2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses

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Reverse Prayer One-Legged Easy Fish Pose


Viparita Namaskar Eka Pada Sukha Matsyasana

(vi-puh-REE-tuh nuh-muhs-KAHR EY-kuh PUH-duh SUK-uh muhts-YAHS-uh-nuh)
Also Known As: Back of the Body Prayer One-Legged Easy Fish Pose (Paschima Namaskara Eka
Pada Sukha Matsyasana)
Modification: both knees bent, heel to the knee
Pose Type: seated, backbend
Drishti Point: Bhrumadhye or Ajna Chakra (third eye, between the eyebrows)


Hands Bound One-Legged Half Eastern Intense Stretch Pose


Baddha Hasta Eka Pada Ardha Purvottanasana

(BUH-duh HUH-stuh EY-kuh PUH-duh UHR-duh poor-vo-tahn-AHS-uh-nuh)
Also Known As: Hands Bound One-Legged Reverse Table Top, Hands Bound One-Legged Half
Reverse Plank
Modification: heel to the knee; grabbing onto the triceps
Pose Type: standing (on the forearms), backbend
Drishti Point: Bhrumadhye or Ajna Chakra (third eye, between the eyebrows)

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