Learning the names of the Asanas - 2nd Edition

Please do start to learn the names of the asanas you practice! It does make a difference!
You practice almost daily, what you practice is not arbitrary, it only makes sense to also know what you actually practice -with that,  the name of a pose you are in.

You can start with baby steps! No need to be able to know all the names of the asanas from one day to next, but do start. Start this week with the first four fundamental poses, recite their names in your head when you get into them! Next week move to the next ones and so on. In no time the names stick to you, knowing the names of the poses and their meaning will further help you focus while practice will further reveal itself in different ways to you. Seriously, get on it! 

(Wouldn't it a bit funny if you were to cook up your soup and didn't know the names of the ingredients you put in?)

​We attempted this already a few times, like 4 years ago and it has been pointed out numerous times.
No more excuses! Let's get on it yogis!

​Padangusthasana

Padahastasana

Big Toe Posture
Pada  = foot 
angustha = big toe 
asana = posture, seat

shown by Kim Kenyon, one of our practitioners

Hand to Foot Posture
Pada = foot 
hasta = hand 
asana = posture, seat

shown by Ronald Steiner, one of my teachers, photo taken from Ronald's website

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​Utthita Trikonasana

Triangle Pose
Utthita = spread, extended
Trikona = triangle
Asana = pose

​shown by Ronald Steiner, one of my teachers, photo taken from Ronald's website

​Parivrtta Trikonasana

Revolved Triangle Pose
Parivrtta = revolved
Trikona = triangle
Asana = pose
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​shown by Xavier Periole, one of our practitioners who moved away from Groningen