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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. Meditative postures - Wikipedia

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    All the same, she writes, a formal method is helpful, and the asana chosen needs to be stable and comfortable, as the Yoga Sutras state: on the one side, few people would wish to hold strenuous postures like Downward Dog for half an hour or more; on the other side, a restful posture like Savasana (Corpse Pose) might be comfortable but would ...

  4. Yoga as exercise - Wikipedia

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    Over 1,000 books have been published on yoga poses. [208] Yoga has reached high fashion, too: in 2011, the fashion house Gucci, noting the "halo of chic" [209] around yoga-practising celebrities such as Madonna and Sting, produced a yoga mat costing $850 and a matching carry case in leather for $350. [209]

  5. The 15 Best Yoga Retreats for Women Over 50 - AOL

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  6. Matsyendrasana - Wikipedia

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    Ardha Matsyendrasana I, a commonly practised half form of the pose. For Ardha Matsyendrasana I, sit with one leg bent on the ground, the foot tucked in close to the body, and cross the other leg over across the body, the knee raised and bent, and the foot on the ground by the outside of the other leg. Twist the body and grasp the raised knee.

  7. Yoga as therapy - Wikipedia

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    A 2012 survey of yoga in Australia notes that there is "good evidence" [50] that yoga and its associated healthy lifestyle—often vegetarian, usually non-smoking, preferring organic food, drinking less or no alcohol–are beneficial for cardiovascular health, but that there was "little apparent uptake of yoga to address [existing ...

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