The word Ashtanga, "eight limbs", originally meant the eight stages yogis must traverse to reach enlightenment, only one of which, asana or "postures", is the sort of thing Westerners associate with yoga.
Narra (genus Pterocarpus), also called asana, padauk, mukwa, Burmese rosewood, or Andaman redwood, genus of timber trees of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Asia and Africa.
A common asana is the padmasana ("lotus posture"), in which the crossed feet rest on the opposite thighs.
He wrote of six types of foreign policy: treaty (sandhi), war (vigraha), marching against the enemy (yana), neutrality (asana), seeking protection from a powerful king (samshraya), and dual policy (dvaidhibhava).
Patanjali lays down an eightfold path consisting of aids to Yoga: restraint (yama), observance (niyama), posture (asana), regulation of breathing (pranayama), abstraction of the senses (pratyahara), concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana), and trance (samadhi).
Soon after Iyengar arrived, Krishnamacharya's top pupil ran away, just days before a Y.M.C.A. conference at the palace that was to include an asana recital.
His "Light on Yoga," with a foreword by Menuhin, remains unparallelled as a guide to asana practice.
I knew at that moment that I was going to have to start over, rebuilding myself breath by breath, asana by asana.
My four-day workshops incorporate chanting, asana, prayer, quinoa pizza balls, and teachings from the five-thousand-year lineage of Poop Chakra™.
"This asana is good for blood circulation," Vikram said.
Three days later, a friend took him to Bikram Lower East Side, a yoga studio known for its intense heat and its more intense owner, Tricia Donegan, a local organizer of USA Yoga Federation's annual yoga asana competition.
