoga as exercise. [3] It was a low squatting asana in medieval hatha yoga. [4]
Chair yoga is a light and gentle type of yoga that can be done using a chair while sitting down. Some poses can also be done standing while using the chair for balance and support. You may be ...
Lotus position. Lotus position or Padmasana (Sanskrit: पद्मासन, romanized: padmāsana) [1] is a cross-legged sitting meditation pose from ancient India, in which each foot is placed on the opposite thigh. It is an ancient asana in yoga, predating hatha yoga, and is widely used for meditation in Hindu, Tantra, Jain, and Buddhist ...
Paschimottanasana illustrated in an 1830 manuscript of the Jogapradipika. The name Paschimottanasana comes from the Sanskrit words paschima (पश्चिम, paścima) meaning "west" or "the back of the body"; [3] uttana (उत्तान, uttāna) meaning "intense stretch" or "straight" or "extended"; [4] and asana (आसन, āsana) meaning "posture" or "seat". [5]
Description. Garudasana is an asymmetric position in which one leg, say the right, is crossed over the left, while the arm on the opposite side, say the left, is crossed over the right, and the palms are pressed together. Like all poses on one leg, it demands, and may help to build, balance and concentration. [8]