Sage Patanjali is the person who gathered all the available knowledge of yoga & systematically put it together. He is the author of The YOGA SUTRA, a set of 198 aphorisms. It is divided into 4 chapters.
In the second chapter Patnjali defines asana as "sthiram sukham asanam". This means a steady, comfortable posture is an asana. In the entire Yoga sutras only 4 sutras are related to asana. 5 sutras are dedicated to prayanama.
And most of the yoga practise done these days are simply about asana & pranayama.
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