2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses

(Elliott) #1

Modification: toes curled in, foot of the bent leg to the inside of the knee of the straight leg
Pose Type: prone, backbend
Drishti Point: Bhrumadhye or Ajna Chakra (third eye, between the eyebrows)


UPWARD DOG POSE: ONE LEG BENT


Uneven One-Legged Upward Facing Dog Pose


Vishama Eka Pada Urdhva Mukha Shvanasana

(VISH-uh-muh EY-kuh PUH-duh OORD-vuh MUK-uh shvuh-NAHS-uh-nuh)


Modification: Leg 1: knee bent and on the floor, toes pointed to the sky Leg 2: straight and off the
floor, toes pointed away
Pose Type: prone, backbend
Drishti Point: Bhrumadhye or Ajna Chakra (third eye, between the eyebrows)


Half Bow Pose in One-Legged Upward Facing Dog Pose


Ardha Dhanurasana in Eka Pada Urdhva Mukha Shvanasana

(UHR-duh duh-nur-AHS-uh-nuh in EY-kuh PUH-duh OORD-vuh MUK-uh shvuh-NAHS-uh-nuh)

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