Urdhva Vrikshasana Urdhva Vrikshasana Urdhva Vrikshasana (; ; IAST: "Ūrdhva Vṛkṣāsana") or Upward Tree Pose is a standing asana in hatha yoga. In Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga it is the first asana of Surya Namaskar. In some schools of yoga it is called Tadasana or Urdhva Hastasana (IAST: "Ūrdhva Hāstāsana"; ; ), "Upward Hands Pose". This compound noun phrase comes from Sanskrit: "ūrdhva", "up, upwards"; वृक्ष "vṛkṣa", "tree"; and आसन "Āsana" "posture" or "seat". This asana or variations of it may also be called Ūrdhva Hāstāsana. From Sanskrit: ऊर्ध्व "ūrdhva", "upwards"; हास्त, "hāsta", "formed with the hands"; asana as before. This asana may
Ashtanga vinyasa yoga and never taught by Sharath. However most of his teachers who claim to have been taught by him will teach the above methods, exercises, & postures, even though none of what they teach is part of the Ashtanga method of instruction under Sharath. Pattabhi Jois also did not require students to independently drop back and come up from back bending before progressing to the 2nd series. Sharath changed the requirements, and has now made this mandatory. However, it is important to note that Pattabhi Jois was the founder of the system, and taught each of his original students differently, instructing