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Pasasana (; ) or Noose Pose is an
Instruction for noose pose from Yoga Journal
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Pasasana (; ) or Noose Pose is an 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 late ...
, a sitting meditation pose.
Etymology and origins
The name comes from the Sanskrit word , meaning "noose" or "snare", and , meaning "posture" or "seat". The pose is described and illustrated in the 19th century ''Sritattvanidhi
The ''Sritattvanidhi'' (, "The Illustrious Treasure of Realities") is a treatise written in the 19th century in the Mysore Palace, Karnataka on the iconography and iconometry of divine figures in South India. One of its sections includes instru ...
''; a slightly different pose is described in the 1966 ''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. It describes more than 200 yoga postu ...
''.
Description
In this yoga asana, the human body creates a 'noose' when the practitioner wraps their arms around theirsquatting
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building (usually residential) that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there wer ...
legs (from Upaveshasana
The name Malasana is used for various squatting asanas in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.
Traditionally, and in B. K. S. Iyengar's ''Light on Yoga'', Malasana, or Garland Pose, is used for a squatting pose with the feet together and the ...
) with their hands clasped behind their back, while twisting to one side.
See also
*List of asanas
An asana (Sanskrit: आसन, IAST: āsana) is a body posture, used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the oldest mentioned asanas are indeed seated postures for m ...
* Pasini Mudra
Yoganidrasana, () or Yogic Sleep Pose is a reclining forward-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise. It is sometimes called Supta Garbhasana (Reclining Embryo Pose). The name Dvi Pada Sirsasana is given to the balancing form of the pose.
In hat ...
, the noose seal
References
Further reading
*External links
Instruction for noose pose from Yoga Journal
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