List of asanas

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Asanas collectively constitute the physical aspect of worship in ancient Yoga and various stretch's and meditative poses of modern Yoga. The poses and stretches are thought to have physical and mental health benefits and can lead to injury in roughly 1 in 20 practitioners a year in the U.S.[8][1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Different authors or schools of yoga may have different names for an asana. Many asanas have multiple names or one name may refer to multiple asanas.[8]

Affixes

Many asana names include the following Sanskrit words as affixes:

English Sanskrit Meaning
Adho अधो downward
Ardha अर्ध half
Eka एक one
single
Bandha बंध lock
Dhánus धनुः bow
Dwī द्वि two
Parivṛtta परिवृत्त revolved
twisted
Supta सुप्त supine
reclining
Tulā तुला balance
Upaviṣṭha उपविष्ट seated
Ubhaya उभय both, together
Ūrdhva ऊर्ध्व upward
Utthita उत्थित extended

Modern Asanas

Sanskrit transliteration Sanskrit English Image Classification
Adho Mukha Śvānāsana अधोमुखश्वानासन Downward-Facing Dog Pose Ado-muka-shvanasana.jpg Arm Balance and Forward Bend.
Adho Mukha Vṛkṣāsana अधोमुखवृक्षासन Downward-Facing Tree (Full Arm Balance) AcroDanceHandstand.jpg Arm Balance
Ākarṇa Dhanurāsana आकर्णधनुरासन Bow posture up to ear Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Anantāsana अनन्तासन Ananta's pose Anantāsana-posture of ananta.jpg Supine Leg stretch
Anjaneyasana अञ्जनेयासन Honorable Pose, Crescent Moon, Crescent Lunge Standing asana (Hip opener)
Ardha Candrāsana अर्धचन्द्रासन Half moon Ardha-Chandrasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Ardha Matsyendrāsana अर्धमत्स्येन्द्रासन Half lord of the fishes pose Ardha-Matsyendrasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Ardha Navāsana अर्धनावासन Half boat posture Ardha Navāsana-half-boat.jpg Abdominal asana (Udara Akunchana Sthiti)
Aṣṭāvakrāsana अष्टावक्रासन Aṣṭāvakra's pose Astavakrasana.jpg Arm SECe
Baddha Koṇāsana बद्धकोणासन Bound angle Baddha Koṇāsana-bound angle.jpg Sitting asana/Forward Bend (Upavista Sthiti/Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Bakāsana बकासन Crane Bakasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Arm Balance
Bālāsana बालासन Child's Pose Balasana.JPG Kneeling forward bend
Bharadvājāsana भरद्वाजासन Bharadvaja's twist Bharadvajasana1 (cropped).JPG Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Bhekāsana भेकासन Frog Bhekāsana-frog.jpg Backbend (Extension) (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Bhujaṅgāsana भुजङ्गासन Cobra Bhujangasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Bhujapīḍāsana भुजपीडासन Arm-pressing posture Bhujapidasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Arm balance
Bidalasana बिडालासन Cat Pose Kneeling
Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana चतुरङ्गदण्डासन Four-Limbed Staff Chaturanga-Dandasana low Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Arm Balance
Chakrasana चक्रासन Wheel Chakrasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Daṇḍāsana दण्डासन Staff pose Dandasana yoga posture.jpg Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Dhanurāsana धनुरासन Bow Dhanurasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg 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 Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Eka Pada Koundinyāsana I एकपादकौण्डिण्यासन Koundinya's pose, twisted one legged arm balance Parivritta Eka Pada Koundinyasana.JPG Arm balance
Eka Pada Koundinyasana II एकपादकौण्डिण्यासन Koundinya's pose, one legged arm balance with straight legs Eka Pada koundinyasana.JPG Arm balance
Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana I एकपादराजकपोतासन One-Legged King Pigeon Eka-Pada-Raja-Kapotasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg 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 Balasana or garbhasana.jpg
Garuḍāsana गरुडासन Eagle pose Garudasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Gomukhāsana गोमुखासन Cow faced pose Gomukhasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Guptasana गुप्तासन
Halāsana हलासन Plough Halasana.jpg Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Hanumanāsana हनुमानासन Monkey Pose Hanumanasana - Hanuman's Posture - in Diagonal View.jpg Leg Stretch
Jānuśīrṣāsana जानुशीर्षासन Head-to-Knee Forward Bend Janusirsasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Jāṭharaparivṛttāsana जाठरपरिवृत्तासन Belly-revolving posture
Karṇapīḍāsana कपोतासन Ear-pressing Karnapidasana.jpg Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Krāuñcāsana क्रौञ्चासन Heron
Kukkuṭāsana कुक्कुटासन Cockerel Kukkutasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Arm Balance
Kūrmāsana कूर्मासन Tortoise Kurmasana.jpg Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Lolāsana लोलासन Pendant
Mahāmudrā महामुद्रा The great seal posture Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Makarāsana मकरासन Crocodile Makarasana Asana (Crocodile Posture).jpg
Mālāsana मालासन Garland[9]
Maṇḍalāsana मण्डलासन Circle
Mārjāryasana मार्जार्यासन Cat pose
Matsyāsana मत्स्यासन Fish Matsyasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Supine backbend
Matsyendrāsana मत्स्येन्द्रासन Lord of the Fishes Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Mayūrāsana मयूरासन Peacock Peacock pose.jpg 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 Natarajasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Nāvāsana नावासन Boat 100px Sitting asana
