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Yoga: Standing & Balance

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If you know yoga only by hearsay you may picture quiet sitting: yet much of the practice is decided on your feet. This pack gathers eighteen postures built around standing and balance, from the calm to the acrobatic. It opens with the fine variations of Mountain Pose: palms in prayer at the chest or (far more demanding) folded behind the back into Reverse Prayer. Then things get wobblier: a knee hugs up to the chin, the torso twists on one leg with the hands still in prayer, the Standing Frog lifts one bent leg, and the Toppling Tree leans level to the front until a single leg carries everything. Sugarcane Pose bends the caught foot into a bow out of Half Moon, the Standing Split sends one leg straight toward the ceiling, and with Durvasasana (a leg behind the head while standing upright) one of yoga's most spectacular balances says hello. Add the deep Standing Forward Bend, standing backbends with bound arms, Locust and Cobra in their standing versions and the wide Kali Squat. The common English name is the answer we look for; where a familiar Sanskrit name exists, it counts as an alias too.

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Mountain with Prayer Hands

The upright stand of Mountain Pose with the palms together at the chest.

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Reverse Prayer

The palms fold into prayer behind the back: an intense shoulder opener.

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Bound-Arms Side Bend

The interlaced arms reach overhead and sideways, lengthening the whole flank.

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Standing Knee to Chin

One knee is hugged up to the chin while standing: balance and hip work in one.

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Standing Prayer Twist

Standing on one leg the torso twists toward the lifted knee, hands staying in prayer.

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Standing Cobra

A deep backbend from standing, the pelvis pressing forward.

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Standing Frog

Standing on one leg, the other bends frog-like while one arm reaches up.

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Standing Locust

A deep forward fold with the arms lifting behind the back like wings.

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Kali Squat

A wide, deep squat with the torso leaning sideways: named after the goddess Kali.

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