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Utkatasana (; ), Chair Pose, or fierce pose, (2026). 9780738219363, Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780738219363 is a standing asanas in modern yoga as exercise. It was a low squatting asana in medieval hatha yoga.
The modern chair-like pose is said to originate with Krishnamacharya. An older version of the pose, with the yogin squatting lower down on to the heels in a posture close to Upaveshasana, is shown in the 19th century Sritattvanidhi. (1999). 9788170173892, Abhinav Publications. ISBN 9788170173892
Parivritta Utkatasana is the rotated variant; the hands are pressed together in front of the chest in Anjali Mudra, the lower elbow is pressed against the outside of the opposite knee, and the gaze is directed upwards.
Utkata Konasana, Goddess Pose, has the legs wide apart, the feet turned outwards in line with the thighs, and the knees bent. The arms are usually raised with the elbows bent; variants have the arms straight up, or the hands may be held in Añjali Mudrā, prayer position in front of the chest.
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