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Graceful Thunderbolt
From kneeling, the head lowers backward toward the floor: the thighs hold everything.
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Backbends and inversions are yoga's showpieces: the head hangs below the heart, the chest opens wider than everyday life would suggest, and suddenly the arms carry the whole body. This pack walks through that world in nineteen stations. It begins kneeling with the two Thunderbolt forms, whose torso lays back over the folded legs, builds through One-Legged Camel and Bridge, the Inverted Staff and the One-Legged Wheel, up to curiosities like a bridge resting only on tiptoes and the crown of the head. The inversions appear in their variations: Headstand and Shoulderstand with lotus or bound-angle legs, the Unsupported Shoulderstand without any helping hands, plus the Stretched-Out Scorpion on the floor and the curled Inverted Tortoise. And because yoga is also strength, the arm balances close the set: Flying Pigeon, Sage Koundinya with scissored legs, the Eagle-Legs Handstand and the preparation for Eight-Angle Pose. Looking closely pays off twice here: many of these poses differ from their famous base forms only in what the legs are doing.
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Which yoga pose is this?

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Graceful Thunderbolt
From kneeling, the head lowers backward toward the floor: the thighs hold everything.

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Thunderbolt Pose
The upright kneel on the heels: the base form of the Thunderbolt and a classic meditation seat.

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One-Legged Camel
The camel backbend with one leg climbing straight up.

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One-Legged Bridge
The shoulder bridge with one leg extended toward the ceiling.

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Inverted Staff
A deep backbend on the forearms, the head resting between the elbows.

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Tiptoe Bridge
A bridge resting only on the tiptoes and the crown of the head.
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Backbend to the Heels
On tiptoes the torso bends back until the hands reach the heels.

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Stretched-Out Scorpion
The floor version of the Scorpion: chest down, the legs curling forward over the back.

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Tiptoe Pigeon
A kneeling backbend on tiptoes with one arm reaching up.

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One-Legged Wheel
Upward-facing wheel with one leg lifting straight up.
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