2,100 Asanas Quotes

“Tadasana Urdhva Baddha Hastasana (tuh-DAHS-uh-nuh OORD-vuh BUH-duh huh-STAHS-uh-nuh) Also Known As: Mountain Pose (Parvatasana) Pose Type: standing Drishti Point: Nasagrai or Nasagre (nose)”
― Daniel Lacerda, 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses

“(female yoga master). Krishnamacharya also educated his son Desikachar in yoga. An engineer by training, Desikachar saw great value in studying yoga only when he was already a college graduate. Desikachar developed Vinyoga, which is a more therapeutic and less intense approach to physical practice,”
― Daniel Lacerda, 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses

“If we really want to examine the roots of yoga, we need to go back to the Harrapan culture, dating back 3,500 years, when yoga was a meditative practice. According to some, around 1500BCE, Harrapan culture was diminished due to Aryan invasion. Barbarians from Normandy introduced the caste system and enforced a set of religious rituals that involved blood”
― Daniel Lacerda, 2,100 Asanas: The Complete Yoga Poses