An āsana (Sanskrit: आसन) is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, and later extended in hatha yoga and modern...
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Asana, Inc. (/əˈsɑːnə/ or /ˈɑːsənə/), is an American software company based in San Francisco whose flagship Asana service is a web and mobile "work management"...
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An asana is a body posture, used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the...
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practice of yoga. Asana may also refer to: Asana, Inc., web and mobile collaboration software Asana Journal, a yoga magazine Asana, Peru, an archaeological...
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Asana Mamoru (護 あさな, Mamoru Asana, born May 4, 1990, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress and gravure idol who is represented by the talent agency,...
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Dustin Moskovitz (section Asana (2008–present))
Andrew McCollum and Chris Hughes. In 2008, he left Facebook to co-found Asana with Justin Rosenstein. In March 2011, Forbes reported Moskovitz to be the...
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the Type 1 pxfonts by Young Ryu. Asana-Math is freely available under the Open Font License. The word Asana (Ἀσάνα, Ásána) in the Doric dialect is the name...
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Lotus position (redirect from Padma asana)
India, in which each foot is placed on the opposite thigh. It is an ancient asana in yoga, predating hatha yoga, and is widely used for meditation in Hindu...
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The standing asanas are the yoga poses or asanas with one or both feet on the ground, and the body more or less upright. They are among the most distinctive...
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2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Positions is a 2015 non-fiction book written by Mr. Yoga, Daniel Lacerda. 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Positions features...
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Melese asana is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Mexico, Panama, Honduras, Colombia and the Amazon...
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Bhujangasana (category Backbend asanas)
is a reclining back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. It is commonly performed in a cycle of asanas in Surya Namaskar, Salute to...
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Yoga as exercise (section Asanas)
such as asanas as difficult and ineffective for spiritual growth, out of a widely shared distaste for India's wandering yogins. Yoga asanas were brought...
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Asana is an archaeological site by the Asana River, a tributary of the Osmore River, in the south-central Andes of southern Peru. The site is situated...
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is energetic, synchronising breath with movements. The individual poses (asanas) are linked by flowing movements (vinyasas). Jois established his Ashtanga...
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Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga) (section 3. Āsana)
He defined the eight limbs as yamas (abstinences), niyama (observances), asana (posture), pranayama (breathing), pratyahara (withdrawal), dharana (concentration)...
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Shavasana (category Reclining asanas)
Shavasana (Sanskrit: शवासन; IAST: śavāsana), Corpse Pose, or Mritasana, is an asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, often used for relaxation at...
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Shirshasana (category Inverted asanas)
Shirshasana, or Yoga Headstand is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise; it was described as both an asana and a mudra in classical hatha yoga, under...
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Sun Salutation (section Inserting other asanas)
yoga as exercise incorporating a flow sequence of some twelve linked asanas. The asana sequence was first recorded as yoga in the early 20th century, though...
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Siddhasana (category Sitting asanas)
(Sanskrit: सिद्धासन; IAST: siddhāsana) or Accomplished Pose is an ancient seated asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise suitable for meditation. The names...
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Vajrasana (yoga) (category Sitting asanas)
romanized: vajrāsana), Thunderbolt Pose, or Diamond Pose, is a kneeling asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. Ancient texts describe a variety...
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programmer and entrepreneur. He co-founded the collaboration software company Asana in 2008. Rosenstein grew up in San Francisco Bay Area and attended The College...
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Utkatasana (category Standing asanas)
Chair Pose, or fierce pose, is a standing asana in modern yoga as exercise. It was a low squatting asana in medieval hatha yoga. The name comes from...
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Sarvangasana (redirect from Sarvanga asana)
more fully Salamba Sarvangasana (Supported Shoulder stand), is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise; similar poses were used in medieval hatha yoga...
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Yoganidrasana (category Reclining asanas)
(Sanskrit: योगनिद्रासन) or Yogic Sleep Pose is a reclining forward-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. It is sometimes called Supta Garbhasana (Reclining...
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Ya-Asana is a small Fijian island. "Ya-Asana". Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. v t e...
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Tadasana (category Standing asanas)
standing asana in modern yoga as exercise; it is not described in medieval hatha yoga texts. It is the basis for several other standing asanas. Tāḍāsana...
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Virasana (category Sitting asanas)
Hero Pose is a kneeling asana in modern yoga as exercise. Medieval hatha yoga texts describe a cross-legged meditation asana under the same name. Supta...
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Asana River (Río Asana) is a waterway in the Moquegua Region of southern Peru. It is one of the tributaries of the Osmore River (also known as Moquegua...
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vinyasa (Sanskrit: विन्यास, IAST: vinyāsa) is a smooth transition between asanas in flowing styles of modern yoga as exercise such as Vinyasa Krama Yoga...
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