Journal of Yoga & Physical Therapy
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Department of physical medicine, Charite medical university Berlin, Germany

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• Commentary   
  Consciousness in Motion: Vinyasa
  Author(s): Thomas Lara*
  
  "Vinyasa" is resultant from the Sanskrit term nyasa, which means "to place," and the prefix ”in a special way"—as in the method of notes in a raga, the steps along a route to the top of a mountain, or the linking of one asana to the next. In the yoga creation the most common kind of Vinyasa is as a flowing sequence of definite Asanas coordinated with the arrangements of the breath. The six sequence of Pattabhi Jois's Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga are by far the best known and most significant. Jois's own teacher, the great South Indian main Krishnamacharya’.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2157-7595.2020.10.305

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