SHALABHASANA

Locust Poses

Ardha Shalabhasana Paripurna Shalabasana Purna Shalabhasana Shalabhasana (Bikram Series) Shalabhasana Salamba Shalabhasana Viparita Shalabhasana I Viparita Shalabhasana II Viparita Shalabhasana III Vistritahastapadacha krasana

This gentle-seeming asana is a backbend and back strengthener. The position of the arms, and whether or not the legs are lifted, moves the area of the back being worked at any given time.

Ardha Shalabhasana
Half Locust Variations

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Ardha Shalabha sana

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Demonstrated by Anna "Amba" Winkler

International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers Yoga Mind and Body by International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers 1998 DK Publishing; ISBN: 078943301X

Paripurna or Purna Shalabasana

Perfect or Full Locust Pose

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We hope you enjoy previous Asana of the Moment, featuring one of the many talented yogis from the Federazione Kriya Yoga in Italy. This photo of Puripuna Shalabhasan a is from the beautiful Le Meravigliose immagini dello Yoga by Lisetta Landoni (ISBN 88900607-00) and offered here with her permission. Unfortunately , we don't speak Italian, and can't put the faces of the introduced Yogis to the person in this photo. If you're able to identify this yogi, please email us!

Purna Shalabhasa na Demonstrate d by Summer Cooke

Bikram Yoga College of India 1054 North 34th Street Seattle, WA 98103 Tel. 206.547.0188

Salamba Shalabhasana
Supported Locust Pose

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Salamba Shalabhasa na Demonstrat ed by Donna Farhi

Photograph by Bill Reitzell Yoga Journal, March 1999 Tel: 510841-9200 or eMail

Shalabasana
Locust Pose (Low)

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Shalabasana Low Variation I

Demonstrated by Marne Semick

Forrest Yoga Circle 1612 Montana Ave., 2nd Floor Santa Monica, CA 90403 Tel. 310-712-3910 Photograph by Anne Hamersky Yoga Journal, December, 2000 Tel. 510-841-9200 or eMail

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Viparita Shalabhasana I
Locust (Variation I)

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Viparita Shalabhasana Demonstrated by Anna Azrieli

OM yoga center Cindy Lee, Director 135 West 14th street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-229-0267

"Viparita" means reverse, opposite or inverted. Shalabha is a locust. The stretch in this asana is more intense than in Gandha Bherundasana and the movements are converse to those in Halasana. Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika by B.K.S. Iyengar 1966 George Allen & Unwin Publishters, Ltd.; ISBN 0-8052-1031-8

Reverse Locust Pose II

Also known as "Vistritahastapadachakrasana" or Heels-on-Head Wheel Pose.

Viparita Shalabhasana II Demonstrated by Anna "Amba" Winkler

International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers Yoga Mind and Body by International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers 1998 DK Publishing; ISBN: 078943301X

Reverse Locust

Pose III

Viparita Shalabhasana III

Demonstrated by B.K.S. Iyengar

Light on Yoga: Yoga Dipika by B.K.S. Iyengar 1966 George Allen & Unwin Publishters, Ltd.; ISBN 0-8052-1031-8

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