Following a self-selected, five-minute warm up, the participants were equipped with sixteen low-mass retroreflective markers on specific anatomical landmarks in accordance with the lower body Plug-In Gait model (Vicon, 2002). All kinematic data was collected using a ten-camera motion capture system (Vicon, Oxford Metrics, Oxford, UK) operating at 100Hz, and kinetic data was recorded using force platforms (AMTI, Watertown, MA, USA) operating at 1000 Hz.
The participants performed seven common asanas: crescent lunge, triangle, warrior 1, warrior 2(all double leg poses), eagle, half-moon and tree (all single-leg poses)(Figure 1 ) [8 (link)]. Each asana was performed in a manner which the participant would practice regularly and was not performed as deeply as possible. Each participant performed every pose three times from a neutral standing position and held the pose for fifteen seconds each time. All poses were performed on both the left and right leg, however previous studies found no between-leg differences in this sample [8 (link)], so the analysis was only performed on poses with the right leg forward, or while standing on the right leg.
The participants performed seven common asanas: crescent lunge, triangle, warrior 1, warrior 2(all double leg poses), eagle, half-moon and tree (all single-leg poses)(