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  2. Lotus position - Wikipedia

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    It is an ancient asana in yoga, predating hatha yoga, and is widely used for meditation in Hindu, Tantra, Jain, and Buddhist traditions. Variations include easy pose (Sukhasana), half lotus, bound lotus, and psychic union pose. Advanced variations of several other asanas including yoga headstand have the legs in lotus or half lotus.

  3. List of asanas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Ardha chandrasana - Wikipedia

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    In Sivananda Yoga and its derivative styles such as the Bihar School of Yoga, half moon pose is Anjaneyasana, [12] an asana used in the moon salutation series (Chandra Namaskar). [ 13 ] In Bikram Yoga , the name "half moon pose" is given to a two-legged standing side bend, [ 14 ] elsewhere called Indudalasana .

  5. 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 ...

  6. Tree pose - Wikipedia

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    In Bikram Yoga, Tree pose (which it calls "Tadasana") has one leg folded in half lotus and the hands together over the chest in prayer position. It is followed by bending the straight leg into a squatting position (called Toe Stand or "Padangushtasana" in Bikram Yoga) with the heel raised and the thigh resting on the calf and heel, the other ...

  7. Yoga pants - Wikipedia

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    Yoga pants are high-denier hosiery reaching from ankle to waist, originally designed for yoga as exercise and first sold in 1998 by Lululemon, a company founded for that purpose. They were initially made of a mix of nylon and Lycra ; more specialised fabrics have been introduced to provide moisture-wicking , compression , and odour reduction.

  8. Utthita Padangusthasana - Wikipedia

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    Svarga Dvijasana (Bird of Paradise pose) is a bound variant of Utthita Padangusthasana II. Utthita Ekapadasana is a milder form of the same pose, the leg not lifted far enough for the toes to be grasped. Utthita Parshvasahita has the raised leg out to the side and the head turned away from the raised leg.

  9. Paschimottanasana - Wikipedia

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    The pose is a modern one, first seen in the 20th century. It is described in Krishnamacharya's 1934 Yoga Makaranda, [10] and in the works of his pupils, B. K. S. Iyengar's 1966 Light on Yoga [11] and Pattabhi Jois's Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. [12] [9]

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