Ashtanga Asana Series

Asana Reference with Sanskrit Names

Reference for selected Ashtanga yoga asana sequences, including Sanskrit names, pronunciation, and meanings. Through systematic sequence practice, cultivate physical strength and flexibility, guiding balanced development of body and mind through the integration of breath and movement, achieving harmony and unity.

Asana List

समस्थितिःsamasthitiḥEqual Standing
सूर्य नमस्कारsūrya namaskāraSun Salutation
पादाङ्गुष्ठासनpādāṅguṣṭhāsanaHand to Big Toe Pose
पादहस्तासनpāda hastāsanaHand to Foot Pose
उत्थित त्रिकोणासनutthita trikoṇāsanaExtended Triangle Pose
उत्थित पार्श्वकोणासनutthita pārśvakoṇāsanaExtended Side Angle Pose
प्रसारित पादोत्तानासनprasārita pādottānāsanaWide-Legged Forward Bend
पार्श्वोत्तानासनpārśvottānāsanaIntense Side Stretch Pose
उत्थितहस्त पादाङ्गुष्ठासनutthita hasta pādāṅguṣṭhāsanaExtended Hand to Big Toe Pose
अर्धबद्ध पद्मोत्तानासनardha baddha padmottānāsanaHalf Bound Lotus Forward Bend Pose
उत्कटासनutkaṭāsanaFierce Pose
वीरभद्रासनvīrabhadrāsanaWarrior Pose
दण्डासनdaṇḍāsanaStaff Pose
पश्चिमोत्तानासनpaścimottānāsanaSeated Forward Bend Pose
पूर्वोत्तानासनpūrvottānāsanaUpward Plank Pose
अर्धबद्धपद्म पश्चिमोत्तानासनardha baddha padma paścimottānāsanaHalf Bound Lotus Forward Bend Pose
त्रियङ्गमुखैकपाद पश्चिमोत्तानासनtriyaṅga mukhaikapāda paścimottānāsanaThree Limbed Face to One Foot Forward Bend Pose
जानुशीर्षासनjānu śīrṣāsanaHead to Knee Pose
मरीच्यासनmarīcyāsanaMarichi's Pose
नावासनnāvāsanaBoat Pose
भुजपीडासनbhuja pīḍāsanaArm Pressure Pose
कूर्मासनkūrmāsanaTortoise Pose
सुप्त कूर्मासनsupta kūrmāsanaSleeping Tortoise Pose
गर्भ पिण्डासनgarbha piṇḍāsanaEmbryo in the Womb Pose
कुक्कुटासनkukkuṭāsanaCockerel Pose
बद्ध कोणासनbaddha koṇāsanaBound Angle Pose
उपविष्ट कोणासनupaviṣṭa koṇāsanaSeated Angle Pose
सुप्त कोणासनsupta koṇāsanaReclining Angle Pose
सुप्त पादाङ्गुष्ठासनsupta pādāṅguṣṭhāsanaReclining Hand to Big Toe Pose
उभय पादाङ्गुष्ठासनubhaya pādāṅguṣṭhāsanaBoth Big Toe Pose
ऊर्ध्वमुख पश्चिमोत्तानासनūrdhva mukha paścimottānāsanaUpward Facing West Stretch Pose
सेतुबन्धासनsetu bandhāsanaBridge Pose
पाशासनpāśāsanaNoose Pose
क्रौञ्चासनkrauñcāsanaHeron Pose
शलभासनśalabhāsanaLocust Pose
भेकासनbhekāsanaFrog Pose
धनुरासनdhanurāsanaBow Pose
पार्श्व धनुरासनpārśva dhanurāsanaSide Bow Pose
उष्ट्रासनuṣṭrāsanaCamel Pose
लघु वज्रासनlaghu vajrāsanaLittle Thunderbolt Pose
कपोतासनkapotāsanaPigeon Pose
सुप्त वज्रासनsupta vajrāsanaReclining Thunderbolt Pose
बकासनbakāsanaCrane Pose
भरद्वाजासनbharadvājāsanaBharadvaja's Pose
अर्ध मत्स्येन्द्रासनardha matsyendrāsanaHalf Lord of the Fishes Pose
एक पाद शीर्षासनeka pāda śīrṣāsanaOne Leg Behind Head Pose
द्वि पाद शीर्षासनdvi pāda śīrṣāsanaBoth Legs Behind Head Pose
योग निद्रासनyoga nidrāsanaYogic Sleep Pose
टिट्टिभासनṭiṭṭibhāsanaFirefly Pose
पिञ्छ मयूरासनpiñcha mayūrāsanaFeathered Peacock Pose
कारण्डवासनkāraṇḍavāsanaCoot Pose
मयूरासनmayūrāsanaPeacock Pose
नक्रासनnakrāsanaCrocodile Pose
वातायनासनvātāyanāsanaHorse Pose
परिघासनparighāsanaGate Pose
गोमुखासनgomukhāsanaCow Face Pose
सुप्त ऊर्ध्व पाद वज्रासनsupta ūrdhva pāda vajrāsanaReclining Upward Leg Thunderbolt Pose
मुक्त हस्त शीर्षासनmukta hasta śīrṣāsanaFree Hands Headstand Pose
बद्ध हस्त शीर्षासनbaddha hasta śīrṣāsanaBound Hands Headstand Pose
ऊर्ध्व धनुरासनūrdhva dhanurāsanaUpward Bow Pose
विपरीत चक्रासनviparīta cakrāsanaReverse Wheel Pose
त्रियङ्गमुख उत्तानासनtriyaṅgamukha uttānāsanaThree Limbed Face Extended Pose
सालम्ब सर्वाङ्गासनsālamba sarvāṅgāsanaSupported Shoulderstand Pose
हलासनhalāsanaPlow Pose
कर्ण पीडासनkarṇa pīḍāsanaEar Pressure Pose
ऊर्ध्व पद्मासनūrdhva padmāsanaUpward Lotus Pose
पिण्डासनpiṇḍāsanaEmbryo Pose
मत्स्यासनmatsyāsanaFish Pose
उत्तान पादासनuttāna pādāsanaExtended Leg Pose
शीर्षासनśīrṣāsanaHeadstand Pose
बद्ध पद्मासनbaddha padmāsanaBound Lotus Pose
योग-मुद्राyoga-mudrāYoga Seal
पद्मासनpadmāsanaLotus Pose
उत्प्लुतिःutplutiḥLifting Up
सुखासनsukhāsanaEasy Pose