DANDASANA

Staff Pose
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Chaturanga Dandasana Dandasana Parivrtta Dandasana Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana I Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana II Urdhva Dandasana

Chaturanga Dandasana
Four-Legged Staff Pose

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Chaturanga Dandasana Demonstrate d by Elizabeth Shilling

Photograph by Michael Sexton (Click here for Mr. Sexton's Website.) Yoga Journal, February, 2001 Tel. 510-8419200 or eMail

Chaturanga Dandasana
Four-Limbed Staff Pose Yoga Journal. by Denise Benetiz

Begin by lying face down on the floor. Establish an attitude of open-hearted surrender and curiosity, releasing any negative thoughts you might have about the pose. Place your hands on the floor at your lower ribs - palms down and fingers pointing forward, forearms vertical - and firm your outer body, drawing the muscles gently in towards your core. Keep your elbows pinned to your sides, draw your upper arms into your shoulders and the bottom tips of your shoulder blades into your back, and lift your chest and shoulders until your upper arms come parallel to the floor. Inflate your kidney area, tuck your toes under, energize your legs andd spine, and lift your body lightly into the pose.

Dandasana
Staff Pose

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A Tantric source refers to this as Dandasana, or Pose of the Rod Pose, and is completely different.

Danda sana

Demonstrated by Richard Freeman

Certified Ashtanga Teacher

Demonstrated by Dona Holleman

WebSite: http://www.donaholleman.com/

The Yoga Work Shop 2020 21st Street Boulder, Colorado 80302 Tel. 303-449-6102

From: Dancing the Body of Light: The Future of Yoga by Dona Holleman & Orit Sen-Gupta copy;1999 Holleman & Sen-Gupta ISBN: 90-805113-1-5

Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana

Two Leg Reverse Staff Pose

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Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasan a Demonstrat ed by Kathleen Cunningha m

Photograph by Clark Quinn Yoga Journal, January 2001 Tel. 510841-9200 or eMail

Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana I

One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose
Version I
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Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana I

Demonstrated by Rachel Finian, of Grand Rapids, MI

Demonstrated by Dona Holleman

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Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana II

One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose

Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana II

Demonstrated by Desiree Rumbaugh

Arizona Yoga & Art Desire Rumbaugh & Angie Rupiper, Founders 7501 E. Oak St. #101 Scottsdale, AZ 85257 Tel. 480-381-0413

Demonstrated by B.K.S. Iyengar

Notice the difference between Version I and II of this asana is that the yogi grasps the foot (or ankle)?

Parivrtta Dandasana
Revolved Staff Pose

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Parivrtta Dandasana Demonstrated by Ken Jamititle

From OmCentrum.cz/cesky

Urdhva Dandasana
Upward Facing Staff Pose

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This asana is also known as Ardha Sirsasana, or Half Head Stand Pose.

Urdhva Dandasana Demonstrated by David Swenson

Authorized Ashtanga Teacher

Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual: An Illustrated Guide to Personal Practice by David Swenson Ashtanga Yoga Productions ISBN 1891252089

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