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Perfect for a dedicated yoga space, this attractive banner celebrates the health benefits and mental clarity of this traditional spiritual practice. Seven rayon flags align to depict various yoga poses, created with the traditional batik technique. The flags represent the Trikonasana, Virabhadrasana, Natarajasana, Marichyasana, Adho mukha svanasana and stiff bow yoga positions. Which are your favorites?

Sitting in the asana position, a whimsical frog practices yoga holding its front feet to its middle chakra. It closes its eyes as it inhales and exhales, in a vivid wood statuette, hand carved by Nengah Sudarsana.

Holding its front paws above its head, a stark black cat reaches toward the sky while sitting in the asana, or lotus position. Inhaling and exhaling deeply, the cat practices Hindu yoga in a sculpture by Bali's Nengah Sudarsana. He masterfully carves and paints the suar wood feline by hand.

A Yogi exerts great self-control as he stands on one leg while he rests his chin on his raised knee. His presence inspires inner peace. Wayan Rendah carves his image form a single block of suar wood, leaving an empty space where his back should be. Yogis are much admired people who roam the countryside in search of purification and knowledge through the practice of yoga, meditation, ecstatic trances and frightening self-mortification.

Lithe and limber, an abstracted figure practices a variation of the advanced yoga position >rajakapotasana<, king pigeon pose. Eka carves the figure from richly grained suar wood, its anonymous features representing all humankind. The elegant sculpture exalts the strong, healthy body.