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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 11.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Sep 1;34(19):2066–2076. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b315cc

Table 6.

List of Yoga Intervention Postures

Savasana II supine Tadasana
  - with lower legs on chair seat   - brick
  - Knees supported by bolster   - no brick
  - blanket channel under trunk, legs straight Urdhva Hastasana -feet hip wide apart then feet
Savasana prone together
Supta Padangusthasana II prone Utthita Padmasaana -with support of upper wall
Supta Tadasana rope & chair for raised leg
Supta Urdhva Hastasana Utthita Hasta Pandasana*
Supta Padaugusthasana I & II Parsva Hasta Padasana *
  - bent knee Utthita Parsvakonasana *
  - straight leg Utthita Trikonasana *
Supta Pavanmuktasana Vurabdrasaba II *
Urdhva Prasarita Padasana at the wall Ardha Chandrasana *
  - weight on feet Prasarita Padottanasana
  - no weight on feet   - over bolster on two chairs
Pavanmuktasana -over bolster on 2 chairs   - hands on blocks
Parsva Pavanmuktasana -over bolster while Parsvottanasana -lower wall rope traction hips,
on seated on chair hands on chair back
Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana I & II Parivrtta Trikonasana *
  - bent knee Bharadvajasana -seated on chair
  - straight leg Utthita Maricyasana
Ardha Uttanasana Dandasana
  - over support with double traction   - seated on chair, hold upper wall ropes
  - hands to wall   - seated on bolster, strap around the feet
Uttanasana Maricyasana III
  - hands to blocks, concave   - seated on bolster
  - head down, hold elbows   - arm doesn’t cross over the bent leg
Adho Mukha Svanasana   - arm crosses over bent leg
  - upper rope Adho Mukha Virasana - with bolster under
  - lower rope abdomen
  - hands to wall
*

with support of upper wall rope