UTKATASANA

Fierce Posture, Awkward Pose or Chair

Adho Mukha Utkatasana Bikram Style Prepreparation Iyengar Tradition Viniyoga Tradition Yogavristhasana

Utkatasana
Bikram Style

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Utkatasana

Angusthasana I

Angusthasana II

Demonstrated by Summer Cooke

Bikram Yoga College of India 1054 North 34th Street Seattle, WA 98103 Tel. 206.547.0188

Utkatasana
Iyengar Tradition Preparation & Full Posture

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Utkatasana Demonstrated by Shiva Rea

Photograph by John Robbins Yoga Journal Tel: 510-841-9200 or Mail Notice the feet parallel and hips' width apart for stability? Tailbone tucked, arms next to the ears?

Utkatasana Demonstrated by Gillespie, Owner

Johnny

Wilmington Yoga 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 208 Wilmington DE, 19806 Tel. 302.654-YOGA Notice the great classment here, feet and knees together, tailbone tucked, shoulder blades down the rib cage and arms up next to the ears?

Utkatasana
Viniyoga Tradition

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Utkatasana Demonstrated by Professora Magda E. Moraes

Journal Existential Online Notice the tailbone remains tucked here, and the feet together, flat on the floor? Try keeping your arms next to your ears on this one!

Yogavristhasana
The Yogic Chair

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Yogavristhasana Demonstrated by Tom Gillette

Eyes of the World Yoga Center Box 2450 Providence, RI 02906 Tel. 401-295-5002

Yogavristhasana
The Yogic Chair and by Tom Gillette

This posture is just for fun. Okay, this isn't a particularly comfortable chair to sit in, but you might find it amusing. Someone might ask, "why try new postures?" The reason is because the mind and body are so deeply interrelated, whenever you bring the body into new alignments, it triggers new awarenesses in the mind. As you come to know the physical body in novel ways, a certain flexiblity of the mind arises. Yoga is far more than a strength and flexiblity program. Yoga is far more interesting than toning and stress relief, which are useful secondary byproducts. What awaits you beyond physical yoga is an experience deeper than your conversational mind. It is without language, words, or concepts. It is essential to develop continuous Non Verbal Awareness of what is arising in the moment. Most of the time, 99% of the time we are preoocupied with the day to day living, personal concerns, survival necessities,. So the mind

remains agitated caught in a group delusion. (more on this later.) By voyaging into stillness, often, repeatedly, what arises is an experience of oneself dissolving, ones individual consciousness as intimately connected to a vast, loving and unfathomable universe that is ceaselessly changing.

Adho Mukha Utkatasana

"Upside Down" Chair or Awkward Pose

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Adho Mukha Utkatasana Demonstrated by PierreAntoine Dussouillez

Mr. Dussouillez is a French Contortionist and actor, who didn't realize he is doing yoga poses.

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