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2. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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   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 for meditation, asanas may be standing, seated, arm-balances, twists, inversions, forward bends, backbends, or reclining in prone or supine ...

3. 30 Standing Yoga Poses Every Yogi Needs to Know - AOL

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   Benefits of Mountain Pose: Mountain pose is the most foundational asana (pose) in yoga. It helps cultivate better posture and can help with misalignments and imbalances.

4. Asana - Wikipedia

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   Leslie Kaminoff writes in Yoga Anatomy that from one point of view, "all of asana practice can be viewed as a methodical way of freeing up the spine, limbs, and breathing so that the yogi can spend extended periods of time in a seated position." [97] Iyengar observed that the practice of asanas "brings steadiness, health, and lightness of limb.

5. Postures of Bikram Yoga - Wikipedia

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   The following are the 26 postures of Bikram Yoga, as it names them; some of the Sanskrit names differ from those used for the same or closely related poses in other schools of yoga, and some of them are otherwise used for different poses. The postures include 24 asanas (poses in modern yoga as exercise), one pranayama breathing exercise, and ...

6. New to yoga? Start with these 13 easy poses - AOL

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   These easy yoga poses for beginners will increase flexibility, reduce anxiety and aid in weight loss. Learn yoga basics like downward dog and sun salutation.

7. Dharma Mittra - Wikipedia

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   Dharma Mittra is a guru of modern yoga [1] and a student of Swami Kailashananda. [2]Mittra's 1984 "Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures", his best-known work [3] [4]. Mittra is known for his Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures, each asana illustrated with a photograph of Mittra performing the pose. [3]

8. Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

9. 2,100 Asanas - Wikipedia

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   Yoga Journal reviewed the book. It reported Lacerda as saying that he had catalogued 8.4 million yoga poses mentioned in Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and that they had been revealed to him in a dream. He stated that 2,100 Asanas was the first edition, and that he was working on a second edition, to be called 50,000 Asanas.