An idea from The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Posture here means the seat you meditate in. It comes from easing effort and resting the mind on the endless, and then heat and cold stop knocking you over. No poses are named. The stretching sequences called yoga today came mostly in the 20th century.

From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by Patañjali

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