(UHR-duh PUHD-muh EY-kuh HUH-stuh EY-kuh PUH-duh puhd-ahng-GOOSH-tuh duh-nur-AHS-uh-nuh)
Modification: grabbing onto the foot with overhead grip on the same side, other hand to the floor
Pose Type: prone, backbend
Drishti Point: Bhrumadhye or Ajna Chakra (third eye, between the eyebrows)
LOTUS BACKBENDS
Lotus Cobra Pose
Padma Bhujangasana
(PUHD-muh buj-uhng-GAHS-uh-nuh)
Modification: both hands to the floor, hips off the floor, arms straight
Pose Type: prone, backbend
Drishti Point: Bhrumadhye or Ajna Chakra (third eye, between the eyebrows)
Lion Pose Dedicated to an Avatar of Lord Vishnu
Narasimhasana
(nuh-ruh-sim-HAHS-uh-nuh)