Standing asanas
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The standing asanas are the yoga poses or asanas with one or both feet on the ground, and the body more or less upright. They are among the most distinctive features of modern yoga as exercise. Until
The rock relief "Descent of the Ganges" at Mahabalipuram appears to show a person standing in Vrikshasana (tree pose) at top left. 7th century
Prajnaparamita seated in Padmasana for meditation, Java. 13th century
Downward Dog is one of the most widely-recognised asanas.
Surya Namaskar, the salute to the sun, was taught as exercise and not as yoga in the 1930s, before it was incorporated into modern yoga as exercise.
Utkatasana
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Utkatasana, Chair Pose, or fierce pose, is a standing asana in modern yoga as exercise. It was a low squatting asana in medieval hatha yoga.
Utkatasana
Parivritta Utkatasana with the hands in Anjali Mudra
Shiva Rea demonstrating Utkata Konasana with a hand mudra
Ardha Chandrasana Yoga Asana Nina Mel