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| The asana I am referring to is kneeling on one knee with other leg in front of you at right angle and you are reaching up palms touching in a prayerful manner arching back- actually in full position you would be reaching back perhaps hands almost touching heal of foot of kneeling leg. There is a photo of this posture on pureyoga. Here is that link: http://www.pureyoga.com/
Any assistance with this will be appreciated.
Namaste' |
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| Just the other day we did it in class, Dan, but I really can't remember what my teach was calling it. Can't find it in my books neither. Let's just wait for the forum's brainies to enlighten us, shall we?
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| It is called Anjanaya-asana - The Salutation Pose. Here is a link on the web:
http://www.santosha.com/asanas/anjaneya.html |
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| I usually call it a lunge. 
But I have heard it referred to as Chandrasana a/k/a crescent moon pose. I've called it that a few times in class and nobody corrects me.
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| I've also heard it called a low lunge.
But WOW, can that guy Bend!!!! |
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| YG, isn't the crescent moon done standing? You're right though, the upper body in this lunge is exctly the same.
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| If you do a google image search of chandrasana, you'll see this lunge pose. You'll also see a lot of ardha chandrasana (both the bikram style and the other style). I call the standing lunge "crescent lunge" which I guess would also be Chandrasana.
So I'm of the belief that if you do any lunge with a back bend where your back looks like a crescent, then you can call it chandrasana. And if you do any side bend, you can call it ardha chandrasana. It's not an exact science. It's yoga.
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| that is one form of Veerabhadraasana, the Warrior pose. In Anjaneyasana, one knee is onthe floor.
neel kulkarni
www.authenticyoga.org |
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What's the name of this asana?
