Category: Hatha Yoga

Introduction Eka Padasana is a standing yoga pose. Classic yoga texts don't mention this posture. Therefore it is a modern yoga posture or it might have been in practice without...

Introduction Trikonasana aka Utthita Trikonasana is a modern standing yoga posture. Yoga Guru T.Krishnamacharya first described this posture in his book Yoga Makaranta in the year 1934. Before that, we...

Dwikonasana is a modern intermediate level standing yoga posture that improves the flexibility of the shoulder joints. We could not find any mention in the medieval yoga text. Dwikonasana Information...

Introduction Samakonasana is a recently developed modern yoga posture. We could not find any mention in yoga texts. Despite the fact that it is a seated yoga posture, Bihar School...

Introduction Uttanasana is a forward bending yoga pose. Also it forms part of Sun Salutation. The third and tenth position of Sun Salutation is this asana. This fact is a...

Introduction Garudasana which is known to us now is diffrent from the pose that was originally described in the Seventeenth Century yoga text Gheranda Samhita. Gheranda Samhita 1.37 describes Place...

Introduction Tadasana is a simple basic level standing yoga pose. It is also a base yoga position upon which many other standing yoga postures are performed. Surya Namaskar starts and...

Introduction Ardha Ustrasana, also spelled as Ardha Ushtrasana, is a lighter version of Camel Pose. It is the preparatory pose for Poorna Ustrasana, the Complete Camel Pose. This pose is...