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As a repertoire of postures were promoted to exercise the body-mind over the centuries to the present day, when yog is sought as a primarily physical exercise form, modern usage has come to include variations from lying on the back and standing on the head, to a variety of other positions. However, in the Yog Sutras, Patanjali mentions the execution of sitting with a steadfast mind for extended periods as the third of the eight limbs of Classical or Raja yog, but does not reference standing postures or kriyas. Yog practitioners (even those who are adepts at various complex postures) who seek the “simple” practice of chair-less sitting generally find it impossible or surprisingly grueling to sit still for the traditional minimum of one hour (as still practiced in eastern Vipassana), some of them then dedicating their practice to sitting aasan and the sensations and mind-states that arise and evaporate in extended sits.

Aasan later became a term for various postures useful for restoring and maintaining a practitioner’s well-being and improving the body’s flexibility and vitality, with the goal of cultivating the ability to remain in seated meditation for extended periods. Aasans are widely known as “Yog postures” or “Yog positions”. “Aasan” quite simply means “a posture”. Any way that we may sit, stand or position our hands is an aasan. Therefore, many aasans are possible. However, a particular posture that leads you to a higher possibility is called a Yog Aasan.