Pasasana

Pasasana

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", and आसन, asana meaning "posture" or "seat".

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

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.

See also

• List of asanas
• Pasini Mudra, the noose seal

Further reading

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pasasana.

• Instruction for noose pose from Yoga Journal