List of Yoga Asanas
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Yoga Poses |
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Yoga Asana |
Sanskrit transliteration | Sanskrit | English | Image | Classification |
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Adho Mukha Śvānāsana | अधोमुखश्वानासन | Downward-Facing Dog Pose | ![]() | Arm Balance and Forward Bend. |
Adho Mukha Vṛkṣāsana | अधोमुखवृक्षासन | Downward-Facing Tree (Full Arm Balance) | ![]() | Arm Balance |
Ākarṇa Dhanurāsana | आकर्णधनुरासन | Bow posture up to ear | Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti) | |
Anantāsana | अनन्तासन | Ananta's pose | ![]() | Supine Leg stretch |
Anjaneyasana | अञ्जनेयासन | Honorable Pose, Crescent Moon, Crescent Lunge | Standing asana (Hip opener) | |
Ardha Candrāsana | अर्धचन्द्रासन | Half moon | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Ardha Matsyendrāsana | अर्धमत्स्येन्द्सन | Half lord of the fishes pose | ![]() | Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti) |
Ardha Navāsana | अर्धनावासन | Half boat posture | ![]() | Abdominal asana (Udara Akunchana Sthiti) |
Aṣṭāvakrāsana | अष्टावक्रासन | Aṣṭāvakra's pose | ![]() | Arm SECe |
Baddha Koṇāsana | बद्धकोणासन | Bound angle | ![]() | Sitting asana/Forward Bend (Upavista Sthiti/Paschima Pratana Sthiti) |
Bakāsana | बकासन | Crane | ![]() | Arm Balance |
Bālāsana | बालासन | Child's Pose | Kneeling forward bend | |
Bharadvājāsana | भरद्वाजासन | Bharadvaja's twist | Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti) | |
Bhekāsana | भेकासन | Frog | ![]() | Backbend (Extension) (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Bhujaṅgāsana | भुजङ्गासन | Cobra | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Bhujapīḍāsana | भुजपीडासन | Arm-pressing posture | ![]() | Arm balance |
Bidalasana | बिडालासन | Cat Pose | Kneeling | |
Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana | चतुरङ्गदण्डासन | Four-Limbed Staff | ![]() | Arm Balance |
Chakrasana or Urdva Dhanurasana | चक्रासन | Wheel | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Daṇḍāsana | दण्डासन | Staff pose | ![]() | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) |
Dhanurāsana | धनुरासन | Bow | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Dvi Pāda Sirsāsana | द्विपादशिरशासन | Both feet behind head (lit: two-footed head pose) | Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti) | |
Dvi Pāda Viparīta Daṇḍāsana | द्विपदविपरीतदण्डासन | Two-Legged Inverted Staff Pose | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Eka Pada Koundinyāsana I | एकपादकौण्डिण्यासन | Koundinya's pose, twisted one legged arm balance | Arm balance | |
Eka Pada Koundinyasana II | एकपादकौण्डिण्यासन | Koundinya's pose, one legged arm balance with straight legs | Arm balance | |
Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana I | एकपादराजकपोतासन | One-Legged King Pigeon | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Ekapādaśīrṣāsana | एकपादशीर्षासन | Foot behind Head Pose | Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti) | |
Eka pāda śīrṣāsana | एकपादशीर्षासन | One legged supported head balance | Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti) | |
Garbhāsana | गर्भासन | Fetus | ![]() | |
Garuḍāsana | गरुडासन | Eagle pose | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Gomukhāsana | गोमुखासन | Cow faced pose | ![]() | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) |
Guptasana | गुप्तासन | |||
Halāsana | हलासन | Plough | ![]() | Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti) |
Hanumanāsana | हनुमानासन | Monkey Pose | ![]() | Leg Stretch |
Jānuśīrṣāsana | जानुशीर्षासन | Head-to-Knee Forward Bend | ![]() | Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti) |
Jāṭharaparivṛttāsana | जाठरपरिवृत्तासन | Belly-revolving posture | ||
Karṇapīḍāsana | कपोतासन | Ear-pressing | ![]() | Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti) |
Krāuñcāsana | क्रौञ्चासन | Heron | ||
Kukkuṭāsana | कुक्कुटासन | Cockerel | ![]() | Arm Balance |
Kūrmāsana | कूर्मासन | Tortoise | ![]() | Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti) |
Lolāsana | लोलासन | Pendant | ||
Mahāmudrā | महामुद्रा | The great seal posture | Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti) | |
Makarāsana | मकरासन | Crocodile | ![]() | |
Mālāsana | मालासन | Garland[9] | ||
Maṇḍalāsana | मण्डलासन | Circle | ||
Mārjāryasana | मार्जार्यासन | Cat pose | ||
Matsyāsana | मत्स्यासन | Fish | ![]() | Supine backbend |
Matsyendrāsana | मत्स्येन्द्रासन | Lord of the Fishes | Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti) | |
Mayūrāsana | मयूरासन | Peacock | ![]() | Arm Balance |
Muktahastaśīrṣāsana | मुक्तहस्तशीर्षासन | "Hands-Free" Head stand | Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti) | |
Muktasana | मुक्तसन | The liberated Pose | ||
Naṭarājāsana | नटराजासन | Dancer or Lord of the Dance | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Nāvāsana | नावासन | Boat | ![]() | Sitting asana |
Nirālambasarvāṅgāsana | निरालम्बसर्वाङ्गासन | Unsupported shoulder stand | Inversion (Viparita Sthiti) | |
Pādahastāsana | पादहस्तासन | Standing Forward Bend | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Padma Pinyamayurasana | Peacock Feather Pose with legs in Padmasana/Elbow Balance | ![]() | Arm Balance | |
Padmāsana | पद्मासन | Lotus | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) | |
