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    or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Mayūrāsana (Sanskrit: मयूरासन) or Peacock pose is a hand-balancing asana in hatha...
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    of the headstand cycle in some yoga traditions. A similar pose, Pincha Mayurasana or Feathered Peacock pose, is a forearm balance with the body raised and...
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  • may refer to: Lotus throne in Hindu–Buddhist art Lotus position in yoga Mayurasana in yoga Padmasana (shrine), a type of Balinese Hindu shrine Padma (disambiguation)...
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    Inflammation of the tendons of the arms Injury in back/spine Bodyweight exercise Mayurasana – peacock pose in yoga as exercise, the body supported on bent arms Plank...
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    is the first manuscript to describe a non-seated asana, in the form of Mayurasana (peacock) – a balancing pose. Such poses appear, according to the scholar...
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    The Peacock Throne (Hindustani: Mayūrāsana, Sanskrit: मयूरासन, Urdu: تخت طاؤس, Persian: تخت طاووس, Takht-i Tāvūs) was the imperial throne of Hindustan...
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    right Shatkarmas (purifications, here Nauli), Asanas (postures, here Mayurasana, Peacock Pose), Mudras (manipulations of vital energy, here Viparita Karani)...
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    to describe what may be the first non-seated asana, the arm-balancing Mayurasana, Peacock Pose. These descriptions in turn were exploited by the 15th century...
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    Purvottanasana, Reverse Plank Dolphin Pose - a preparation for Pincha Mayurasana List of asanas Plank (exercise) Vasishtasana - side plank pose "Yoga Journal...
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    Fishes Matsyendra's pose Sitting Twist 15th C. HYP 1.28-29 17th C. GhS Mayurasana मयूरासन Peacock Balancing 10th C. V 15th C. HYP 1.33 Muktasana मुक्तासन...
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  • Muktasana, Virasana, Bhadrasana, and Mayurasana), some 500 years before the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Its account of Mayurasana, in James Mallinson's translation...
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    Shivasana, Vajrasana, Siddhasana, Baddha Padmasana, Kukkutasana, Gomukhasana, Mayurasana, Kurmakasana, Sahaja Utkatasana, Shalabhasana, Bhujaungasana, Shashaungasana...
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  • Vanda Scaravelli In Paschimottanasana, supporting B. K. S. Iyengar in Mayurasana Born 1908 Died 1999 Nationality Italian Occupation(s) yoga teacher, author...
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    Gomukhasana, Padmasana, Virasana, Simhasana, Bhadrasana, Muktasana, Mayurasana and Sukhasana. These Asanas are discussed in various breathing and cleansing...
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  • Among the yoga texts translated in the collection are extracts from the 18th century Joga Pradīpikā, which describes poses including Mayurasana....
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    Bharadvajasana in the 19th century Sritattvanidhi; it somewhat resembles Mayurasana with the legs in Padmasana, but as drawn it would be impossible to perform...
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  • asanas listed (HR 3.7-20) include several variations of Padmasana and Mayurasana, Gomukhasana, Bhairavasana, Matsyendrasana, Kurmasana, Kraunchasana, Mandukasana...
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    Gomukhasana, Padmasana, Virasana, Simhasana, Bhadrasana, Muktasana and Mayurasana. The Yogi who has mastered all the Yamas, the Niyamas and an Asana, states...
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  • complete and sacred. 1 Svastikasana 2 Padmasana 7 Paschimottan­asana 16 Mayurasana 17 Kapali asana 22 Gorakshasana 29 Viparita Karani 66 Narasimh­asana 81...
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  • variant of Shirshasana Vrikshasana Kukkutasana Mahamudra Dhanurasana Mayurasana Salabhasana Singleton 2010, pp. 170–174. Greenberg, Stephen J. (27 November...
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    manuscripts of the Yogacintamani describes 34 asanas including kukkutasana, mayurasana, and siddhasana, while variations in some manuscripts add another 84,...
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  • leg behind the neck). Some poses, such as Krishnamacharya demonstrating Mayurasana, are on a tiger skin. Krishnamacharya names the asanas, in Sanskrit, by...
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  • identifies a series of medieval sources that describe non-seated asanas, from mayurasana (the peacock) in the 10th century Vimānārcanākalpa onwards. Mallinson...
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  • Mukta Sirsasana Mayurasana Virasana Gomukhasana...
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    Bhujangasana, Salabhasana, Dhanurasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana, Paschimottanasana, Mayurasana, and Savasana. "About School Of Yoga". School of Yoga. Retrieved 24 March...
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  • (shoulderstand), halasana (plough), pascimottanasana (forward bend), and mayurasana (peacock); and "reconditioning asanas" to "stretch, bend, and twist the...
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    asanas (Yogic postures), of which two pertain to physiological postures: Mayurasana and Kukkutasana. It describes squatting with folded legs known as Sukhasana...
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