
Gorakshasana(Cowherd Pose)
This is the cowherd pose. Come into a padmasana pose and then stretch your arms out so they’re on the floor. Balancing on your hands,

Merudandasana (Spinal Column Pose or Balancing Bear Pose)
This is the spinal column pose. Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of you. Bend both knees so the feet

Ubhaya Padangusthasana (Both Big Toe Pose or Double Toe Hold or Balancing Stick Pose)
This is another seated pose, similar to the boat pose. Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of you. Your hands

Paripurna Navasana(Full Boat Pose)
This is the full boat pose. Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of you. Your hands should be resting on

Bharadvajasana (Bharadvaja’s Twist or Torso Stretch Pose)
This is a seated twist names after mythological character Drona’s father. Sit on the ground with your legs stretched out in front of you. Bend

Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana (Half Bound Lotus Forward Fold)
This is the half bounded lotus west intense stretch. It is a forward bend. Sit on the ground with your legs stretched out in front
Ardha Padma Paschimottanasana (Half Lotus Forward Fold Pose)
This is the half lotus west intense stretch. It is another forward bend. Sit on the ground with the legs stretched out in front of

Parvatasana(Seated Mountain Pose)
This is the seated mountain pose. Sit comfortably in padmasana. Make sure your back is erect and relaxed and your neck is long and not

Simhasana(Lion Pose)
This is the lion gesture. Sit on the ground with your legs stretched out in front of you. Rise up and place the bent right

Yoga Mudrasana(Psychic Union Pose or Yoga Gesture)
This is known as the yoga gesture or psychic union pose. Start in padmasana, which is a seated pose with your arms intertwined and locked

Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose or Half Spinal Twist Pose)
This is the half spinal twist. First sit on the floor with the legs stretched out in front of you. Bend the left knee, place

Baddha Konasana(Bound Angle Pose or Cobbler Pose)
This is the bounded angle pose. First sit on the floor with the legs stretched out in front of you. Bend your knees. Bring the

Upavistha Konasana(Wide Angle Seated Forward Bend Pose)
This is the wide angled seated forward bend pose. First sit on the floor with the legs stretched out in front of you. Now widen

Ardha Navasana(Half Boat Pose)
This is the half boat pose. First sit on the floor with the legs stretched out in front of you. Link your fingers behind the

Marichyasana(Half Spinal Twist Pose or Sage Marichi Pose)
This is a seated position and is named after the sage Mariachi. First sit on the floor with the legs stretched out in front of

Gomukhasana(Cow Face Pose)
This is the cow faced pose and is a seated pose. First sit on the floor with the legs stretched out in front of you.

Paschimottansana(Seated Forward Bend Pose)
Sit on the floor and stretch your legs out in front of you and keep the palms on the floor, near the hips. Breathe easily

Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana(Revolved Head to Knee Pose)
This is the revolved head to knee pose. Sit on the floor and stretch your legs out in front of you. Bend the left leg

Janu Sirsasana(Head to Knee Forward Bend Pose)
This is a pose in which you will attempt to touch your head to the knee. Sit on the floor and stretch your legs out

Padmasana(Lotus Pose)
This is the lotus pose. Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out straight in front of you. Bend the right leg and take

Siddhasana(Accomplished or Perfect Pose)
This is the adept’s pose and is also known as the psychic pose. Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of

Swastikasana(Auspicious Pose)
This is the auspicious pose. Sit on the floor with the legs stretched straight out in front of the body. Bend the left knee and

Dandasana(Staff Pose)
This is the seated staff pose. You can sit on the floor with your legs stretched straight out in front of you and make sure

Sukhasana(Easy Pose)
This is the easy pose. Sit with the legs stretched out in front of you. Then bend one leg and place the foot under the

Supta Virasana(Reclining Hero Pose)
This is a reclined hero pose. You start in the hero pose or virasana with your knees together and your feet apart. Rest your buttocks

Ustrasana(Camel Pose)
This is the camel pose. For this come into a kneeling position on your mat. Then rise up so that your thighs, torso and head

Virasana(Hero Pose)
This is the hero pose and is another kneeling pose. Kneel on the floor in diamond pose. Then, keeping the knees together, spread the feet

Vyaghrasana(Tiger Pose)
This is the tiger pose. To come into this pose, you must start in cat pose, on your hands and knees with a comfortable distance

Marjaryasana(Cat-Cow Pose)
This is the cat pose. It begins in the kneeling diamond pose. From here come to cat pose, in which you must get on your

Mandukasana(Frog Pose) or Bhadrasana (Gracious Pose)
This is the frog pose, another kneeling posture. You must start in diamond pose. From here, open and separate the knees as far as you

Balasana – Child’s Pose or Shashankasana – Moon / Hare Pose
This is the child’s pose. You must start in the diamond pose or kneeling posture, with your palms face down on your thighs. Relax and

Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana( Half Bound Lotus Standing Forward Bend Pose)
This is the standing half bound lotus pose. From Tadasana inhale as you bring your right knee to the chest. Then, place the right foot

Urdhva Parasarita Eka Padasana(Standing Split Pose)
This is a standing split. Here it is about stretching your quad and hamstring and not about how high you can extend your leg. You

Baddha Parivrtta Parsvakonasana(Bound Revolved Side Angle Pose)
This is revolved bounded side angle pose. Start in Tadasana and with a deep inhalation step your feet four or four and a half feet

Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana(Revolved Half Moon Pose)
This is the revolved half moon pose. Here, you begin in Tadasana. From Tadasana you perform the revolved triangle pose to the right side of
Ardha Chakrasana(Half Wheel Pose)
This is the half moon pose. Here, you begin in Tadasana. From Tadasana you perform the Trikonasana or the triangle pose to the right side

Padangusthasana(Big Toe Pose)
In this pose, you hold the big toe in a forward fold. Stand in Tadasana with your feet at a distance of one foot between

Utthita Vayu Muktasana(Standing Wind Relieving Pose)
The standing wind relieving pose or Uthitta Vayu Muktasana begins at Tadasana or the mountain pose. Stand straight, with the heels and toes of both

Ardhakati Chakrasana(Half Waist Wheel Pose)
The half wheel pose or Ardhakati Chakrasana begins at Tadasana or the mountain pose. Stand straight, with the heels and toes of both feet pressed

Isometric and Isotonic (pose) Yoga Asana
Isometric – no movement, muscles stay the same length. Example, staying in plank position, not moving. Isotonic: i.e. eccentric and concentric Eccentric muscle moves to
