 Norman Sjoman suggests that it is one of the poses adopted into modern yoga as exercise in Mysore by Krishnamacharya and forming the "primary foundation" for his vinyasas with flowing movements between poses.The pose would then have been taken up by his pupils Pattabhi Jois and B. K. S. Iyengar.It is a basic standing asana in most forms of yoga with feet together and hands at the sides of the body.