Hanumanasana is an advanced pose (rated 36 out of 64 by B. K. S. Iyengar). The pose is approached from a kneeling position, stretching one leg forwards, the ...HanumanasanaFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchAseatedpostureinhathayogaHanumanasanafrom3/4viewHanumansetsLankaonFire,atWatPhananchoeng,AyutthayaThisarticlecontainsIndictext.Withoutproperrenderingsupport,youmayseequestionmarksorboxes,misplacedvowelsormissingconjunctsinsteadofIndictext.Hanumanasana(Sanskrit:हनुमानासन)orMonkeyPose[1]isaseatedasanainmodernyogaasexercise.Itistheyogaversionofthefrontsplits.Contents1Etymologyandorigins2Description3Seealso4References5ExternallinksEtymologyandorigins[edit]ThenamecomesfromtheSanskritwordsHanuman(adivineentityinHinduismwhoresemblesamonkey)andasana(posture),[2]andcommemoratesthegiantleapmadebyHanumantoreachtheLankanislandsfromthemainlandofIndia.[3]Theposeisnotdescribedinthemedievalhathayogatexts.Itappearsinthe20thcenturyindiversetraditionsofmodernyoga,suchasinSwamiYogesvarananda's1970FirstStepstoHigherYoga(asVikatasana),[4]intheAshtangaVinyasaYogaofPattabhiJois,[4]inSwamiSatyanandaSaraswati's2003AsanaPranayamaMudraBandha,[5]andinB.K.S.Iyengar's1966LightonYoga.[6]Description[edit]Hanumanasanaisanadvancedpose(rated36outof64byB.K.S.Iyengar).Theposeisapproachedfromakneelingposition,stretchingonelegforwards,theotherstraightback,supportingthebodyonthehandsuntilthefullposeismastered.Thehandsmaythenbeplacedinprayerposition(AnjaliMudra).Finallythearmsmaybestretchedabovethehead,thepalmstogether.Iyengarstatesthattoreachthefullpose,onemustmake"severalattemptseachday"andbepreparedtoworkatitfor"alongtime".[6]Seealso[edit]Samakonasana,theyogaformofsidesplitsReferences[edit]^"YogaJournal-MonkeyPose".Retrieved2011-04-09.^Sinha,S.C.(1996).DictionaryofPhilosophy.AnmolPublications.p. 18.ISBN 978-81-7041-293-9.^Mead,Jean(2008).HowandWhyDoHindusCelebrateDivali?.EvansBrothers.pp. 10–.ISBN 978-0-237-53412-7.^abSjoman,NormanE.(1999)[1996].TheYogaTraditionoftheMysorePal