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Kavita Sinha
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No, Chaturanga Dandasana, commonly known as Four-Limbed Staff Pose, is not traditionally considered a part of original Hatha Yoga. It is a pose that is more commonly associated with modern styles of yoga, particularly Vinyasa and Ashtanga yoga. Traditional Hatha Yoga focuses more on foundational poses.
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No it’s not. Chaturanga is part of the very old sequence of danda exercises practiced by Indian wrestlers and other fitness trainers since ancient times. But Hatha Yoga was not adapted for the purpose of physical exercise until the 1900s, mainly by Tirumalai Krishnamacharya and his pupils Pattabhi Jois and B.K.S. Iyengar. It was probably them who added Chaturanga to Hatha Yoga as a way to link the flowing movements of their Vinyasa style, which borrowed much from gymnastics and other fitnesses exercises that had never before been part of Yoga. B.K.S. Iyengar’s 1966 book Light on Yoga is the first Hatha Yoga text that mentions Chaturanga.
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