Nirālambasarvāṅgāsana निरालम्बसर्वाङ्गासन Unsupported shoulder stand Inversion (Viparita Sthiti)
Pādahastāsana पादहस्तासन Standing Forward Bend Padahastasana yoga posture.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Padma Pinyamayurasana Peacock Feather Pose with legs in Padmasana/Elbow Balance Urdhva padmasana.jpg Arm Balance
Padmāsana पद्मासन Lotus Tanumânasî en Meditacion Loto Padmasana.JPG Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Paripūrṇanāvāsana परिपूर्णनावासन Full Boat Paripurna-Navasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Abdominal asana (Udara Akunchana Sthiti)
Parivṛtta Baddha Pārśvakoṇāsana Revolved Bound Side Angle Parivrtta-Baddha-Parsvakonasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Asymmetrical standing twist with hand lock
Parivrtta Pārśvakonasana परिवृत्तपार्श्वकोणासन Revolved Side Angle Revolved Lunge.jpg Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Parivṛttatrikoṇāsana परिवृत्तत्रिकोणासन Revolved Triangle Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Parsvottanāsana Intense stretch to the side Parshvottanasana.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Paryaṅkāsana पर्यङ्कासन Couch Pose Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Pāśāsana पाशासन Noose Pasasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Twisting (Parivrrta Sthiti)
Paścimottānāsana पश्चिमोत्तानासन Extension of the posterior (western) part of the body Paschimotanasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg 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 Kapotasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Śalabhāsana शलभासन Locust Salabhasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Salamba Sarvāṅgāsana I सर्वाङ्गासन Shoulder Stand Sarvangasana.jpg Inversion (Viparita Sthiti)
Salamba Śīrṣāsana I शीर्षासन Supported Headstand Shirshasana.jpg Inversion (Viparita Sthiti)
Samakoṇāsana समकोणासन Straight angle
Samasthitiḥ समस्थितिः Equal Standing Tadasana - Yoga Art and Science.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Śaśakāsana शशकासन Rabbit Rabbit pose.jpg
Śavāsana
Shavasana
Sarvasana
Mrtasana		 शवासन Corpse Pose Shavasana.jpg 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 Sidhasana.JPG Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Siṁhāsana सिंहासन Lion Simhasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg
Sukhāsana सुखासन Auspicious (Easy) Pose Sukkasana.jpg 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 Ardha maerudhandaasana.jpg Supine Leg stretch
Suptavajrāsana सुप्तवज्रासन Thunderbolt
Suptavīrāsana सुप्तवीरासन Reclining Hero Supta-Virasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Resting asana (Visrana Karaka Asana)
Svastikāsana स्वस्तिकासन Cross Pose Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Tāḍāsana ताडासन Mountain Pose Tadasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Tiṭṭibhāsana टिट्टिभासन Insect Pose Arm balance
Trikoṇāsana त्रिकोणासन Triangle Trikonasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Tulāsana तुलासन Balance posture Yoga-tulasana.JPG Arm Balance
Uḍḍīyānabandha उड्डीयानबन्ध The abdominal lock
Upavesāsana Squatting Pose Malasana.jpg Squatting asana
Upaviṣṭakoṇāsana उपविष्टकोणासन Open Angle Forward Bend (Paschima Pratana Sthiti)
Urdhva Dhanurasana ऊर्ध्वधनुरासन Upwards-facing bow Chakrasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Ūrdhvamukhaśvānāsana ऊर्ध्वमुखश्वानासन Upward-Facing Dog Upward-facing dog pose.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Uṣṭrāsana उष्ट्रासन Camel Ustrasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)
Utkaṭāsana उत्कटासन Awkward Pose/Powerful pose Utkatasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Uttanakūrmāsana उत्तानकूर्मासन Inverted Tortoise
Uttānāsana उत्तानासन Standing Forward Bend Uttanasana.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthitahastapādāṅguṣṭhāsana उत्थितहस्तपादाङ्गुष्ठासन Standing Big Toe Hold Utthita-Hasta-Padangusthasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Utthitapārśvakoṇāsana उत्थितपार्श्वकोणासन Extended Side Angle Utthita-Parshvakonasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Uttihita Pārśvakonasana Extended Side Angle Pose Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vajrāsana वज्रासन Thunderbolt Vajrasana.jpg Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Vasiṣṭhāsana वसिष्ठासन Vasista's pose/Vasista is the name of a sage Yoga PLank.jpg Arm Balance (Side Plank Pose)
Vātāyanāsana वातायनासन Horse Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Viparītakaraṇi विपरीतकरणि Legs-up-the-Wall Viparita-Karani Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Inverted asana (Viparita Sthiti)
Vīrabhadrāsana I वीरभद्रासन Warrior I Virabhadrasana I - Warrior Pose I.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vīrabhadrāsana II वीरभद्रासन II Warrior II Warrior II.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vīrabhadrāsana III वीरभद्रासन III Warrior III Tuladandasana.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vīrāsana वीरासन Hero Virasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Sitting asana (Upavista Sthiti)
Vṛkṣāsana वृक्षासन Tree Vriksasana Yoga-Asana Nina-Mel.jpg Standing asana (Uttihista Sthiti)
Vṛścikāsana वृश्चिकासन scorpion Backbend (Purva Pratana Sthiti)

See also

References

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