All About Yoga Asanas in English

All About Yoga Asanas in English

November 24, 2020

 

What is an asana?


The query, surely, is what an asana is? In this article, there is every basic thing you need to know about yoga asanas.  Asana is the name given in Sanskrit to name what we generally know as poses or positions in yoga. It is one of the eight yoga paths suggested by Patanjali (along with yamas, niyamas, pranayamas, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi) and refers to the physical part of yoga, that is, it is the body practice of equilibrium, power, elasticity and endurance postures that, combined with breathing, allow a focus state to be found, and at some stage, with the posture of balance, strength, elasticity and endurance.




Achieving its ultimate purpose, which is the unity of the 
body and mind, with the practice of meditation in motion.

Asanas types

Asanas can be rehearsed as a couple, in an individual or aggregate class, and can be drilled by kids, adolescents, adults, more established grown-ups, pregnant ladies, individuals with some injury or persistent agony, notwithstanding standing asanas, reversed asanas (head), balance asanas, and so on. Then again, the underlying reasons why individuals have a first methodology with yoga asanas, are different, some beginning with the goal of getting in shape, or alleviating their back torment, some to begin an activity other than rec center exercise, and so on Yet, actually, regardless of what reason made them approach yoga unexpectedly, asanas are the doorway to beginning an open otherworldly excursion for each one of the individuals who wish to wander into it.

There are various sorts of asanas, each with various varieties relying upon the degree of training (fundamental, middle of the road, or progressed) and relying upon the style of yoga you practice. There are three holy messages that are exemplary for hatha yoga: Hatha Yoga Pradípika, Shiva Samhita, and Gheranda Samhita. The last is a book going back to the 1690s, in which master Gheranda bestows to his understudy Chanda Kapali, the antiquated lessons of yoga. In this content, Gheranda makes an unexpected proposition in comparison to Patanjali's about the ways of yoga and furthermore specifies that there are around 84 million asanas! since there are 84 million roughly living animals.

Asana names


All asanas are named after what resembles their body 
pose, maybe an animal, an object, a human, etc. 
However, Gheranda believes that of all these asanas, 84 are the most important, of which 32 are the ones that will enable us to aspire 
to the liberation of our being, hand in hand with the practice of the other paths of yoga, by mastering them and practicing them constantly.

Why practice Asanas?

The human body is made out of around 72,000 nadis or energy channels, through which prana travels, or imperative energy. This fundamental energy is continually moving in our body, relates and interfaces with outside energy and that of others, has certain energy communities where a higher centralization of energy is joined, which are called chakras, and which are disseminated from the base of the spine to the crown. Prana can likewise be made, activated, unsettled, contained, or held from breathing or pranayama procedures and activities, body developments, and bandhas.

Bandhas




The bandhas are vivacious terminations that permit the prana produced and assembled inside the Nadis, to remain inside the body and not relinquish it by going outwards. There are a few sorts of bandhas, nonetheless, the most significant are the accompanying: 

Donkey bandha (Mula bandha): Activates by enacting the muscles of the pelvic floor, perineum, and sphincter of the rear-end. It will probably help the prana from the base up dodging its exit from the body through the body openings situated around there. The word donkey in Sanskrit implies root. 

Uddiyana bandha: Activates by moving the navel towards the spine, yet conveying the stomach toward the chest with the power of the mid-region. In Sanskrit, uddiyana intends to rise. 

Jalandhara bandha: Activates via conveying the jaw towards the chest and shutting the throat region. Jalandhara in Sanskrit implies stream organization.

Sankalpa in asanas



Moreover, the act of asanas must be joined by a Sankalpa, or aim framed together in the psyche and heart, to which it is chosen to commit our training endeavors. Additionally, it must be joined by a Drishti or take a gander at a fixed point, which will encourage equilibrium and fixation during the act of asanas, just as the heading in which the prana will stream. Likewise, each style of yoga proposes pranayama or breathing explicit to your training.

Surya Namaskara



There are also series or sequences of asanas called Surya namaskar or sun greetings that are typical of certain styles of yoga such as Jivamukti and dharma, but those belonging to ashtanga yoga are the best known:

  • Surya namaskara A: 
    • Tadasana or mountain posture
    • Urdhva up or mountain posture with arms up
    • Uttanasana or bending posture standing forward
    • Arda uttanasana or medium bending posture standing forward
    • Chaturanga dandasana or cane posture in 4 props
    • Urdhva mukha svanasana or dog posture on his back
    • Adho mukha svanasana or dog posture face down
    • Uttanasana or bending posture standing forward
    • Urdhva up or mountain posture with arms up
    • Tadasana (samastitihi in ashtanga yoga) or mountain posture
  • Your namaskara B:
    • Utkatasana or chair posture
    • Uttanasana or bending posture standing forward
    • Arda uttanasana or medium bending posture standing forward
    • Chaturanga dandasana or cane posture in 4 props
    • Urdhva mukha svanasana or dog posture on his back
    • Adho mukha svanasana or dog posture face down
    • Virabhadrasana I or warrior posture on the right side
    • Chaturanga dandasana or cane posture in 4 props
    • Urdhva mukha svanasana or dog posture on his back
    • Adho mukha svanasana or dog posture face down
    • Virabhadrasana I or warrior posture on the left side
    • Chaturanga dandasana or cane posture in 4 props
    • Urdhva mukha svanasana or dog posture on his back
    • Uttanasana or bending posture standing forward
    • Utkatasana or chair posture
    • Tadasana (samastitihi in ashtanga yoga) or mountain posture

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