Bharadvajasana  Bharadvajasana (; IAST: "Bharadvājāsana") or Bharadvaja's twist is a twisting āsana in modern yoga as exercise. The asana is dedicated to the sage Bharadvāja who was one of the Seven Great Sages or Rishi. He was the father of Drona, a master of military arts and the royal guru to Kauravas, Pandavas and the Devastras, the princes who fought the great war of the Mahābhārata. A different asana is illustrated under the name Bharadvajasana in the 19th century "Sritattvanidhi"; it somewhat resembles Mayurasana with the legs in Padmasana, but as drawn it would be impossible to perform. The pose currently known by the name Bharadvajasana is a modern one, first seen in the 20th century. It is described in the works of two of Krishnamacharya's pupils, B. K. S. Iyengar's 1966 "Light on Yoga" and Pattabhi Jois's Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Bharadvājāsana is a seated spinal twist. It has three main forms: