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Utkatasana, the Glossary

Utkatasana (उत्कटासन; IAST: Utkaṭāsana), Chair Pose, or fierce pose, is a standing asana in modern yoga as exercise.^[1]

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Añjali Mudrā

Añjali Mudrā (अञ्जलि मुद्रा), is a hand gesture mainly associated with Indian religions and arts, encountered throughout Asia and beyond. Utkatasana and Añjali Mudrā are standing asanas.

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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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Da Capo Press

Da Capo Press is an American publishing company with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.

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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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International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration

The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages.

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Malasana

The name Malasana is used for various squatting asanas in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. Utkatasana and Malasana are standing asanas.

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Mudra

A mudra (मुद्रा,, "seal", "mark", or "gesture") is a symbolic or ritual gesture or pose in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.

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Pasasana

Pasasana (Sanskrit: पाशासन; IAST: pāśāsana) or Noose Pose is an asana, a sitting meditation pose.

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Shiva Rea

Shiva Rea (born 1967) is a teacher of Vinyasa flow yoga and yoga trance dance.

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Sritattvanidhi

The Sritattvanidhi ("The Illustrious Treasure of Realities") is a treatise written in the 19th century in Karnataka on the iconography and iconometry of divine figures in South India.

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Standing asanas

The standing asanas are the yoga poses or asanas with one or both feet on the ground, and the body more or less upright.

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Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (18 November 1888 – 28 February 1989) was an Indian yoga teacher, ayurvedic healer and scholar.

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Yoga as exercise

Yoga as exercise is a physical activity consisting mainly of postures, often connected by flowing sequences, sometimes accompanied by breathing exercises, and frequently ending with relaxation lying down or meditation.

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Yoga Journal

Yoga Journal is a website and digital journal, formerly a print magazine, on yoga as exercise founded in California in 1975 with the goal of combining the essence of traditional yoga with scientific understanding.

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See also

Core strength asanas

Medieval Hatha Yoga asanas

Standing asanas

References

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

Also known as Chair pose, Parivrtta Dwi Pada Baddha Utkatasana, Utkata Konasana, Utkaṭāsana, Uttana Kulpa Prapada Utkatasana 3.