Asana list
Transcript of Asana list
standing postures
Tadasana Chandrasana Ardha Trikonasana Parivritti Parsvottanasana
(mountain) (new moon ) Chandrasana (triangle ) Trikonasana (intense side stretch)
(half moon) (revolved triangle)
Virabhadrasana Virabhadrasana Virabhadrasana Parsvakonasana modification Parivritti
1 2 3 Parsvakonasana
(warrior 1) (warrior 2) (warrior 3) (side angle) (revolved side angle)
Uttanasana Prasarita Parighasana Utkatasana Racer’s Squat Malasana
Padottanasana rest
(intense stretch) (wide leg forward bend) (gate) (fierce) (garland)
Inversions
Viparita Karani Salamba Sarvangasana Halasana
(inverted posture) (supported shoulderstand) (plough)
Anandasana Dolphin (preparation for headstand) Adho Mukha Svanasana
(pose of tranquility) (head down dog)
Sirsasana Adho Mukha Vrksasana
(head stand) (head down tree/ handstand)
Sequence - Suryanamaskarsun salutation
Seated and kneeling postures
Sukhasana Siddhasana Swastikasana Padmasana Maitryasana bench sitting
(easy pose) (perfect pose) (auspicious pose) (lotus pose) (chair sitting)
Vajrasana Supta Vajrasana Virasana Supta Virasana Simhasana
(thunderbolt) (reclining thunderbolt) (hero pose) (reclining hero) (lion)
Baddha Konasana Mandukasana Gomukasana Dandasana Pascimottanasana
(bound angle) (frog0 (cow face) (staff) (seated forward bend)
Maha Mudra Janu Sirsasana parivritti Janu Sirsasana Akarna Dhanurasana
(great seal) (head to knee pose) (revolved head to knee) (shooting bow)
Upavistha Konasana kurmasana Hanumanasana
(seated wide leg forward bend) (turtle) (monkey)
Anjaneyasana Ustrasana
(lunge) (camel)
Kummerasana
(cat)
Balance Postures
Rotations
Vrksasana Garudasana Natarajasana Shivasana Uttitha hasta Eka Pada
(tree) (eagle) (dancer) padangustasana padangusthasana
(extended hand to toe) (one leg hand to big toe)
Bakasana Vaasisthasana
(crow) (side plank)
Purvottanasana Mayurasana Navasana
(upward facing plank) (peacock) (boat)
Supine twists - preparation for sitting twists. Universal
Jathara parivartanasana Maricyasana Ardha Matsyendrasanas Bharadvajasana
(revolved spinal posture) (Lord Maricy) (half lord of the fishes) (warrior Bharadvaja)
Supine and Pronepostures
Savasana Makarasana Advasana
(corpse) (crocodile) (reversed corpse)
Constructive rest/semi supine Apanasana Dharmikasana Balasana
(wind relieving) (ancestral worship) (child’s pose)
Ananda Balasana
(contented baby)
Ashtangasana Chataranga Dandasana Urdha Mukha Sphinx
(eight point) (four limb staff) Svanasana
(upward facing dog)
Bhujangasana Salabasana
(cobra) (locust)
Anantasana (vishnu’s couch) Setu Bandhasana (bridge) Chakrasana (wheel) Dhanurasana (bow)
Raja Kapotasana (king pigeon) Matsyasana (fish pose)