Asana

Asana is an area to share tips and insights into the various yoga asanas. (For basic instruction, check out yogajournal.com or google the pose name), Asanas are also called Yoga poses or Yoga postures in English.


 * Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog)
 * Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand)
 * Anjali Mudra (Salutation Seal)
 * Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon)
 * Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes)
 * Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle)
 * Bakasana (Crane)
 * Balasana (Child)
 * Bharadvajasana I (Bharadvaja's Twist)
 * Bhujangasana (Cobra)
 * Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff)
 * Dhanurasana (Bow)
 * Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (One-Legged King Pigeon)
 * Garudasana (Eagle)
 * Gomukhasana (Cow Face)
 * Halasana (Plow)
 * Hanumanasana (Monkey)
 * Janu Sirsasana (Head-to-knee forward bend)
 * Krounchasana (Heron)
 * Kurmasana (Tortoise)
 * Matsyasana (Fish Pose)
 * Natarajasana (Lord of the Dance)
 * Padmasana (Lotus)
 * Paripurna Navasana (Full Boat)
 * Parivrtta Parsvakonasana (Revolved Side Angle)
 * Parivrtta Trikonasana (Revolved Triangle)
 * Pasasana (Noose)
 * Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)
 * Prasarita Padottanasana (Intense Spread Leg Stretch)
 * Salabhasana (Locust)
 * Sarvangasana (shoulderstand)
 * Savasana (Corpse)
 * Sirsasana (headstand)
 * Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge)
 * Supta Baddha Konasana (Reclining Bound Angle)
 * Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Big Toe)
 * Supta Virasana (Reclining Hero)
 * Surya Namaskara
 * Svastikasana
 * Tadasana (Mountain)
 * Trikonasana (Triangle)
 * Upavistha Konasana (Open Angle)
 * Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow, Backbend, or Wheel)
 * Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward-Facing Dog)
 * Ustrasana (Camel)
 * Utkatasana (Chair)
 * Uttanasana (standing forward bend)
 * Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle)
 * Utthita Trikonasana (Extended Triangle)
 * Vasisthasana (Side Plank)
 * Viparita Karani (Legs-Up-the-Wall)
 * Virasana (Hero)
 * Vrksasana (Tree)