Head to Knee with Stretching Pose in Bikram Hot Yoga.
Head to Knee with Stretching Pose: An overview.
The Head to Knee with Stretching Pose in the Bikram How Yoga Series comes between Rabbit Pose and Spine Twist. It is called Janushirsasana Paschimotthanasana in Sanskrit and breaks down as follows: Janu stands for "knee", the word Shirsha means "head" and Asana has the definition of "posture" or "seat". The name Paschima means "west" or "back of the body", Uttana is defined as "straight", "extended" or "intense stretch" and as before Asana means "posture" or "seat".