Asanas

Vrikshasana

Vrikshasana or Tree Pose is a balancing asana. It is one of the very few standing poses in medieval hatha yoga, and remains popular in modern yoga.

Trikonasana

Triangle Pose is a standing asana in modern yoga as exercise. Variations include Baddha Trikonasana and Parivrtta Trikonasana.

Chakrasana

Chakrasana or Urdhva Dhanurasana is an asana in yoga as exercise. It is a backbend and is the first pose of the finishing sequence in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. It gives great flexibility to the spine.

Prasarita Padottanasana

Prasarita Padottanasana is a standing forward bending asana in modern yoga.

Paschimottanasana

Pashchimottanasana, Seated Forward Bend, or Intense Dorsal Stretch is a seated forward-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.

Janu Shirshasana

Janu Shirsasana, Head-to-Knee Pose, is a seated twisting and forward bending asana in diverse schools of modern yoga as exercise.

Bakasana

Bakasana, and the similar Kakasana are balancing asanas in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. In all variations, these are arm balancing poses in which hands are planted on the floor, shins rest upon upper arms, and feet lift up.

Navasana

Navasana, Naukasana, Boat Pose, or Paripurna Navasana is a seated asana in modern yoga as exercise.

Bhujangasana

Bhujangasana or Cobra Pose is a reclining back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.

Shalabhasana

Salabhasana or Purna Salabhasana, Locust pose, or Grasshopper pose is a prone back-bending asana in modern yoga as exercise.

Dhanurasana

Dhanurasana is a back bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.

Sarvangasana

Sarvangasana, Shoulder stand, or more fully Salamba Sarvangasana, is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise; similar poses were used in medieval hatha yoga.

Halasana

Halasana or Plough pose is an inverted asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.

Matsyasana

Matsyasana or Fish pose is a reclining back-bending asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise.

Shirshasana

Shirshasana, Salamba Shirshasana, or Yoga Headstand is an inverted asana in modern yoga as exercise

Balasana

Bālāsana, Child’s Pose, or Child’s Resting Pose is a kneeling asana in modern yoga as exercise.