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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]
Asanas, along with the breathing exercises of pranayama, are the physical movements of hatha yoga and of modern yoga. [17] [18] Patanjali describes asanas as a "steady and comfortable posture", [19] referring to the seated postures used for pranayama and for meditation, where meditation is the path to samadhi, transpersonal self-realization ...
Asana is a posture that one can hold for a period of time, staying relaxed, steady, comfortable and motionless. The Yoga Sutra does not list any specific asana. [28] Āraṇya translates verse II.47 as, "asanas are perfected over time by relaxation of effort with meditation on the infinite"; this combination and practice stops the body from ...
The name comes from the Sanskrit words धनुर (dhanura) meaning "bow", [2] [3] and आसन (āsana) meaning "posture" or "seat". [ 4 ] A similar pose named Nyubjasana, "the face-down asana", is described and illustrated in the 19th century Sritattvanidhi . [ 5 ]
Meditative postures or meditation seats are the body positions or asanas, usually sitting but also sometimes standing or reclining, used to facilitate meditation. Best known in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions are the lotus and kneeling positions; other options include sitting on a chair, with the spine upright.
Tadasana is the basic standing asana on which many other poses are founded. The feet are together and the hands are at the sides of the body. The posture is entered by standing with the feet together, grounding evenly through the feet and lifting up through the crown of the head.
Asana (आसन, āsana) meaning "posture" or "seat". [6] The pose is described in the 15th-century Hatha Yoga Pradipika , chapter 1, verses 28-29. The name Dandasana ( Sanskrit : दण्डासन ; IAST : daṇḍāsana ) is from Sanskrit दण्ड daṇḍa meaning "stick" or "staff". [ 7 ]
[4] [5] For instance, it is listed and described within the 84 asanas in the 17th-century Haṭha Ratnāvalī (3.7–20). [5] [6] However, the current form of Gomukhasana with the hands behind the back is mentioned only in such ancient tantric texts as the Ahirbudhnya Samhita. [5] It is sometimes used for meditation and pranayama. [7]