Image courtesy of Reading Tom, sourced from Flickr Creative Commons. Animalia Asana Teacher George practicing mayurasana (peacock pose) in the grounds of a French castle… Animalia Asana celebrates portraying all stages, expressions, versions and manifestations of a posture! This animal asana is cited in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika (15th century) and actually can be traced back to the 12th or 13th century in a text called Vasisthasamita according to Dr Jason Birch. .