Editing Lotus position (section)

==Variations==

Sukhasana ({{langx|sa|सुखासन|translit=Sukhāsana}}), Easy Pose, has the legs simply crossed in front of the body.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Costello |first1=Nikki |title=Sukhasana Isn't All Easy |url=http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/2481 |publisher=[[Yoga Journal]] |access-date=17 November 2022 |date=25 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Maharsi |first=Ramana |title=The teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi in his own words |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-4XAAAAIAAJ |year=1962 |publisher=Rider |page=134}}</ref>

In half lotus, अर्ध पद्मासन (Ardha Padmasana), one leg is bent and resting on the ground, the other leg is bent with the foot in lotus position. It is an easier meditation position than full lotus.<ref>{{cite book |author=Swami Satyananda Saraswati |author-link=Swami Satyananda Saraswati |title=Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha |url=http://www.znakovi-vremena.net/en/Swami-Satyananda-Saraswati---Asana-Pranayama-Mudra-Bandha.pdf |publisher=Yoga Publications Trust |location=Munger, Bihar, India |year=1996 |page=97 |isbn=978-81-86336-14-4 |access-date=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807084750/http://www.znakovi-vremena.net/en/Swami-Satyananda-Saraswati---Asana-Pranayama-Mudra-Bandha.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In bound lotus, बद्ध पद्मासन (Baddha Padmasana), the practitioner sits in full lotus, and each hand reaches around the back to grasp the opposite foot.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sjoman |first1=Norman E. |author-link=Norman Sjoman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ISBN8170173892 |title=The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace |publisher=Abhinav Publications |year=1999 |edition=2nd |orig-year=1996 |isbn=81-7017-389-2 |page=Plate 6 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

For psychic union pose, योगमुद्रासन (Yogamudrasana), the practitioner bends forward in full lotus, bringing the forehead as close to the floor as possible.{{sfn|Saraswati|2004|pp=182-183}} The pose is both an asana and a [[mudra]]; easier variants begin from Ardha Padmasana.<ref name="Vishnudevananda 1988">{{cite book | author=Vishnudevananda |author-link=Vishnudevananda | title=[[The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga]] | publisher=Crown Trade Paperbacks | location=New York | year=1988 | isbn=978-0-517-88431-7 | oclc=32442598 | pages=plates 128–129}}</ref>

Variations of several other asanas such as [[Sirsasana]] (yoga headstand), [[Sarvangasana]] (shoulderstand), [[Simhasana]] (lion pose), [[Matsyasana]] (fish pose), and [[Gorakshasana]] (cowherd pose) have the legs in lotus.{{sfn|Iyengar|1991|pp=137-139, 142-143, 204-206, 230-237}} Asanas such as [[Vatayanasana]] (horse pose) and advanced forms of [[Ardha Matsyendrasana]] (half lord of the fishes pose) have one leg as in half lotus.{{sfn|Iyengar|1991|pp=98-99, 270-276}}

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File:Sukhasana.jpg|Sukhasana, easy pose
File:Bharadwaja (detail).jpg|The sage [[Bharadvaja]] [[meditation|meditating]]<!--on a deer skin--> in half lotus. 19th century
File:Flickr - Nicholas T - Taut.jpg|Baddha Padmasana
File:A scene of Yoga mudra.JPG|Yogamudrasana
File:Padma-shirshasana (cropped).jpg|[[Padma Sirsasana]], lotus headstand
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