Asana
1. Any of various yogic postures
Asana is further described as "sitting posture" in the Yoga system of Indian Philosophy- an immobile bodily posture that a person assumes in an attempt to isolate the mind by freeing it from attention to bodily functions. It is the third of the eight prescribed stages intended to lead the aspirant [student] to samadhi, the trancelike state of perfect concentration. As many as 32 or more asanas have been [counted]. *Encyclopedia Britannica
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