In short: poses grouped by the yoga styles that teach them, from Ashtanga and Iyengar to Sivananda, hatha and yin. The same posture often appears in several traditions under different names or with different instructions, and each pose page lists those names side by side.
Traditions do not share one catalogue. Ashtanga teaches set series in a fixed order; Iyengar yoga numbers variations and uses props precisely; Sivananda classes build on 12 basic postures; yin yoga holds floor shapes for minutes under its own names, such as dragon or swan. A few names even point to different poses in different schools: Ardha Chandrasana is a one-leg balance in most classes but a standing side bend in the 26+2 hot sequence. Where that happens, the pose page has a “same name, different posture” note. Read about each style in our guide to types of yoga.
Being listed under a style means the pose is part of that style’s published teaching, not that every class or retreat in that style includes it. Retreat programmes vary, so check with the organizer.
Poses by tradition or style
Aerial Yoga 5 poses
- Corpse Pose Śavāsana
- Downward Dog Adho Mukha Śvānāsana
- Mountain Pose Tāḍāsana
- Pigeon Pose Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana
- Tree Pose Vṛkṣāsana
Bikram Yoga 3 poses
- Chair Pose Utkaṭāsana
- Corpse Pose Śavāsana
- Wind-Relieving Pose Pavanamuktāsana
Chair Yoga 19 poses
- Bharadvaja’s Twist Bharadvājāsana
- Bird Dog
- Cat-Cow Marjaryasana-Bitilasana
- Cow Face Pose Gomukhāsana
- Downward Dog Adho Mukha Śvānāsana
- Eagle Pose Garuḍāsana
- Fire Log Pose Agnistambhāsana
- Five-Pointed Star
- Lion Pose Siṃhāsana
- Low Lunge Āñjaneyāsana
- Mountain Pose Tāḍāsana
- Pigeon Pose Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana
- Prayer Pose Praṇāmāsana
- Reclining Figure Four
- Revolved Easy Seat
- Standing Figure Four
- Standing Side Bend
- Tree Pose Vṛkṣāsana
- Upward Salute Ūrdhva Hastāsana
Hatha Yoga 109 poses
- Accomplished Pose Siddhāsana
- Auspicious Pose Svastikāsana
- Bharadvaja’s Twist Bharadvājāsana
- Big Toe Pose Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Bird Dog
- Boat Pose Paripūrṇa Nāvāsana
- Bound Angle Pose Baddha Koṇāsana
- Bound Lotus Baddha Padmāsana
- Bow Pose Dhanurāsana
- Bridge Pose Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana
- Camel Pose Uṣṭrāsana
- Chair Pose Utkaṭāsana
- Child's Pose Bālāsana
- Cobra Pose Bhujaṅgāsana
- Corpse Pose Śavāsana
- Cow Face Pose Gomukhāsana
- Crocodile Pose Makarāsana
- Dancer Pose Naṭarājāsana
- Dolphin Pose
- Downward Dog Adho Mukha Śvānāsana
- Eagle Pose Garuḍāsana
- Ear Pressure Pose Karṇapīḍāsana
- Easy Pose Sukhāsana
- Eight-Point Salute Aṣṭāṅga Namaskāra
- Equestrian Pose Aśva Sañcalanāsana
- Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose Utthita Hasta Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Extended Puppy Pose
- Extended Side Angle Utthita Pārśvakoṇāsana
- Fire Log Pose Agnistambhāsana
- Fish Pose Matsyāsana
- Five-Pointed Star
- Full Lord of the Fishes Matsyendrāsana
- Garland Pose Mālāsana
- Goddess Pose
- Gracious Pose Bhadrāsana
- Half Lord of the Fishes Ardha Matsyendrāsana
- Half Lotus Ardha Padmāsana
- Half Moon Pose Ardha Candrāsana
- Half Split
- Half Standing Forward Fold Ardha Uttānāsana
- Happy Baby Pose Ānanda Bālāsana
- Head-to-Knee Pose Jānu Śīrṣāsana
- Hero Pose Vīrāsana
- Heron Pose Krauñcāsana
- High Lunge
- Legs Up the Wall
- Lion Pose Siṃhāsana
- Lizard Pose
- Locust Pose Śalabhāsana
- Lotus Pose Padmāsana
- Low Lunge Āñjaneyāsana
- Marichi’s Twist (C and D) Marīcyāsana C
- Monkey Pose (Full Split) Hanumānāsana
- Mountain Pose Tāḍāsana
- Peacock Pose Mayūrāsana
