211 Illustrated Yoga Asanas And Postures (Names In English!)




  1. Accomplished: Siddhāsana 

  2. Airplane: Digāsana / Vīrabhadrāsana 

  3. Alligator: Godhāpīṭham

  4. All - limb: Sarvāṅgāsana (Sālamba-Sarvāṅgāsana)

  5. Arm - pressure: Bhuja-Pīḍāsana

  6. Auspicious: Svastikāsana

  7. Back - stretched out: Paścimottānāsana / Paścimatānāsana

  8. Ball: Piṇḍāsana (in Sarvāṅgasana)

  9. Beam/gate: Parighāsana

  10. Bed/couch: Paryaṅkāsana

  11. Bending: Ākuñcanāsana

  12. Big toe: Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana

  13. Big toe - bow: Pādāṅguṣṭha - Dhanurāsana

  14. Bird that lives on raindrops: Kapiñjalāsana

  15. Boat - full: Paripūrṇa-Nāvāsana

  16. Boat - half: Ardha-Nāvāsana

  17. Both - big toe: Ubhaya-Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana

  18. Bound - angle: Baddha-Koṇāsana

  19. Bound - angle - head: Baddha-Koṇa-Śīrṣāsana

  20. Bound - hand - head: Baddha-Hasta-Śīrṣāsana

  21. Bound - lotus: Baddha-Padmāsana

  22. Bow: Dhanurāsana

  23. Bow, standing: Naṭarājāsana

  24. Bow, towards ear: Ākarṇa-Dhanurāsana

  25. Bridge: Setu-Bandhāsana

  26. Bridge (one leg) in shoulderstand: Ekapāda-Setu-Bandha Sarvangasana

  27. Bridge in shoulderstand: Setubandha-Sarvāṅgāsana

  28. Buddha: Buddhāsana

  29. Butterfly: Baddha-Koṇāsana

  30. Cakra: Cakrāsana

  31. Camel: Uṣṭrāsana

  32. Cat: Cakravākāsana

  33. Child: Bālāsana

  34. Circle: Maṇḍalāsana

  35. Cobra: Bhujaṅgāsana

  36. Comfortable: Sukhāsana

  37. Corpse: Śavāsana

  38. Cow - face: Go-Mukhāsana

  39. Cowherd: Gorakṣāsana

  40. Crane: Bakāsana

  41. Crane - side: Pārśva-Bakāsana

  42. Crocodile: Nakrāsana (see also Makarāsana)

  43. Cross - legged: Sukhāsana

  44. Crow (Kākāsana): see Bakāsana (crane)

  45. Dancer: Naṭarājāsana

  46. Dangling: Lolāsana

  47. Dangling: Tolāsana

  48. Dead: Śavāsana

  49. Direction: Digāsana / Vīrabhadrāsana  

  50. Dog, downward facing: Adho-Mukha-Śvānāsana

  51. Dog, upward facing: Ūrdhva-Mukha-Śvānāsana

  52. Downward - air: Apānāsana

  53. Downward - facing - fish: Adho-Mukha-Matsyāsana 

  54. Downward - facing - tree: Adho-Mukha-Vṛkṣāsana 

  55. Eagle: Garuḍāsana 

  56. Ear - pressure: Karṇapīḍāsana 

  57. Easy: Sukhāsana 

  58. Endless/Viṣṇu: Anantāsana 

  59. Equal - angle: Samakoṇāsana 

  60. Equal - standing: Samasthiti 

  61. Extended - hand - big toe: Utthita-Hasta-Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana 

  62. Extended - side - angle: Utthita-Pārśvakoṇāsana 

  63. Feather - peacock: Piñca-Mayūrāsana 

  64. Firefly: Tittibhāsana 

  65. Fish: Matsyāsana 

  66. Fish, downward - facing: Adho-Mukha-Matsyāsana 

  67. Fish - lord, complete: Paripūrṇa-Matsyendrāsana 

  68. Fish - lord, half: Ardha-Matsyendrāsana 

  69. Foot - hand: Pāda-Hastāsana (Hastapādāsana) 

  70. Formidable: Bhairavāsana 
  71. Forward bend: Uttānāsana 


  72. Forward bend, standing: Pāda-Hastāsana
  73. Frog: Bhekāsana
  74. Front, stretched out: Pūrvottānāsana (Pūrvatānāsana) 

