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classic 17th
century Hatha yoga text
Gheranda Samhita; the
variant pose
Uttana Mandukasana is also in that list. The pose is
entered from a
kneeling position...
- कूर्म Kūrma, "turtle" or "tortoise" and आसन Āsana, "posture" or "seat".
Uttana Kurmasana is
described in the ancient, c. 7th
century Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā...
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thighs alongside the body, the
knees bent and the
hands grasping the toes.
Uttana Shishosana or "Extended
Puppy Pose"
stretches forwards from all
fours until...
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Viparita Karani (Sanskrit: विपरीतकरणी; IAST: viparītakaraṇī) or legs up the wall pose is both an
asana and a
mudra in
hatha yoga. In
modern yoga as exercise...
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Utkatasana (Sanskrit: उत्कटासन; IAST: Utkaṭāsana),
Chair Pose, or
fierce pose, is a
standing asana in
modern yoga as exercise. It was a low
squatting asana...
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Camel 2.41 — — Utkaṭāsana
Fierce 2.27 — —
Uttana Kurmāsana
Raised Tortoise 2.33 1.24 —
Uttana Mandukāsana
Raised Frog 2.35 — — Vajrāsana Thunderbolt...
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paschima (पश्चिम, paścima)
meaning "west" or "the back of the body";
uttana (उत्तान,
uttāna)
meaning "intense stretch" or "straight" or "extended"; and asana...
- romanized: Prabodhinī Ekādaśī), also
known as Deva
Uttana Ekadashi (Sanskrit: देव उत्तान एकादशी, romanized: Deva
Uttāna Ekādaśī), is the 11th
lunar day (ekadashi)...
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modern yoga as exercise. The name
comes from the
Sanskrit words उत्तान
uttāna, "intense stretch"; and आसन; āsana, "posture" or "seat". The pose is a modern...
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asana in
hatha yoga and
modern yoga as exercise. The pose is
identical to
Uttana Kurmasana, the
inverted tortoise pose,
except that the body is on the back...
