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Mulabandhasana, the Glossary

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Mulabandhasana (Sanskrit: मूलबंधासन) is a sitting asana in hatha yoga.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 19 relations: Asana, Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, B. K. S. Iyengar, Baddha Konasana, Bandha (yoga), Chakra, Gorakshasana, Hatha yoga, Indus Valley Civilisation, Kapalabhati, Kundalini, Light on Yoga, Muladhara, Pashupati seal, Prana, Pranayama, Sanskrit, Shiva, Sivananda yoga.

  2. Mudras
  3. Sitting asanas

Asana

An āsana (Sanskrit: आसन) is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose,Verse 46, chapter II, "Patanjali Yoga sutras" by Swami Prabhavananda, published by the Sri Ramakrishna Math p. 111 and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, to any type of position, adding reclining, standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses.

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Ashtanga vinyasa yoga

Ashtanga vinyasa yoga is a style of yoga as exercise popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois during the twentieth century, often promoted as a dynamic form of classical Indian (hatha) yoga. Jois claimed to have learnt the system from his teacher Tirumalai Krishnamacharya.

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B. K. S. Iyengar

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (14 December 1918 – 20 August 2014) was an Indian teacher of yoga and author.

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Baddha Konasana

Baddha Konasana (बद्धकोणासन; IAST: baddhakoṇāsana), Bound Angle Pose, Butterfly Pose, or Cobbler's Pose (after the typical sitting position of Indian cobblers when they work), and historically called Bhadrasana, Throne Pose, is a seated asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. Mulabandhasana and baddha Konasana are sitting asanas.

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Bandha (yoga)

A bandha (बंध) is a kriyā in Hatha Yoga, being a kind of internal mudra described as a "body lock," to lock the vital energy into the body. Mulabandhasana and bandha (yoga) are mudras.

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Chakra

Chakras (lit; cakka) are various focal points used in a variety of ancient meditation practices, collectively denominated as Tantra, part of the inner traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Gorakshasana

Gorakshasana (Sanskrit: गोरक्षासन, IAST: Gorakṣāsana, Cowherd pose) is a seated asana in hatha yoga. Mulabandhasana and Gorakshasana are sitting asanas.

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Hatha yoga

Hatha yoga (IAST: Haṭha-yoga) is a branch of yoga that uses physical techniques to try to preserve and channel vital force or energy.

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Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

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Kapalabhati

Kapalbhati (kapālabhāti, "Skull-polishing") is an important shatkarma, a purification in hatha yoga.

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Kundalini

In Hinduism, kundalini (lit) is a form of divine feminine energy (or Shakti) believed to be located at the base of the spine, in the muladhara.

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Light on Yoga

Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika (Sanskrit: योग दीपिका, "Yoga Dīpikā") is a 1966 book on the Iyengar Yoga style of modern yoga as exercise by B. K. S. Iyengar, first published in English.

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Muladhara

Muladhara (मूलाधार or मूलाधारा; IAST:, lit. "root of Existence." Mula means root and dhara means flux.) or the root chakra is one of the seven primary chakras according to Hindu tantrism.

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Pashupati seal

The Pashupati seal (also Mahayogi seal, Proto-Śiva seal the adjective "so-called" sometimes applied to "Pashupati"), is a steatite seal which was uncovered in Mohenjo-daro, now in modern day Pakistan, a major urban site of the Indus Valley civilisation ("IVC"), during excavations in 1928–29, when the region was under British rule.

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Prana

In yoga, Ayurveda, and Indian martial arts, prana (प्राण,; the Sanskrit word for breath, "life force", or "vital principle") permeates reality on all levels including inanimate objects.

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Pranayama

Pranayama (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम, "Prāṇāyāma") is the yogic practice of focusing on breath.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Sivananda yoga

Sivananda Yoga is a spiritual yoga system founded by Vishnudevananda; it includes the use of asanas (yoga postures) but is not limited to them as in systems of yoga as exercise.

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See also

Mudras

Sitting asanas

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulabandhasana

Also known as Yoni Dandasana.