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Asana tip sheet #17 – Ashtavakrasana

September 10, 2024 By Tania Ingrahm 8 Comments

Ashtavakrasana

This pose is named after Ashtavakra who was born with eight (ashta) bends (vakra) in his body. The legend goes that while in the womb he laughed at his father’s pronunciation of the Vedic texts. The father cursed the son for laughing and the child was born crippled. Sage Ashtavakra went on to become a […]

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