Take a seat! Yoga's chair pose.

Author: Amy Adams, Contributor: John Cottrell,PhD

Utkatasana or Chair Pose

There are several yoga poses that you can practice that stimulate and benefit many parts of the body all at once. One of those poses is Chair Pose. In Sanskrit, the language of yoga, the pose is called Utkatasana (OOT-kah-TAH-sah-nah), but it does not translate to mean “chair pose.” It actually means “fierce pose.” Utkata means i…