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Ankles
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Practiced as a starting position for standing poses, in between standing poses, or by itself to improve posture.
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Nowadays we simply shoo pigeons away from our public gathering places. But in Vedic times, 3,000 years ago, the pigeon was a bird of ill omen, the messenger of the goddess Nirriti, a personification of misfortune, misery, and death.
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One of three revolved variations of standing poses.
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The head, torso, and legs hang from and balance on the hands like the pans of an old-fashioned scale.
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Vrksasana clarifies just how challenging it can be to stand on one leg.
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What's really being commemorated in this pose's name, and held up as an ideal for all practitioners, is the "spiritual warrior."
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Customarily entered from Virabhadrasana I. Here we'll move into the pose from a high lunge position.
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In the full pose the arms are wrapped around the squatting legs and the hands are clasped behind the back, forming a "noose."
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Intensifies the stretch in the thighs and ankles of its upright version.
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Usually a counterpose to Trikonasana. Also a preparation for seated forward bends and twists.
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When you practice Standing Splits focus on the stretch in your quad and hamstring, not how high you can lift your leg.
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Purvottanasana counteracts the effects of Chaturanga by stretching the pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, and anterior deltoids.
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Named for a fierce warrior, an incarnation of Shiva, this version of Warrior Pose increases stamina.
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