Yoga poses

Hatha Yoga Poses Guide

Here you'll find beginner yoga poses, as well as advanced yoga positions. Feel free to construct your own routines, ensuring you get a good balance of backward and forward bends.

Click on any of yoga positions listed for a full description of how to practice it, along with it's benefits and any contra-indications you need to be aware of.

Asanas are listed in order of English name/Sanskrit name, and Sanskrit name/English name.

English / Sanskrit

Bow pose / Dhanurasana

Bridge pose / Setu Bandhasana

Camel pose / Ustrasana

Child Pose / Balasana

Cobra pose / Bhujangasana

Corpse pose / Savasana

Downward Facing Dog / Adho Mukha Svanasana

Fish pose / Matsyasana

Forward bend (seated) / Paschimottanasana

Half Spinal Twist / Ardha Matsyendrasana

Locust pose / Salabhasana

Lord Shiva's pose / Natarajasana

Plough pose / Halasana

Shoulderstand / Sarvangasana

Sun Salutation / Surya Namaskar

Tree pose / Vrksasana

Triangle pose / Trikonasana

Warrior II pose / Virabhadrasana II

Sanskrit / English

Adho Mukha Svanasana / Downward Facing Dog

Ardha Matsyendrasana / Half Spinal Twist

Balasana / Child pose

Bhujangasana / Cobra pose

Dhanurasana / Bow pose

Halasana / Plough pose

Matsyasana / Fish pose

Natarajasana / Lord Shiva's pose

Paschimottasana / Forward Bend (seated)

Salabhasana / Locust pose

Sarvangasana / Shoulderstand

Savasana / Corpse pose

Setu Bandhasana / Bridge pose

Surya Namaskar / Sun Salutation

Trikonasana / Triangle pose

Ustrasana / Camel pose

Virabhadrasana II / Warrior II pose

Vrksasana / Tree pose