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  2. Matsyendrasana - Wikipedia

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    The asana is medieval, described in the 15th century Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā 1.26-7, which states that it destroys many diseases, [8] and the 17th century Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā 2.22-23. Yogi Ghamande chose the asana for the cover of his historic 1905 book Yogasopana Purvachatushka ; he represented the pose using a halftone plate, giving for ...

  3. Vinyāsa - Wikipedia

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    The vinyasa forms of yoga used as exercise, including Pattabhi Jois's 1948 Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and its spin-off schools such as Beryl Bender Birch's 1995 Power Yoga and others like Baptiste Yoga, Jivamukti Yoga, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Power Vinyasa Yoga, and Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga, derive from Krishnamacharya's development of a flowing aerobic style of yoga in the Mysore Palace in the early ...

  4. Namaste Yoga - Wikipedia

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    This episode premiered in Canada on November 23, 2010, on ONE: The Mind and Body Channell and was released on DVD on December 6, 2010, with additional features including breathing practices and slow motion yoga practice tips. In addition to designing and narrating the sequences, Kate Potter also demonstrates the poses in this session.

  5. Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga) - Wikipedia

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    [14] [15] Sadhana Pada Verse 32 lists the niyamas as: [16] Shaucha (शौच): purity, clearness of mind, speech and body [ 17 ] Santosha (संतोष): contentment, acceptance of others, acceptance of one's circumstances as they are in order to get past or change them, optimism for self [ 18 ]

  6. Yoga as exercise - Wikipedia

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    [190] [191] The final relaxation forms the incorporation phase; the practitioner relaxes in Savasana, just as dictated by the Hatha Yoga Pradipika 1.32. The posture offers "an exercise in sense withdrawal and mental quietening, and thus ... a first step towards meditative practice," [ 192 ] a cleansing and healing process, and even a symbolic ...

  7. Hatha yoga - Wikipedia

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    For example, sections 1.58 to 1.63 and 2.14 of the Haṭha Yoga Pradipika and sections 5.16 to 5.32 of the Gheranda Samhita discuss the importance of proper diet to the body. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] They link the food one eats and one's eating habits to balancing the body and gaining most benefits from the practice of Haṭha yoga.

  8. Richard Hittleman - Wikipedia

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    Richard Hittleman (7 March 1927 – 14 October 1991) was an American Yoga teacher and author who taught Hatha and Raja Yoga through one of the first Yoga television series, Yoga for Health. [ 1 ] Early life

  9. Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga - Wikipedia

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    Ashtanga yoga (not to be confused with Patanjali's aṣṭāṅgayoga, the eight limbs of yoga) is a style of yoga as exercise popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois during the twentieth century, often promoted as a dynamic form of medieval hatha yoga. [1] Jois claimed to have learnt the system from his teacher Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. The style is ...