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2. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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   An asana (Sanskrit: आसन, IAST: āsana) 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 ...

3. Asana - Wikipedia

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   An āsana (Sanskrit: आसन) is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, [1] and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali define "asana" as "[a position that] is ...

4. Yashtikasana - Wikipedia

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   Yashtikasana (Yastikasana) or Stick position is a beginner level yoga pose that is usually performed in preparation for more intermediate to advanced level asanas. In Sanskrit, "Yastik" means stick. It is widely used for meditation. Yastikasana ultimate simple yoga pose to destress and remove all fatigue.

5. 10 Basic Yoga Poses That Benefit Everyone (Including You) - AOL

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   No matter where you are in your practice, these fundamental postures provide you with everything you need.

6. Yoga - Wikipedia

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   A number of yoga texts, such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Yoga Kundalini and the Yoga Tattva Upanishads, have borrowed from (or frequently refer to) the Yoga Yajnavalkya. [197] It discusses eight yoga asanas (Swastika, Gomukha, Padma, Vira, Simha, Bhadra, Mukta and Mayura), [198] a number of breathing exercises for body cleansing, [199] and ...

7. List of human positions - Wikipedia

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   When in lying position, the body may assume a great variety of shapes and positions. The following are the basic recognized positions: Supine position: lying on the back with the face up; Prone position: lying on the chest with the face down ("lying down" or "going prone") Lying on either side, with the body straight or bent/curled forward or ...

8. Meditative postures - Wikipedia

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   They may, in the words of the yoga and meditation teacher Anne Cushman, be practising "self-torture ... apparently believing that bruising your inner thigh with your ankle is crucial to spiritual awakening." [7] The pose can cause beginners knee pain [8] and injury. [9] [10] Baddha Konasana is a safer alternative, provided the knees are not ...

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