Does anyone know the name of this yoga pose?
I do not have a picture, so I will just describe the posture. You are sitting on the floor with both legs apart and they are tense. Your back is stretched upward. Both arms are stretched along the ears up. Thus, the shape of your body is something like this ┴ anyone know the name of this yoga pose in English? it would be better if you have an image.
When you sitting with legs apart, but not nearly 180 degrees, in English, it is generally known Seated wide angle forward bending (in Sanskrit, Upavistha Konasana). http://ashtangayoga.info/asana-vinyasa/primary-series/25a-Upavistha-Konasana-A.jpg Upavistha = sit / sit-Kona = angle asana = pose / seat if you can do the leg 180 degrees (a perfect "split), it can be called a right angle, or ask yourself, or opportunities Angle (Samakonasana). Http: / / www.yogaxtc.com / Images / photos / ranjani_samakonasana.jpg To my knowledge, there is no English common name that defines / describes above pose with arm position given, even if the next image was marked Samakonasana 2 (as in variation 2): http://www.dharmayogacenter.com/_images/ library/asanas/Samakonasana2.jpg In my meager understanding of Sanskrit, you'd probably just turn "Hasta Urdvha" on the forehead. Hasta hands up Urdvha = = example, "Hasta Urdva Upavistha Konasana "= up Arms Wide Angle pose; ... or" Hasta Urdvha Samakonasana "= up the right arm angle pose. Namaste ', dwb
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