The legs are bent and stacked on top of one another at the knees (cow mouth) and the arms assume archer’s arms (cow ears). It’s a seated hip opener that represents a cow head. Krishna’s love for cattle is reflected in the yoga pose gomukasana, or cow face pose. He tended to the cows within an agricultural community named Gokula, teaching many about the importance of cattle and how to sustain healthy relationships between humans and cows. Gopala was often seen surrounded by cows and calves while playing his instrument, the flute. Govinda or Gopala means Cowherd or Finder of Cows. In his schoolboy years, he was also known as Govinda or Gopala.
When Vishnu descended to Earth in his Krishna avatar form, he was young. As the Sustainer of the Universe, Vishnu is much like the breath that sustains our bodies or the love that sustains our soul. Our practice is what helps us be more in the flow of everything which is constantly and always changing. Through yoga, we begin to understand that everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end. In terms familiar to us, the three stand for beginnings, middles, and endings. He is one of the Trimurti, or the Holy Trinity, which consists of Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver), and Shiva (the Destroyer). Vishnu, the Sustainer or Preserver, is a very important deity in Hinduism.
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