- Pendant Pose Lolāsana
- Plank Pose
- Plow Pose Halāsana
- Prayer Pose Praṇāmāsana
- Pyramid Pose Pārśvottānāsana
- Raised Arms with Backbend Hasta Uttānāsana
- Reclining Bound Angle Supta Baddha Koṇāsana
- Reclining Figure Four
- Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose Supta Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Reclining Hero Supta Vīrāsana
- Reclining Spinal Twist
- Reverse Warrior
- Revolved Abdomen Pose Jaṭhara Parivartanāsana
- Revolved Chair Pose Parivṛtta Utkaṭāsana
- Revolved Easy Seat
- Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose Parivṛtta Jānu Śīrṣāsana
- Revolved Lunge
- Revolved Side Angle Parivṛtta Pārśvakoṇāsana
- Revolved Triangle Parivṛtta Trikoṇāsana
- Rooster Pose Kukkuṭāsana
- Scale Pose Tolāsana
- Scorpion Pose Vṛścikāsana
- Seated Forward Bend Paścimottānāsana
- Seated Wide-Angle Forward Bend Upaviṣṭha Koṇāsana
- Side Lunge Skandāsana
- Side Plank Vasiṣṭhāsana
- Side-Reclining Leg Lift Anantāsana
- Sphinx Pose
- Staff Pose Daṇḍāsana
- Standing Forward Fold Uttānāsana
- Standing Side Bend
- Supported Bridge
- Supported Fish
- Supported Headstand Sālamba Śīrṣāsana
- Supported Shoulderstand Sālamba Sarvāṅgāsana
- Swaying Palm Tree Tiryaka Tāḍāsana
- Tabletop
- Three-Limbed Forward Bend Triaṅga Mukhaikapāda Paścimottānāsana
- Thunderbolt Pose Vajrāsana
- Tree Pose Vṛkṣāsana
- Triangle Pose Utthita Trikoṇāsana
- Upward Extended Legs Ūrdhva Prasārita Pādāsana
- Upward Plank Pūrvottānāsana
- Upward Salute Ūrdhva Hastāsana
- Upward-Facing Dog Ūrdhva Mukha Śvānāsana
- Viparita Karani Viparīta Karaṇī
- Warrior I Vīrabhadrāsana I
- Warrior II Vīrabhadrāsana II
- Warrior III Vīrabhadrāsana III
- Wheel Pose Ūrdhva Dhanurāsana
- Wide-Knee Frog
- Wide-Legged Forward Fold Prasārita Pādottānāsana
- Wind-Relieving Pose Pavanamuktāsana
- Yoga Seal Pose Yoga Mudrāsana
Hot Yoga 13 poses
- Bow Pose Dhanurāsana
- Camel Pose Uṣṭrāsana
- Chaturanga Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana
- Cobra Pose Bhujaṅgāsana
- Corpse Pose Śavāsana
- Downward Dog Adho Mukha Śvānāsana
- Eagle Pose Garuḍāsana
- Half-Bound Lotus Standing Forward Bend Ardha Baddha Padmottānāsana
- Locust Pose Śalabhāsana
- Toe Stand
- Tree Pose Vṛkṣāsana
- Triangle Pose Utthita Trikoṇāsana
- Wind-Relieving Pose Pavanamuktāsana
Kundalini Yoga 5 poses
- Cat-Cow Marjaryasana-Bitilasana
- Corpse Pose Śavāsana
- Easy Pose Sukhāsana
- Goddess Pose
- Lotus Pose Padmāsana
Vinyasa Yoga 108 poses
- Big Toe Pose Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Bird Dog
- Bird of Paradise
- Boat Pose Paripūrṇa Nāvāsana
- Both Big Toes Pose Ubhaya Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Bound Angle Pose Baddha Koṇāsana
- Bow Pose Dhanurāsana
- Bridge Pose Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana
- Camel Pose Uṣṭrāsana
- Chair Pose Utkaṭāsana
- Chaturanga Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana
- Child's Pose Bālāsana
- Cobra Pose Bhujaṅgāsana
- Corpse Pose Śavāsana
- Cow Face Pose Gomukhāsana
- Crane Pose Bakāsana
- Crow Pose Kākāsana
- Dancer Pose Naṭarājāsana
- Dolphin Pose
- Downward Dog Adho Mukha Śvānāsana
- Eagle Pose Garuḍāsana
- Easy Pose Sukhāsana
- Eight-Angle Pose Aṣṭāvakrāsana
- Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose Utthita Hasta Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Extended Puppy Pose
- Extended Side Angle Utthita Pārśvakoṇāsana
- Fire Log Pose Agnistambhāsana
- Firefly Pose Ṭiṭṭibhāsana
- Five-Pointed Star
- Flying Pigeon Eka Pāda Gālavāsana
- Forearm Stand Piñcha Mayūrāsana
- Frog Pose (Bhekasana) Bhekāsana
- Garland Pose Mālāsana
- Goddess Pose
- Half Lord of the Fishes Ardha Matsyendrāsana
