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Astanga or Ashtanga (aṣṭāṅga) is a Sanskrit compound translating to "having eight limbs or components". It may refer to:

  • Ashtanga (eight limbs of yoga), the eight limbs of yoga as defined by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras
  • Raja yoga, Vivekananda's popularisation of Ashtanga Yoga
  • Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, a style of asana-based modern yoga founded and popularized by K. Pattabhi Jois
  • Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine, divided into eight limbs

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Ashtanga vinyasa yoga

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Ashtanga vinyasa yoga is a style of yoga as exercise popularised by K. Pattabhi Jois during the twentieth century, often promoted as a dynamic form of...

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Ashtanga

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Look up ashtanga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Astanga or Ashtanga (aṣṭāṅga) is a Sanskrit compound translating to "having eight limbs or components"...

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Ashtanga Namaskara

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Ashtanga Namaskara (Sanskrit: अष्टाङ्ग नमस्कार), Ashtanga Dandavat Pranam (अष्टाङ्ग दण्डवत् प्रणाम्), Eight Limbed pose, Caterpillar pose, or Chest, Knees...

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Vagbhata

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Sanskrit verses that present a coherent account of Ayurvedic knowledge. Ashtanga in Sanskrit means ‘eight components’ and refers to the eight sections of...

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Sun Salutation

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Mysore yoga style". His students, K. Pattabhi Jois, who created modern day Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, and B. K. S. Iyengar, who created Iyengar Yoga, both learned...

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Asana

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were influential Indian yoga teachers including Pattabhi Jois, founder of Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, and B.K.S. Iyengar, founder of Iyengar yoga. Together they...

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Pratyahara

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'gathering towards' is the fifth element among the Eight stages of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga, as mentioned in his classical work, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali composed...

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Tadasana

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by his pupils Pattabhi Jois and B. K. S. Iyengar, into their worldwide Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and Iyengar Yoga styles respectively. Tadasana is the basic...

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Larry Schultz

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an American yoga teacher who was a long-time student of the founder of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, K. Pattabhi Jois. Schultz is primarily recognized as the...

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Power Yoga

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exercise developed in America in the 1990s. These include forms derived from Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, namely those of Beryl Bender Birch, Bryan Kest, and Larry...

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Mysore style

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style of asana practice is the way of teaching yoga as exercise within the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga tradition as taught by K. Pattabhi Jois in the southern Indian...

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Kino MacGregor

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Kino MacGregor (born September 12, 1977) is a notable American Ashtanga Yoga teacher, author, entrepreneur, influencer, inspirational speaker, and video...

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List of forms of alternative medicine

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Wellness (alternative medicine) Wuxing (Chinese philosophy) Yoga Ashtanga yoga Ashtanga vinyasa yoga Bikram yoga Hatha yoga Iyengar yoga Kundalini yoga...

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Ujjayi

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association with asana practice in some styles of yoga as exercise, such as Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. "Ujjayi" (उज्जायी) comes from the Sanskrit prefix "ud" (उद्)...

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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

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much older traditions. The Yoga Sutras is best known for its reference to ashtanga, eight elements of practice culminating in samadhi. The eight elements...

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Aimee Echo

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Aimee Echo (né Rodrigues; born March 27, 1970) is an American singer and ashtanga yoga teacher. She rose to prominence as the singer of Human Waste Project...

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List of mythological places

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An Iconological Study. D.K. Printworld. p. 21. Maehle, Gregor (2012). Ashtanga Yoga The Intermediate Series: Mythology, Anatomy, and Practice. New World...

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Alistair Appleton

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Sussex. In 2000 he converted to Buddhism. He later became a proponent of Ashtanga, the decision made after an unhappy period in his 30s. Appleton also considered...

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Shiva

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Brill Academic, ISBN 978-9004016125, pp. 150–153 Gregor Maehle (2009), Ashtanga Yoga, New World, ISBN 978-1577316695, p. 17; for Sanskrit, see: Skanda...

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Koodal Azhagar Temple

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2 m) tall made of panchaloha. The vimana, the shrine over the sanctum is Ashtanga in architecture, which has eight parts, namely, Adhistana (base), three...

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Jivamukti Yoga

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Society in the East Village of New York City. In 1990 they began to practice Ashtanga Yoga with Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. In 1993, in upstate New York...

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