Hanumanasana

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Hanumanasana (

Sanskrit: हनुमानासन) or Monkey Pose[1] is a seated asana in modern yoga as exercise. It is the yoga version of the front splits
.

Etymology and origins

The name comes from the Sanskrit words Hanuman (a divine entity in Hinduism who resembles a monkey) and asana (posture).[2] The pose commemorates the giant leap made by Hanuman to reach Lanka from the mainland of India.[3]

The pose is not described in the medieval

Swami Satyananda Saraswati's 2003 Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha,[5] and in B. K. S. Iyengar's 1966 Light on Yoga.[6]

Description

Hanumanasana is an advanced pose (rated 36 out of 64 by

Anjali Mudra). Finally, the arms may be stretched above the head, and the palms joined together. Iyengar states that to reach the full pose, one must make "several attempts each day" and be prepared to work at it for "a long time".[6]

See also

  • Samakonasana
    , the yoga form of side splits

References

  1. ^ "Yoga Journal - Monkey Pose". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
  2. ISBN 978-81-7041-293-9
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-237-53412-7
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 81-7017-389-2
    .
  5. ISBN 978-81-86336-14-4
    .
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-1855381667
    .

External links
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