- Half Moon Pose Ardha Candrāsana
- Half Split
- Half Standing Forward Fold Ardha Uttānāsana
- Half-Bound Lotus Seated Forward Bend Ardha Baddha Padma Paścimottānāsana
- Half-Bound Lotus Standing Forward Bend Ardha Baddha Padmottānāsana
- Hands Under Feet Pose Pādahastāsana
- Handstand Adho Mukha Vṛkṣāsana
- Happy Baby Pose Ānanda Bālāsana
- Head-to-Knee Pose Jānu Śīrṣāsana
- High Lunge
- Humble Warrior
- Lizard Pose
- Locust Pose Śalabhāsana
- Low Lunge Āñjaneyāsana
- Marichi’s Pose (A and B) Marīcyāsana A
- Marichi’s Twist (C and D) Marīcyāsana C
- Monkey Pose (Full Split) Hanumānāsana
- Mountain Pose Tāḍāsana
- Noose Pose Pāśāsana
- One-Legged King Pigeon Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana
- Pendant Pose Lolāsana
- Plank Pose
- Prayer Pose Praṇāmāsana
- Pyramid Pose Pārśvottānāsana
- Reclining Bound Angle Supta Baddha Koṇāsana
- Reclining Figure Four
- Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose Supta Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Reclining Spinal Twist
- Reverse Warrior
- Revolved Abdomen Pose Jaṭhara Parivartanāsana
- Revolved Chair Pose Parivṛtta Utkaṭāsana
- Revolved Easy Seat
- Revolved Half Moon Parivṛtta Ardha Candrāsana
- Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose Parivṛtta Jānu Śīrṣāsana
- Revolved Lunge
- Revolved Side Angle Parivṛtta Pārśvakoṇāsana
- Revolved Triangle Parivṛtta Trikoṇāsana
- Sage Koundinya’s Pose Eka Pāda Kauṇḍinyāsana I
- Sage Visvamitra’s Pose Viśvāmitrāsana
- Scorpion Pose Vṛścikāsana
- Seated Forward Bend Paścimottānāsana
- Seated Wide-Angle Forward Bend Upaviṣṭha Koṇāsana
- Shoulder-Pressing Pose Bhujapīḍāsana
- Side Crow Pose Pārśva Bakāsana
- Side Lunge Skandāsana
- Side Plank Vasiṣṭhāsana
- Side-Reclining Leg Lift Anantāsana
- Sphinx Pose
- Staff Pose Daṇḍāsana
- Standing Figure Four
- Standing Forward Fold Uttānāsana
- Standing Side Bend
- Standing Split Ūrdhva Prasārita Ekapādāsana
- Supported Bridge
- Supported Fish
- Tabletop
- Toe Stand
- Tortoise Pose Kūrmāsana
- Tree Pose Vṛkṣāsana
- Triangle Pose Utthita Trikoṇāsana
- Tripod Headstand Sālamba Śīrṣāsana II
- Two-Legged Inverted Staff Dvi Pāda Viparīta Daṇḍāsana
- Upward Plank Pūrvottānāsana
- Upward Salute Ūrdhva Hastāsana
- Upward-Facing Dog Ūrdhva Mukha Śvānāsana
- Upward-Facing Intense Stretch Ūrdhva Mukha Paścimottānāsana
- Warrior I Vīrabhadrāsana I
- Warrior II Vīrabhadrāsana II
- Warrior III Vīrabhadrāsana III
- Wheel Pose Ūrdhva Dhanurāsana
- Wide-Knee Frog
- Wide-Legged Forward Fold Prasārita Pādottānāsana
- Wild Thing
What Is Yin Yoga? Long Holds, Slow Pace and a Typical Class 33 poses
About What Is Yin Yoga? Long Holds, Slow Pace and a Typical Class
- Ankle Stretch (Yin)
- Banana (Yin)
- Bridge Pose Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana
- Butterfly (Yin)
- Camel Pose Uṣṭrāsana
- Cat-Cow Marjaryasana-Bitilasana
- Caterpillar (Yin)
- Child's Pose Bālāsana
- Corpse Pose Śavāsana
- Dangling (Yin)
- Deer (Yin)
- Dragon (Yin)
- Dragonfly (Yin)
- Extended Puppy Pose
- Frog (Yin)
- Garland Pose Mālāsana
- Half Butterfly (Yin)
- Legs Up the Wall
- Melting Heart (Yin)
- Pigeon Pose Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana
- Reclining Figure Four
- Reclining Spinal Twist
- Saddle (Yin)
- Shoelace (Yin)
- Snail (Yin)
- Sphinx (Yin)
- Sphinx Pose
- Square (Yin)
- Supported Bridge
- Supported Fish
- Swan (Yin)
- Toe Squat (Yin)
- Twisted Roots (Yin)
Established poses, variations, adaptations and modern names
We separate established poses (named in traditional or long-standing sources), named variations, supported adaptations (such as legs up the wall), poses with only a modern descriptive name, and yin yoga poses.