  75. Full - boat: Paripūrṇa-Nāvāsana 

  76. Garland/necklace: Mālāsana 

  77. Gate/beam: Parighāsana 

  78. Half - boat: Ardha-Nāvāsana 

  79. Half - bound - lotus, standing: Ardha-Baddha-Padmottānāsana 

  80. Half - bound - lotus, sitting:Ardha-Baddha-Padma-Paścimottānāsana 

  81. Half - fish - lord: Ardha-Matsyendrāsana 

  82. Half - locust: Ardha-Śalabhāsana 

  83. Half - moon: Ardha-Candrāsana 

  84. Handstand: Adho-Mukha-Vṛkṣāsana 

  85. Head - foot: Śīrṣa-Pādāsana 

  86. Headstand, bound hands: Baddha-Hasta-Śīrṣāsana 

  87. Headstand, freed hands: Mukta-Hasta-Śīrṣāsana 

  88. Headstand, one leg: Ekapāda-Śīrṣāsana 

  89. Headstand, revolved - one leg:Parivṛttaikapāda-Śīrṣāsana 

  90. Headstand, side: Pārśva-Śīrṣāsana 

  91. Headstand, side one leg: Pārśvaikapāda-Śīrṣāsana 

  92. Headstand, two legs: Dvipāda-Śīrṣāsana 

  93. Headstand, supported: Sālamba-Śīrṣāsana 

  94. Hero: Vīrāsana 

  95. Heron: Krauñcāsana 

  96. Himalayan goose: Kāraṇḍavāsana 

  97. Horse: Vātāyanāsana 

  98. Inverted-doing: Viparīta-Karaṇī 

  99. Inverted - locust: Viparīta-Śalabhāsana 

  100. King - pigeon: Rāja-Kapotāsana 

  101. Knee - head: Jānu-Śīrṣāsana 

  102. Knot: Kandāsana 

  103. Light (weight) - thunderbolt: Laghu-Vajrāsana 

  104. Lion: Siṃhāsana 

  105. Lizard (iguana): Godhāpīṭham 

  106. Locust: Śalabhāsana 

  107. Lotus - peacock: Padma-Mayūrāsana 

  108. Lotus, full: Padmāsana 

  109. Mighty: Utkaṭāsana 

  110. Moon, half: Ardha-Candrāsana 

  111. Mountain: Tāḍāsana 

  112. Mountain: seated: Parvatāsana 

  113. Mudra, great: Mahāmudrā 

  114. Mudra, six - faced: Ṣanmukhī-Mudrā 

  115. Mudra, yoga: Yoga-Mudrā 

  116. Noose: Pāśāsana 

  117. One - leg - (name of sage): Ekapāda-Gālavāsana 

  118. One - leg - (name of sage): Ekapāda-Kauṇḍinyāsana 

  119. One - leg - crane: Ekapāda-Bakāsana 

  120. One - leg - inverted - staff: Ekapāda-Viparīta-Daṇḍāsana 

  121. One - leg - king - pigeon: Ekapāda-Rāja-Kapotāsana 

  122. One - leg - upward - bow: Ekapāda-Ūrdhva-Dhanurāsana 

  123. One - hand - arm: Ekahasta-Bhujāsana 

  124. Partridge: Cakorāsana 

  125. Peacock: Mayūrāsana 

  126. Peacock, extended - lotus: Uttāna-Padma-Mayūrāsana 

  127. Peacock, lotus: Padma-Mayūrāsana 

  128. Peacock - feather: Pīñca-Mayūrāsana 

  129. Pigeon: Kapotāsana 

  130. Plank (top of push-up): Same as Caturaṅga-Daṇḍāsana but arms are straight 

  131. Plow: Halāsana 

  132. Plow, sideways: Pārśva-Halāsana 
  133. Relaxing: Śayanāsana 

  134. Revolved - back - stretched out: Parivṛtta-Paścimottānāsana 

  135. Revolved - half - moonParivṛtta-Ardha-Candrāsana 

  136. Revolved - knee - head: Parivṛtta-Jānu-Śīrṣāsana 

  137. Revolved - side - angle: Parivṛtta-Pārśvakoṇāsana 

  138. Revolved - triangle: Parivṛtta-Trikoṇāsana 

  139. Rooster: Kukkuṭāsana 

  140. Rooster: upward: Ūrdhva-Kukkuṭāsana 

  141. Root - lock: Mūlabandhāsana 

  142. Ruddy goose: Cakravākāsana 

  143. Scale/balance: Tolāsana 

  144. Scorpion: Vṛścikāsana 

  145. Seated - angle: Upaviṣṭa-Koṇāsana 

  146. Serpent/snake: Bhujaṅgāsana 

  147. Shoulderstand: Sālamba-Sarvāṅgāsana 

