Full Bloom

Abstract

The article reports on the benefits of the Padmasana, or the Lotus Pose, one of yoga's quintessential postures. The arrangement of the hands and feet in the pose is seen as an archetypal yoga posture. Richard Rosen, a yoga instructor in Oakland, California, says that when a person begins yoga, they are rooted in the mud, but they can grow into a blooming flower like a lotus as they progress.