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    Paschimottanasana (redirect from Dandasana)
    Hatha Yoga Pradipika, chapter 1, verses 28-29. The name Dandasana (Sanskrit: दण्डासन; IAST: daṇḍāsana) is from Sanskrit दण्ड daṇḍa meaning "stick" or "staff"...
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    conjuncts instead of Indic text. Chaturanga Dandasana (Sanskrit: चतुरङ्ग दण्डासन; IAST: Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana) or Four-Limbed Staff pose, also known as Low...
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    Viparita Dandasana (Sanskrit: विपरीत दण्डासन, IAST: Viparīta Daṇḍāsana) or Inverted Staff Pose is an inverted back-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise...
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    resemble the Sun Salutation asanas Tadasana, Padahastasana, Caturanga Dandasana, and Bhujangasana. Krishnamacharya was aware of the Sun Salutation, since...
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    variations (listed below), or with other backbends, such as Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana, or by pushing back up to stand in Tadasana. Preparatory poses are backbends...
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    are essentially identical to Bhujangasana (cobra pose) and Chaturanga Dandasana (low plank pose). Both disciplines develop strength, flexibility and fitness...
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  • used repeatedly in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga classes; it involves Chaturanga Dandasana (Low Staff Pose), Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Dog Pose) and Adho Mukha...
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    entered with an inhalation from a prone position (or from Chaturanga Dandasana or Ashtanga Namaskara in a Surya Namaskar cycle), taking the feet a little...
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    plank step by step Modified side plank Medicine ball plank Chaturanga Dandasana – yoga low plank Crunch (exercise) Planche (exercise) Sit-up Vasishtasana...
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    This article contains Indic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks or boxes, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead...
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    Satyananda Saraswati Chaturanga Dandasana चतुरङ्गदण्डासन Four-Limbed Staff Low Plank Reclining 20th C. TK Dandasana दण्डासन Staff Sitting 8th C. PSV...
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  • Konasana Shirshasana Bound Angle Pose in Headstand [4] Dvi Pada Viparita Dandasana Headstand Backbend Eka Pada Shirshasana Single Leg Headstand [5] Mukta...
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    "The Ancient & Modern Roots of Yoga". Yoga Journal. Bukh 2010, p. 38. "Dandasana". Ashtanga Yoga. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved...
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  • Mulabandhasana (Sanskrit: मूलबंधासन) is a sitting asana in hatha yoga. The name is from the Sanskrit मुल mūla, "root, base"; बंधा bāndha, "lock"; and आसन...
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    include the standing poses Utkatasana and Uttanasana, and the seated pose Dandasana. Variations include the easier Ardha Navasana (Sanskrit: अर्धनावासन "Half...
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    Concepts in Hinduism. Incorporating Ashtanga Namaskara in place of Caturanga Dandasana The actual value is close to ⁠12+7/19⁠;   ⁠7/19⁠ ≈ 1⁄3 ; so there always...
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  • asanas, e.g. Surya Namaskara, Samasthitiḥ, Uttanasana and Chaturanga Dandasana; transition from Virabhadrasana A to Urdhva Mukha Svanasana Hastagrahe...
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    combination of standing poses such as Trikonasana, sitting poses like Dandasana, and balancing poses like Navasana; it may end with some reclining and...
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    Gomukhasana include Baddha Konasana and Garudasana. Counter poses include Dandasana, Paschimottanasana, and Purvottanasana. List of asanas "Cow Face Pose"...
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    (lotus), Virasana (hero), Bhadrasana (glorious), Svastikasana (lucky mark), Dandasana (staff), Sopasrayasana (supported), Paryankasana (bedstead), Krauncha-nishadasana...
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    and B. K. S. Iyengar in his Light on Yoga. Starting from sitting in Dandasana (stick pose), one knee is bent, keeping the knee on the floor, so the...
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  • it is the first text to describe paschimottanasana, a pose resembling dandasana as taught in the Patanjalayayogashastra, but with the body folded forward...
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  • sport in Indian subcontinent Danda Gopuram a 1981 Indian Malayalam film Dandasana, a Yoga position. Danda is a punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī...
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  • historical fiction novel by Indian author Anand Neelakantan Chaturanga Dandasana, an asana pose in yoga practice Chaturaji, a four-player version of chaturanga...
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    postures in the sequence, ashtanga namaskara (now replaced by chaturanga dandasana), in which eight body parts all touch the ground, rather than Patanjali's...
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    the elbows bent. The pose has been used as an alternative to Chaturanga Dandasana in the Surya Namaskar sequence, considered suitable for practitioners...
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    pose may be begun with the body nearly horizontal, much as in Caturanga Dandasana, Low Plank Pose, and the legs may then be walked forwards to raise the...
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    basic sequence incorporates the lunging Anjaneyasana and the sitting pose Dandasana; other lunges such as Ashwa Sanchalanasana are also often incorporated...
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  • the class drop straight into a headstand backbend (Dvi Pada Viparita Dandasana, an advanced pose, rated 24 by B. K. S. Iyengar). Powers, "with the lethal...
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    Vasisthasana and Upward-Facing Bow Pose Vasisthasana using props Chaturanga Dandasana – low plank pose Kala Bhairavasana – like Vasisthasana but with one leg...
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