U-Asana ngumkhuba wokusebenza we-yoga poses. Okuyiningi lethu elibiza ngokuthi i-yoga (njengokuthi, "U-honey, ngiya esikoleni sami se-yoga") kungabizwa ngokuthi ngaphambili ngaphambi kokuba igama le-yoga lihlanganise futhi i- pranayama , ukuzindla nezinye "izitho" ezinhlanu . Ngaphezu kokubhekisela ngokubanzi kwisici somzimba we-yoga, ngaphambi kokusetshenziselwa ukuchaza i-pose eyodwa (njengokuthi, "I- Handstand iyinhlangano engaphambi kanzima kakhulu kimi.").
Umlando we-Asana
Kubalulekile ukuphawula ukuthi ngaphambi kwegama lesiSanskrit lokuhlelwa noma ukuhlala. I-yoga asanas yokuqala, njengoba isetshenziswe emkhokheni we-archaeological kanye nezinto zokuqala zamthombo, cishe yayihlezi izikhundla zokuzindla. Akukaze kube yamuva nje emlandweni we-yoga (futhi ngethonya leNhlangano yaseNtshonalanga yezinkolelo) ukuthi ngaphambilini kwakhulisa izinto eziningi kangaka futhi kwaba yinto eqhutshwa kakhulu yogaga. Ukuqonda lokhu kuhamba isikhathi eside ekutholeni ukuthi ngaphambi kokuba kube umkhuba oqinile owenziwe phakathi neminyaka eyizinkulungwane. Kunalokho, kuqhubeka njalo. I-pose eyakhiwe ngesonto eledlule ayiyona emthethweni ngokomthetho kunamanye ama-1940 noma ikhulu le-16.
AmaSanskrit Amagama Wokungena
Kungenzeka ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi ngaphambi kokuba isetshenziswe njengesixhumi kumagama aseSanskrit we-yoga kubonakala : trikon ngaphambi , i- virabhadr ngaphambi , kanye ne- eka pada rajakapot ngaphambi , isibonelo.
Ukukwazi lokhu kanye neminye imibono engezansi yeSanskrit kungakusiza ukuhlukanisa la magama anzima. Ngokwesibonelo, i- eka pada isho inyawo elilodwa, ngakho-ke kulezi zindlela, ungalindela ukuthi unyawo lunye luzokwenza okuhlukile kolunye. I-Parsva isho uhlangothi (ngokuvamile i-pose ibhekene nohlangothi olulodwa), i- parivrtta kusho ukuguquka (ngokuvamile inguqulo ephikisiwe ye-pose), njalonjalo.
Ukuqala ukubona le maphethini kusiza amagama aqale ukwenza ngcono.