Pasasana

Asana

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Pasasana (Sanskrit: पाशासन; IAST: pāśāsana) or Noose Pose is an asana, a sitting meditation pose.

Etymology and origins

The name comes from the Sanskrit word पाश, pāśa meaning "noose" or "snare",^[1] and आसन, asana meaning "posture" or "seat".^[2]

The pose is described and illustrated in the 19th century Sritattvanidhi; a slightly different pose is described in the 1966 Light on Yoga.^[3]

Description

In this yoga asana, the human body creates a 'noose' when the practitioner wraps their arms around their squatting legs (from Upaveshasana) with their hands clasped behind their back, while twisting to one side.^[4]

See also

• List of asanas
• Pasini Mudra, the noose seal

References

Further reading

• Iyengar, B. K. S. (1991) [1966]. Light on Yoga. London: Thorsons. ISBN 978-0-00-714516-4. OCLC 51315708.

External links

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• Instruction for noose pose from Yoga Journal

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Asanas

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Backbends

• Anjaneyasana (crescent moon)
• Bidalasana (cat)/Bitilasana (cow)
• Bhujangasana (cobra)
• Chakrasana (wheel) or Urdhva Dhanurasana (upward bow)
• Viparita Dandasana (inverted staff)
• Kapotasana (pigeon)
• Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (king pigeon)
• Ushtrasana (camel)

Arm balances

• Ashtavakrasana (8-angled)
• Bakasana (crane) or Kakasana (crow)
• Koundinyasana (the sage Kaundinya)
• Kukkutasana (cockerel)
• Mayurasana (peacock)
• Tittibhasana (firefly)

Inverted

• Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward dog)
• Adho Mukha Vrkshasana (handstand)
• Halasana (plough)
• Sarvangasana (shoulderstand)
• Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge)
• Shirshasana (headstand)
• Viparita Karani (legs up the wall)
• Vrischikasana (scorpion)

Reclining

• Anantasana (Vishnu's couch)
• Ashtanga Namaskara (eight-limbed)
• Bhekasana (frog)
• Chaturanga Dandasana (low plank)
• Dhanurasana (bow)
• Jathara Parivartanasana (belly twist)
• Makarasana (crocodile)
• Matsyasana (fish)
• Shalabhasana (locust)
• Shavasana (corpse)
• Vasishtasana (side plank)
• Yoganidrasana (yogic sleep)

Sitting

Meditation	Baddha Konasana (cobbler) Gomukhasana (cow face) Gorakshasana (cowherd) Padmasana (lotus) Siddhasana (accomplished) Simhasana (lion) Vajrasana (thunderbolt)
Twists	Bharadvajasana (the sage Bharadvaja) Marichyasana (the sage Marichi) Matsyendrasana (the sage Matsyendra, lord of the fishes) Pashasana (noose)
Other	Akarna Dhanurasana (shooting bow) Balasana (child) Garbha Pindasana (embryo in womb) Hanumanasana (monkey) Kraunchasana (heron) Kurmasana (tortoise) Malasana (garland) Mandukasana (frog) Mulabandhasana (root lock) Navasana (boat) Paschimottanasana (seated forward bend) Samakonasana (split) Virasana (hero)

Standing

Both legs	Parighasana (gate) Parshvottanasana (intense side stretch) Prasarita Padottanasana (wide stance forward bend) Tadasana (mountain) Trikonasana (triangle) Utkatasana (powerful) Uttanasana (standing forward bend) Utthita Parshvakonasana (sideways) Virabhadrasana (warrior)
One leg	Ardha Chandrasana (half moon) Durvasasana (the sage Durvasa) Garudasana (eagle) Natarajasana (lord of the dance) Utthita Padangusthasana (standing big toe hold) Vrikshasana (tree)