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| '''Dandasana''' ({{lang-sa|दण्डासन}}; ]: ''Daṇḍāsana'') or '''Staff Pose'''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/2480 | title=Staff Pose | publisher=] | access-date=2011-04-09}}</ref> is a seated ] in modern ]. | |||
| ==Etymology and origins== | |||
| The name comes from the Sanskrit words दण्ड ''daṇḍa'' meaning "stick" or "staff",<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ashtangayoga.info/practice/asana-vinyasa-series/primary-series-yoga-chikitsa/item/dandasana/ | title=Dandasana | publisher=Ashtanga Yoga | access-date=11 April 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213141948/http://www.ashtangayoga.info/practice/asana-vinyasa-series/primary-series-yoga-chikitsa/item/dandasana/ | archive-date=13 February 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and आसन ''āsana'' meaning "posture".<ref name="Sinha1996">{{cite book |last=Sinha |first=S. C. |title=Dictionary of Philosophy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zzRvh1fRzEC&pg=PA18 |date=1996 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-7041-293-9 |page=18}}</ref> | |||
| The pose is not found in the medieval ] texts.<ref name=Sjoman>{{cite book |last1=Sjoman |first1=Norman E. |author-link=Norman Sjoman |url=https://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN8170173892 |title=The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=1999 |orig-year=1996 |isbn=81-7017-389-2 |pages=44, 50, 78, 98–99}}</ref> The 19th century '']'' uses the name Dandasana for a different pose, the body held straight, supported by a rope.<ref name=Sjoman/> The yoga scholar ] notes, however, that the traditional Indian ''Vyayama'' gymnastic exercises include a set of movements called "dands", similar to ] and to the ]s used in ].<ref name=Sjoman/> | |||
| ==Description== | |||
| The asana is entered from a seated position with the legs extended forward. The palms or the fingertips (if the palms don't reach) should be rested on the ground either side of the body. The upper-body should be extending upward through the crown of the head, and the back should be completely perpendicular to the ground (as though sitting against a wall). If this is not possible, a block may be placed underneath the sitting bones. The legs should be squeezing together, and the toes should be pointing inwards toward the body. It may even be possible to create space between the heels and the ground by activating the leg muscles. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==References== | |||
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| ==Further reading== | |||
| {{Commonscat|Dandasana}} | |||
| * {{cite book|last=Iyengar|first=B. K. S.|author-link=B. K. S. Iyengar|title=Illustrated Light On Yoga|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbx5AAAACAAJ|access-date=9 April 2011|date=1 October 2005|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-81-7223-606-9}} | |||
| {{Asana}} | |||
| {{Yoga as exercise}} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Dandasana}} | |||
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