(Hindu) a manner of sitting (as in the practice of Yoga)

Usage examples of asana.

Second Circuit of the Nervous System -- sensory kinaesthetic, hooking up newly-discovered muscles, total attention to bicep mechanics, re-mastering balance, learning new asanas, plough, christie, stem christie, parallel.

As Alex came out of the Eight-Pointed Repose, he noticed that Doc was performing the asanas along with them.

Physico-vital processes depending on Pranayama and Asanas taken from Hatha Yoga.

Twenty minutes later, after I'd managed only two yoga asanas and a quick shower, I dug into Tom's warm, light Dutch pancake.

I once would have inquir'd coolly, what an Automaton might know of Life, but now I only sat silent, unconsciously having assum'd what I later learn'd was that Hindoo asana, or Posture, known as "the Lotus.

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