Mountain / Tadasana
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Tada="mountain". Stand, feet together, arms comfortably at your sides.
Variation 1
Raise your arms to a 45º angle with your torso, palms forward, and pull the arms back.
Variation 2
Raise your arms further, palms forward, to a 90º crucifix position, and pull them back.
Variation 3
Raise the arms further, palms forward, to a 135º angle, and pull back.
Variation 4
Raise your arms straight overhead, palms together, gaze upward, and press your hands high.
Variation 5
PART 1: Reach both arms back and interlace hands (naddhamudra). Raise the locked hands high....
Variation 5
PART 2: then bend forward, maintaining ior increasing the lift on the locked hands: "Double Angle" pose (Dwikonasana, where dvikona="Two-cornered).
Variation 6
PART 1: Interlace both hands in front of you...
Variation 6
PART 2: and raise them high into the "Bracelets" pose (Valayasana, valaya="bracelet")...
Variation 6
PART 3: then twist your body, first to one side, then to the other (parivritta valayasana).
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