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Star Pose
Like seated butterfly, but the torso folds deep over the feet.
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Not everything in yoga happens standing or on the hands: a large part of the practice takes place on the floor, and down there it gets surprisingly varied. This pack shows fifteen seated, twisting and reclining postures: the Star folding deep over the joined soles, the reclined cross-legged twist, the sideways Yogic Seal and the rarely shown Six Triangles, where the reclined body turns into a set of angles. The boat family enters twice (revolved and in half lotus), the Fish gets its lotus variation too, and Vishnu's Couch brings the side-lying pose in which the god of preservation rests on the world serpent. Add the balancing Upward Forward Bend on the seat, the Reclined Eagle, the caught Big-Toe Pose, Side Splits with a forward lean, the knees beside the ears in Ear-Pressure Pose and, as the crowning discipline, Yogic Sleep with both legs behind the neck. Many answers hide in the detail of the legs: a half lotus turns the familiar Boat and the familiar Fish into postures of their own.
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Which yoga pose is this?

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Star Pose
Like seated butterfly, but the torso folds deep over the feet.

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Six Triangles Pose
Leaning back on the forearms with one leg tucked under: the body forms a set of triangles.

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Reclined Cross-Legged Twist
Lying back, the crossed legs tip to one side while the shoulders stay down.

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Sideways Yogic Seal
From a folded-leg seat the torso lays down deep to the side.

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Half-Lotus Upward Stretch
One leg in half lotus while the clasped arms stretch far upward.

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Half-Lotus Boat
The boat balance with one leg in half lotus and the other held straight.

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Half-Lotus Fish
The fish backbend with one leg resting in half lotus.

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Vishnu's Couch
Side-lying with the head propped: named after Vishnu resting on the world serpent.
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