Paripūrṇanāvāsana | परिपूर्णनावासन | Full Boat | ![]() | Abdominal asana (Udara Akunchana Sthiti) |
Parivṛtta Baddha Pārśvakoṇāsana | Revolved Bound Side Angle | ![]() | Asymmetrical standing twist with hand lock | |
Parivrtta Pārśvakonasana | परिवृत्तपार्श्वकोणासन | Revolved Side Angle | ![]() | Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti) |
Parivṛttatrikoṇāsana | परिवृत्तत्रिकोणासन | Revolved Triangle | Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti) | |
Parsvottanāsana | Intense stretch to the side | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) | |
Paryaṅkāsana | पर्यङ्कासन | Couch Pose | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) | |
Pāśāsana | पाशासन | Noose | ![]() | Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti) |
Paścimottānāsana | पश्चिमोत्तानासन | Extension of the posterior (western) part of the body | ![]() | Forward Bend (Paschima Prattana Sthiti) |
Pincha Mayurasana | Feathered Peacock Pose, forearm balance | Arm Balance | ||
Prasāritapādottānāsana | प्रसारितपादोत्तानासन | Wide Stance Forward Bend | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) | |
Rajakapotāsana | कपोतासन | King Pigeon | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Śalabhāsana | शलभासन | Locust | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Salamba Sarvāṅgāsana I | सर्वाङ्गासन | Shoulder Stand | ![]() | Inversion (Viparita Sthiti) |
Salamba Śīrṣāsana I | शीर्षासन | Supported Headstand | ![]() | Inversion (Viparita Sthiti) |
Samakoṇāsana | समकोणासन | Straight angle | ||
Samasthitiḥ | समस्थितिः | Equal Standing | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Śaśakāsana | शशकासन | Rabbit | ![]() | |
Śavāsana Shavasana Sarvasana Mrtasana | शवासन | Corpse Pose | ![]() | Resting asana (Visranta Karaka Asana) |
Setubandhāsana | सेतुबन्धासन | Bridge Pose | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) | |
Setubandhasarvāṅgāsana | सेतुबन्धसर्वाङ्गासन | Shoulder supported Bridge | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) | |
Siddhāsana | सिद्धासन | Siddhi's Pose | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) | |
Siṁhāsana | सिंहासन | Lion | ![]() | |
Sukhāsana | सुखासन | Auspicious (Easy) Pose | ![]() | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) |
Suptabaddhakoṇāsana | सुप्तभद्धकोणासन | Reclining Bound Angle | Resting asana (Visranta Karaka Asana) | |
Suptakoṇāsana | सुप्तकोणासन | Angle | Inversion (Viparita Sthiti) | |
Supta Padangustasana I | Catching the big toe supine pose | ![]() | Supine Leg stretch | |
Suptavajrāsana | सुप्तवज्रासन | Thunderbolt | ||
Suptavīrāsana | सुप्तवीरासन | Reclining Hero | ![]() | Resting asana (Visrana Karaka Asana) |
Svastikāsana | स्वस्तिकासन | Cross Pose | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) | |
Tāḍāsana | ताडासन | Mountain Pose | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Tiṭṭibhāsana | टिट्टिभासन | Insect Pose | Arm balance | |
Trikoṇāsana | त्रिकोणासन | Triangle | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Tulāsana | तुलासन | Balance posture | Arm Balance | |
Uḍḍīyānabandha | उड्डीयानबन्ध | The abdominal lock | ||
Upavesāsana | Squatting Pose | ![]() | Squatting asana | |
Upaviṣṭakoṇāsana | उपविष्टकोणासन | Open Angle | Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti) | |
Urdhva Dhanurasana | ऊर्ध्वधनुरासन | Upwards-facing bow | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Ūrdhvamukhaśvānāsana | ऊर्ध्वमुखश्वानासन | Upward-Facing Dog | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Uṣṭrāsana | उष्ट्रासन | Camel | ![]() | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
Utkaṭāsana | उत्कटासन | Awkward Pose/Powerful pose | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Uttanakūrmāsana | उत्तानकूर्मासन | Inverted Tortoise | ||
Uttānāsana | उत्तानासन | Standing Forward Bend | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Utthitahastapādāṅguṣṭhāsana | उत्थितहस्तपादाङ्गुष्ठासन | Standing Big Toe Hold | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Utthitapārśvakoṇāsana | उत्थितपार्श्वकोणासन | Extended Side Angle | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Uttihita Pārśvakonasana | Extended Side Angle Pose | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) | ||
Vajrāsana | वज्रासन | Thunderbolt | ![]() | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) |
Vasiṣṭhāsana | वसिष्ठासन | Vasista's pose/Vasista is the name of a sage | ![]() | Arm Balance (Side Plank Pose) |
Vātāyanāsana | वातायनासन | Horse | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) | |
Viparītakaraṇi | विपरीतकरणि | Legs-up-the-Wall | ![]() | Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti) |
Vīrabhadrāsana I | वीरभद्रासन | Warrior I | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Vīrabhadrāsana II | वीरभद्रासन II | Warrior II | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Vīrabhadrāsana III | वीरभद्रासन III | Warrior III | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Vīrāsana | वीरासन | Hero | ![]() | Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti) |
Vṛkṣāsana | वृक्षासन | Tree | ![]() | Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti) |
Vṛścikāsana | वृश्चिकासन | scorpion | Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti) |
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