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    use one of two types of defecation postures to defecate: squatting and sitting. People use the squatting postures when using squat toilets or when defecating...
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    but in general it is a quiet type of Buddhist meditation done in a sitting posture like the lotus position. The practice can be done with various methods...
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    Seiza (redirect from Proper sitting)
    SAY-(ee)-zah; lit. 'proper sitting') is the formal, traditional way of sitting in Japan. It involves a specific positioning and posture in a kneeled position...
    12 KB (1,513 words) - 07:15, 18 May 2024
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    kneeling. When sitting, the torso is more or less upright, although sometimes it can lean against other objects for a more relaxed posture. Sitting for much...
    24 KB (2,831 words) - 16:00, 1 March 2024
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    Squatting is a posture where the weight of the body is on the feet (as with standing) but the knees and hips are bent. In contrast, sitting, involves taking...
    19 KB (2,229 words) - 23:13, 27 January 2024
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    Meditative postures or meditation seats are the body positions or asanas, usually sitting but also sometimes standing or reclining, used to facilitate...
    10 KB (1,021 words) - 06:23, 1 April 2023
  • or in a sitting position (Þórólfr), indicating that the dead might return. Ármann Jakobsson suggests further that breaking the draugr's posture is a necessary...
    43 KB (5,083 words) - 11:53, 28 April 2024
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    Asana (redirect from Yoga posture)
    An āsana (Sanskrit: आसन) is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, and later extended in hatha yoga and modern...
    90 KB (8,963 words) - 02:39, 14 May 2024
  • positions describes the Epley maneuver: The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, with the legs fully extended and the head rotated 45 degrees toward...
    11 KB (1,424 words) - 16:11, 25 May 2024
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    Iaijutsu (section Postures)
    disadvantage: The seated posture, tate-hiza, does not permit all-around mobility. Seiza, the formal kneeling-sitting posture, is a "dead" posture which is regarded...
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    It is not known when this deity was installed. The stone deity is sitting posture facing west. A shrine is dedicated to Narasimha in North-east corner...
    68 KB (7,196 words) - 20:18, 4 June 2024
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    Lotus position (redirect from Lotus posture)
    jīngāngzuò). The pose is ancient and is described, along with other asanas (sitting postures), in the 8th century book Patanjalayogashastravivarana. A figure seated...
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  • Spinal posture is the position of the spine in the human body. It is debated what the optimal spinal posture is, and whether poor spinal posture causes...
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    Squatting is a versatile posture where the weight of the body is on the feet but the knees and hips are bent. In contrast, sitting involves supporting the...
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    distance of 14 km. from Tiruchendur. The presiding deities are found in sitting posture. Just below them Siva in the form of a swyambu is found.The presiding...
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    laps in sitting posture. The second Buddha statue was of a Mara Vichai period of 5 sok 1 kueb 4 new measuring from end of laps in sitting posture and the...
    7 KB (952 words) - 06:52, 18 March 2024
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    be attached to the bout for upgraded sound quality. There are two sitting postures for playing saw sam sai. The first is to sit with legs to the side...
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    of sleep apnea. The score is assessed by asking the patient, in a sitting posture, to open their mouth and to protrude the tongue as much as possible...
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    modern times. The Sitting Woman, on the other hand, assumes a contemplative posture by placing both hands on a single leg while sitting directly on the...
    10 KB (885 words) - 15:18, 5 May 2024
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    Maharajah, his whole court, and French and British doctors. He adopted a sitting posture, and was covered over and sewn up in cerecloth. He was then placed...
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