The aṅga-calanam (body  movements)

Body movement (aṅga-calanam) like toes’ movement, feet’s movement,  legs’ movement, hips’ movement, spine and trunk’s movement, shoulders’ movement, arms’ movement, hands’ movement, fingers’ movement, neck’s movement, head’s movement, eyes’ movement are innumerable, very personal and impossible to be described in words. Body movements (aṅga-calanam) make your composition (vinyāsa) to differ from the others or simply unique. It is with the body movements (aṅga-calanam) that you make your practice really yours.

Indeed, there are certain body movements (particularly of the arms, hands and feet) which required specific positions in order to achieve proper alignment and correct posture (āsana). These are classified as pādavinyāsa (positions of the feet and toes) and hastavinyāsa (position of arms, hands and fingers)

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