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Yoga Asanas
The yoga of asana pictures by Ganga Puri


Ardha dhanur-asana
Ardha dhanur-asana
Goraksh-asana
Badh padm
Garbh-asana
Garbh-asana
Karna pind-asana 1
Karna pind-asana 1
Matasy-asana
Matsya-asana
Paschimottan-asana
Paschimottan-asana
Setubandh-asana 1
Setubandh-asana 1
Sivsh-asana 2
Shirsh-asana 2
Utthita trikon-asana
Utthita trikon-asana
Ardha vrishchik-asana 1
Ardha vrishchik-asana 1
Bak-asana
Bak-asana
Baddha padm-asana
Goraksh-asana
Karna pind-asana 2
Karna pind-asana 2
Mayur-asana
Mayur-asana
Pavivrtta trikon-asana
Parivritta trikon-asana
Sethubandh-asana 2
Setu bandh-asana 2
Sivsh-asana 3
Shirsh-asana 3
Vir bhadr-asana 1
Vir bhadr-asana 1
Yoga mudr-asana
Yoga mudra-asana
Ardha vrishchik-asana 2
Ardha vrishchik-asana 2
Garbh pind-asana
Garbh pind-asana
Hal-asana
Hal-asana
Sivsh-asana 1
Kukkut-asana
Padme sarvang-asana
Padm sarvang-asana
Savvang-asana
Sarvang-asana

Kukkutt-asana
Shirsh-asana 1
Supta vajra asana
Supta vajra asana
Vir bhadr-asana 2
Vir bhadr-asana 2

 

Excercising postures or Asanas in Hatha Yoga has two essential objectives.

The first is that to practice any real meditation, one needs at the least one asana in which one can be perfectly comfortable for a longer period of time. The more such postures one can master, the better the basis for developing the inner meditation techniques.

The second objective of excercising asanas in Hatha Yoga is to bring health and energy to body and mind by opening the nadis. When such excercises are regularly perfomed, the path of hatha yoga is opened automatically, though one still has to follow it further.

The mere mastering of postures is no objective in itself, though mastering various postures certainly strengthens the power of will and concentration and the habit of not paying too much attention to the information input by the senses. Thus practicing asanas in Hatha Yoga directly opens the path to Prathyahara and Dharana.


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These images were kindly offered by Ganga Puri.

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