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Dhanurasana (Sanskrit: धनुरासन, romanized: Dhanurāsana, lit. 'Bow pose') is a back bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise . Etymology and origins
Akarna Dhanurasana (Sanskrit: आकर्ण धनुरासन; IAST: Ākarṇa Dhanurāsana), also called the Archer pose, [1] Bow and Arrow pose, [2] or Shooting Bow pose [1] is an asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. The posture resembles an archer about to release an arrow.
Paryaṇkāsana in Sritattvanidhi. The name Chakrasana comes from the Sanskrit words चक्र chakra, "wheel", and आसन āsana, "posture" or "seat".The name Urdhva Dhanurasana comes from the Sanskrit urdhva ऊर्ध्व, upwards, and dhanura धनु, a bow (for shooting arrows).
A single asana is listed for each main pose, whether or not there are variations. Thus for Sirsasana (Yoga headstand), only one pose is illustrated, although the pose can be varied by moving the legs apart sideways or front-and-back, by lowering one leg to the floor, by folding the legs into lotus posture, by turning the hips to one side, by placing the hands differently on the ground, and so on.
Chaturanga Dandasana (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग दण्डासन; IAST: Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana) or Four-Limbed Staff pose, [1] also known as Low Plank, is an asana in modern yoga as exercise and in some forms of Surya Namaskar (Salute to the Sun), in which a straight body parallel to the ground is supported by the toes and palms, with elbows at a right angle along the body.
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 ...
The rock relief "Descent of the Ganges" at Mahabalipuram appears to show a person standing in Vrikshasana (tree pose) at top left.[1] 7th centuryThe standing asanas are the yoga poses or asanas with one or both feet on the ground, and the body more or less upright.
In the Supported Headstand (Salamba Shirshasana), the body is completely inverted, and held upright supported by the forearms and the crown of the head. [9] In his Light on Yoga, B. K. S. Iyengar uses a forearm support, with the fingers interlocked around the head, for the basic posture Shirshasana I and its variations; he demonstrates a Western-style tripod headstand, the palms of the hands ...