“Yoga poses are named in various ways. Some are named after animals and birds, some describe the body’s position in an asana, and some are named after mythological figures. Some asanas are named after ancient sages or derive from mythology, with uplifting stories behind them. For instance, bharadvajasana is named after the sage Bharadvaja; visvamitrasana is named after the sage Visvamitra. Bhagiratasana is another. Bhagiratasana? I can hear yoga teachers searching their memories for this unfamiliar name. This isn’t a new asana. It is widely known as ‘tree pose’ (vrkshasana), a balancing asana in which you stand on one leg with the arms extended overhead and the other leg raised off the floor, bent fully at the knee and rotated outward at the hip, with the foot planted on the opposite thigh below the groin. Bhagiratasana was Krishnamacharya’s name for the tree pose.” — A. G. Mohan, “Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings”
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:53:57 +0000
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