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Prapada Virasana is an Asana. It is translated as Tiptoe Hero Pose from Sanskrit.

The name of this pose comes from "prapada" meaning "tips of toes", "vira" meaning "hero", and "asana" meaning "posture" or "seat".[1][2]

Benefits and Cautions

This pose has many benefits: it opens up the ankles, knees and hips, promotes the blood flow to the joints of the lower body and stretches the quadraceps.

Be careful while doing this pose if you have any ankle, knee or hip injuries.[1][2]

Publications featuring Prapada Virasana

  • Asanas 608: Yoga Poses by Dharma Mittra [3]
  • Yoga Resource Practice Manual by Darren Rhodes [4]
  • Yoga (Yoga Journal Books) by Linda Sparrowe and David Martinez [5]
  • 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses by Mr. Yoga (Daniel Lacerda) [6]
  • Yoga From the Heart by Yogananth Andiappan [7]

References

  1. ^ a b "SEATED YOGA POSES - Mr. Yoga Is Your #1 Authority on Yoga Poses". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  2. ^ a b Lacerda, Daniel (2015-12-01). 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780316270625.
  3. ^ Mittra, Dharma (2003-04-01). Asanas: 608 Yoga Poses. Novato, Calif.: New World Library. ISBN 9781577314028.
  4. ^ Rhodes, Darren; Sell, Christina; Longstaff, Michael (2013-02-10). Huang, Ellen (ed.). Yoga Resource Practice Manual. Tirtha Studios & Yo Productions.
  5. ^ Sparrowe, Linda; Martinez, David (2008-01-08). Yoga (1st edition ed.). New York: Universe. ISBN 9780789399878. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  6. ^ Lacerda, Daniel (2015-11-10). 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses. Black Dog & Leventhal. ISBN 9781631910104.
  7. ^ Andiappan, Yogananth (2007-01-01). Yogananth Andiappan - Yoga From the Heart. International Yoga Academy Lim. ISBN 9789889982812.
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