  148. Shoulderstand, one leg: Ekapāda-Sarvāṅgāsana 

  149. Shoulderstand, sideways: Pārśva-Sarvāṅgāsana 

  150. Shoulderstand, sideways - one - legPārśvaikapāda-Sarvāṅgāsana 

  151. Shoulderstand, without support: Nirālamba-Sarvāṅgāsana 

  152. Side - ball: Pārśva-Piṇḍāsana (in Sarvāṅgāsana) 

  153. Side - bow: Pārśva-Dhanurāsana 

  154. Side - rooster: Pārśva-Kukkuṭāsana 

  155. Side - seated - angle: Pārśva-Upaviṣṭa-Koṇāsana 

  156. Side - stretched out: Pārśvottānāsana 

  157. Side - upward - lotus: Pārśva-Ūrdhva-Padmāsana 

  158. Side of face - formidable: Gaṇḍa-Bheruṇḍāsana 

  159. Six - faced seal: Ṣanmukhī-Mudrā 

  160. Split, front: Hanumānāsana 

  161. Split, side: Samakoṇāsana 

  162. Split, standing: Ūrdhva-Prasārita-Ekapādāsana / Trivikramāsana 

  163. Split, supine: Supta-Trivikramāsana 

  164. Spread - leg - stretched outPrasārita-Pādottānāsana 

  165. Squat: Mālāsana 

  166. Staff: Daṇḍāsana 

  167. Staff, four - limb: Caturaṅga-Daṇḍāsana 

  168. Staff, supine: Supta-Daṇḍāsana 
  169. Staff, upward: Ūrdhva-Daṇḍāsana  


  170. Stomach - revolving: Jaṭhara-Parivartanāsana  


  171. Stretched out - leg: Uttānapādāsana 

     


  172. Sun salutation: Sūrya-Namaskāra 


  173. Supine - angle: Supta-Koṇāsana 
  174. Supine - bound - angle: Supta-Baddha-Koṇāsana 

  175. Supine - big toe: Supta-Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana 

  176. Supine - frog: Supta-Bhekāsana 

  177. Supine - hero: Supta-Vīrāsana 

  178. Supine - staff: Supta-Daṇḍāsana 

  179. Supine - three - stride: Supta-Trivikramāsana 

  180. Supine - tortoise: Supta-Kūrmāsana 

  181. Supine - upwards - foot - thunderboltSupta-Ūrdhva-Pāda-Vajrāsana 

  182. Supported headstand: Sālamba-Śīrṣāsana 

  183. Supported shoulderstand: Sālamba-Sarvāṅgāsana 

  184. Swan: Haṃsāsana 

  185. Table: Catuṣ-Pāda-Pīṭham / Pūrvottānāsana 

  186. Oblique - face - one - leg - back - stretched out: Tiryaṅ-Mukhaikapāda-Paścimottānāsana 

  187. Three - stride: Trivikramāsana  

  188. Thunderbolt: Vajrāsana 

  189. Thunderbolt, supine: Supta-Vajrāsana 

  190. Tortoise: Kūrmāsana 

  191. Tree: Vṛkṣāsana 

  192. Tree, downward - facing: Adho-Mukha-Vṛkṣāsana 

  193. Triangle, extended: Utthita-Trikoṇāsana 

  194. Triangle, revolved: Parivṛtta-Trikoṇāsana 

  195. Two - leg: Dvipāda-Pīṭham 

  196. Two - leg - (name of sage): Dvipāda-Kauṇḍinyāsana 

  197. Two - leg - inverted - staff: Dvipāda-Viparīta-Daṇḍāsana 

  198. Two - hand - arm: Dvihasta-Bhujāsana 

  199. Upside down - face - stretched outTiryaṅ-Mukhottānāsana 

  200. Upward - bow: Ūrdhva-Dhanurāsana 

  201. Upward - facing - back - stretched out: Ūrdhva-Mukha-Paścimottānāsana 

  202. Upward - facing - dog: Ūrdhva-Mukha-Śvānāsana 

  203. Upward - lotus: Ūrdhva-Padmāsana 





  204. Upwards - spread - one - leg: Ūrdhva-Prasārita-Ekapādāsana 



  205. Warrior: Vīrabhadrāsana 

  206. Wheel: Cakrāsana 

  207. Wheel - lock: Cakra-Bandhāsana 

  208. Womb - ball: Garbha-Piṇḍāsana 

  209. Yoga - seal: Yoga-Mudrā 

  210. Yoga - sleep: Yoga-Nidrāsana 

  211. Yoga - staff: Yoga-Daṇḍāsana