Established pose (asana) 123 poses
- Accomplished Pose Siddhāsana
- Auspicious Pose Svastikāsana
- Bharadvaja’s Twist Bharadvājāsana
- Big Toe Pose Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Boat Pose Paripūrṇa Nāvāsana
- Both Big Toes Pose Ubhaya Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Both Legs Behind the Head Dvi Pāda Śīrṣāsana
- Bound Angle Pose Baddha Koṇāsana
- Bound Lotus Baddha Padmāsana
- Bow Pose Dhanurāsana
- Bridge Pose Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana
- Camel Pose Uṣṭrāsana
- Cat-Cow Marjaryasana-Bitilasana
- Chair Pose Utkaṭāsana
- Chaturanga Caturaṅga Daṇḍāsana
- Child's Pose Bālāsana
- Cobra Pose Bhujaṅgāsana
- Corpse Pose Śavāsana
- Cow Face Pose Gomukhāsana
- Crane Pose Bakāsana
- Crocodile Pose Makarāsana
- Crow Pose Kākāsana
- Dancer Pose Naṭarājāsana
- Downward Dog Adho Mukha Śvānāsana
- Eagle Pose Garuḍāsana
- Ear Pressure Pose Karṇapīḍāsana
- Easy Pose Sukhāsana
- Eight-Angle Pose Aṣṭāvakrāsana
- Eight-Point Salute Aṣṭāṅga Namaskāra
- Embryo in the Womb Garbha Piṇḍāsana
- Equestrian Pose Aśva Sañcalanāsana
- Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose Utthita Hasta Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Extended Side Angle Utthita Pārśvakoṇāsana
- Fire Log Pose Agnistambhāsana
- Firefly Pose Ṭiṭṭibhāsana
- Fish Pose Matsyāsana
- Flying Pigeon Eka Pāda Gālavāsana
- Forearm Stand Piñcha Mayūrāsana
- Frog Pose (Bhekasana) Bhekāsana
- Full Lord of the Fishes Matsyendrāsana
- Garland Pose Mālāsana
- Gracious Pose Bhadrāsana
- Half Lord of the Fishes Ardha Matsyendrāsana
- Half Lotus Ardha Padmāsana
- Half Moon Pose Ardha Candrāsana
- Half Standing Forward Fold Ardha Uttānāsana
- Half-Bound Lotus Seated Forward Bend Ardha Baddha Padma Paścimottānāsana
- Half-Bound Lotus Standing Forward Bend Ardha Baddha Padmottānāsana
- Hands Under Feet Pose Pādahastāsana
- Handstand Adho Mukha Vṛkṣāsana
- Happy Baby Pose Ānanda Bālāsana
- Head-to-Knee Pose Jānu Śīrṣāsana
- Hero Pose Vīrāsana
- Heron Pose Krauñcāsana
- Kapotasana Kapotāsana
- Lion Pose Siṃhāsana
- Little Thunderbolt Laghu Vajrāsana
- Locust Pose Śalabhāsana
- Lotus Pose Padmāsana
- Low Lunge Āñjaneyāsana
- Marichi’s Pose (A and B) Marīcyāsana A
- Marichi’s Twist (C and D) Marīcyāsana C
- Monkey Pose (Full Split) Hanumānāsana
- Mountain Pose Tāḍāsana
- Noose Pose Pāśāsana
- One Leg Behind the Head Eka Pāda Śīrṣāsana
- One-Legged King Pigeon Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana
- Peacock Pose Mayūrāsana
- Pendant Pose Lolāsana
- Pigeon Pose Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana
- Plow Pose Halāsana
- Prayer Pose Praṇāmāsana
- Pyramid Pose Pārśvottānāsana
- Raised Arms with Backbend Hasta Uttānāsana
