misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Virasana (Sanskrit: वीरासन; IAST: vīrāsana) or Hero Pose is a kneeling asana in modern yoga as exercise...

17th century Gheranda Samhita 2.12 describes what Light on Yoga calls Virasana, with the feet beside the buttocks, while in other texts Vajrasana appears...

seated meditation asanas, possibly all cross-legged, including Padmasana, Virasana, Bhadrasana (now called Baddha Konasana), and Svastikasana. Sitting positions...

China's daoyin. For example, B. K. S. Iyengar recommended holding Supta Virasana (reclining hero pose) for 10–15 minutes. Long-held stretches are similarly...

spinal twist. Bharadvajasana I is the basic form, with the legs as in Virasana (hero pose), one foot on the floor and the other ankle cradled in the arch...

Tortoise 2.33 1.24   — Uttana Mandukāsana Raised Frog 2.35   —   — Vajrāsana Thunderbolt 2.12   —   — Virāsana Hero 2.17   — 3.21 Vṛkṣāsana Tree 2.36   —   —...

back on the heels with the upper body vertical - for example as in Seiza, Virasana, and Vajrasana (yoga) Taking a knee: where the upper body is vertical,...

vision. In an epoch pen-painting, Abhinavagupta is depicted seated in Virasana, surrounded by devoted disciples and family, performing a kind of trance-inducing...

by Patanjali; it names 12 seated meditation asanas including Padmasana, Virasana, Bhadrasana, and Svastikasana. The 10th–11th century Vimanarcanakalpa is...

Shirshasana (supported headstand) Supta सुप्त supine, reclining Supta Virasana (reclining hero) Upavishta उपविष्ठ seated Upavishta Konasana (wide-angle...