{"id":145835,"date":"2025-01-29T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/?post_type=docs&p=145835"},"modified":"2025-04-27T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T14:49:40","password":"","slug":"ardha-asanas-asymmetric-postures-influencing-side-meridians","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/ufy-books\/yoga-book\/ardha-asanas-asymmetric-postures-influencing-side-meridians\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abArdha\u00bb-asanas (asymmetric postures, influencing side meridians)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asymmetric poses activate peripheral channels (lying aside from the central line and parallel to anterior and posterior middle merid-ians). Often the names of these poses have a prefix \u00abardha-\u00bb, meaning \u00abhalf\u00bb. It doesn\u2019t mean that \u00abhalf-poses\u00bb are easier to perform than their complete versions. They just have a specific influence on one half of the body.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ardhabhujangasana<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Phases of entering Ardhabhujangasana<\/b><\/p>\n

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Ardhanurasana<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Ardhaushtrasana<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Virasana (hero pose)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Ardhapaschimottanasana and its variations<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Janu Shirsasana (head to knee pose). First variation<\/b><\/p>\n

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Janu Shirsasana (head to knee pose). Second variation<\/b><\/p>\n

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Triang mukhapada Paschimottanasana<\/b><\/p>\n

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Ardha Baddha Padmapaschimottanasana<\/b><\/p>\n

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Ardhapadahastasana and its variations<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Parshvatonasana (stretching to Bhujangasana pose)
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\n<\/span>NOTE.<\/strong> Despite the formal resemblance, these poses activate completely dif-ferent channels.<\/p>\n

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Shivanatarajasana (Shiva-Nataraja pose)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Tadasana<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Mistakes in doing Tadasana<\/b><\/p>\n

Bearing-out the hip closes the side meridian.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Parighasana (crossbar pose)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Parshva Halasana (Halasana with a turn)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Asymmetric poses activate peripheral channels (lying aside from the central line and parallel to anterior and posterior middle merid-ians). Often the names of these poses have a prefix \u00abardha-\u00bb, meaning \u00abhalf\u00bb. It doesn\u2019t mean that \u00abhalf-poses\u00bb are easier to perform than their complete versions. They just have a specific influence on one half of the… Continue reading \u00abArdha\u00bb-asanas (asymmetric postures, influencing side meridians)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[834],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[814],"class_list":["post-145835","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-advanced-asanas-en","knowledge_base-yoga-book","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":162,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"\u041e\u043b\u0435\u0433 \u0411\u0454\u043b\u0456\u043a\u043e\u0432","author_nicename":"oleg","author_url":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/author\/oleg\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Advanced exercises and their energy influence","term_url":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/ufy-books\/yoga-book\/advanced-asanas-en\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"Yoga: physiology, psychosomatics, bioenergetics","term_url":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/ufy-books\/yoga-book\/","term_slug":"yoga-book"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["yoga-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/145835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/145835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=145835"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=145835"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.in.yoga\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=145835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}