prayer position
Palms pressed together
Prayer position is a pose with palms pressed together and fingers pointing upward, held at chest level or higher.
The gesture appears across religious traditions—Christian prayer, Hindu greeting, Buddhist meditation—and has spread into secular contexts like yoga instruction: Return your hands to prayer position.
Also called prayer hands or namaste position.
- namasteRespectful Indian greeting
- palmsHands' inner sides
- handsGripping limbs' extremities
- kneelingLowering onto bent legs
- meditationFocused attention practice
worship · yoga · quiet reflection · folded · reverence · devotion · bowing · supplication · mudra · chest · heart center · heart · stillness · eyes closed · bowed head · sacred · gratitude · surrender
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Assertive body positioning
arms akimbo · hands on hips · fighting stance · lounging · victory pose
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Poor postural alignment
lounging · sprawling · slumping · hands on hips · arms akimbo
prayer positionarms outstretched
Limbs reaching horizontally outward
open arms · star pose · T-pose · spread eagle · savasana
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