- Reclining Bound Angle Supta Baddha Koṇāsana
- Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose Supta Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
- Reclining Hero Supta Vīrāsana
- Reclining Tortoise Supta Kūrmāsana
- Revolved Abdomen Pose Jaṭhara Parivartanāsana
- Revolved Chair Pose Parivṛtta Utkaṭāsana
- Revolved Half Moon Parivṛtta Ardha Candrāsana
- Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose Parivṛtta Jānu Śīrṣāsana
- Revolved Side Angle Parivṛtta Pārśvakoṇāsana
- Revolved Triangle Parivṛtta Trikoṇāsana
- Rooster Pose Kukkuṭāsana
- Sage Koundinya’s Pose Eka Pāda Kauṇḍinyāsana I
- Sage Visvamitra’s Pose Viśvāmitrāsana
- Scale Pose Tolāsana
- Scorpion Pose Vṛścikāsana
- Seated Forward Bend Paścimottānāsana
- Seated Wide-Angle Forward Bend Upaviṣṭha Koṇāsana
- Shoulder-Pressing Pose Bhujapīḍāsana
- Side Crow Pose Pārśva Bakāsana
- Side Lunge Skandāsana
- Side Plank Vasiṣṭhāsana
- Side-Reclining Leg Lift Anantāsana
- Staff Pose Daṇḍāsana
- Standing Forward Fold Uttānāsana
- Standing Split Ūrdhva Prasārita Ekapādāsana
- Supported Headstand Sālamba Śīrṣāsana
- Supported Shoulderstand Sālamba Sarvāṅgāsana
- Swaying Palm Tree Tiryaka Tāḍāsana
- Three-Limbed Forward Bend Triaṅga Mukhaikapāda Paścimottānāsana
- Thunderbolt Pose Vajrāsana
- Tortoise Pose Kūrmāsana
- Tree Pose Vṛkṣāsana
- Triangle Pose Utthita Trikoṇāsana
- Tripod Headstand Sālamba Śīrṣāsana II
- Two-Legged Inverted Staff Dvi Pāda Viparīta Daṇḍāsana
- Upward Extended Legs Ūrdhva Prasārita Pādāsana
- Upward Plank Pūrvottānāsana
- Upward Salute Ūrdhva Hastāsana
- Upward-Facing Dog Ūrdhva Mukha Śvānāsana
- Upward-Facing Intense Stretch Ūrdhva Mukha Paścimottānāsana
- Viparita Karani Viparīta Karaṇī
- Warrior I Vīrabhadrāsana I
- Warrior II Vīrabhadrāsana II
- Warrior III Vīrabhadrāsana III
- Wheel Pose Ūrdhva Dhanurāsana
- Wide-Legged Forward Fold Prasārita Pādottānāsana
- Wind-Relieving Pose Pavanamuktāsana
- Yoga Seal Pose Yoga Mudrāsana
- Yoga Sleep Pose (Yoganidrasana) Yoganidrāsana
Supported adaptation 3 poses
Modern descriptive name (no established Sanskrit) 23 poses
- Bird Dog
- Bird of Paradise
- Dolphin Pose
- Extended Puppy Pose
- Five-Pointed Star
- Goddess Pose
- Half Split
- High Lunge
- Humble Warrior
- Lizard Pose
- Plank Pose
- Reclining Figure Four
- Reclining Spinal Twist
- Reverse Warrior
- Revolved Easy Seat
- Revolved Lunge
- Sphinx Pose
- Standing Figure Four
- Standing Side Bend
- Tabletop
- Toe Stand
- Wide-Knee Frog
- Wild Thing
Yin yoga pose 19 poses
Sources
- Bikram Yoga (the 26 postures, incl. Half Moon as a standing side bend; secondary pointer), Wikipedia (accessed October 6, 2026)
Facts checked on October 6, 2026
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