Index of Asanas

Sanskrit

Adho Mukha Svanasana (Down Dog) (ah-doh moo-kah svah-NAHS-anna) 89

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand) (ahd-hoh moo-kah vrik-SHAHS-anna) 129

Agni Sara (Fire Cascade) (AHG-ni Sar-ah) 36

Alanasana (High Lunge) (al-ahn-AHS-anna) (Sometimes called “High Crescent Moon”) 71

Anjaneyasana (Crescent Pose; Low Lunge) (ahn-jan-ee-AHS-anna) 80

Apanasana (Wind Reliever) (ah-pa-NAHS-anna) 68

Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose) (ard-hah chan-DRAHS-anna) 155

Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes Pose) (Ar-dah mot-see-en-DRAHS-anna) 182

Ardha Purvottanasana (Reverse Table or Half Upward Plank Pose) (ARD-hah PUR-voh-tan-AHS-anna) 92

Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose) (Bah-dah cone-AHS-anna) 151

Bakasana (Crow or Crane Pose) (bah-KAHS-anna) 112

Balasana (Child’s Pose) (baa-LAHS-anna) 146

Bharadvajasana (Seated Twist) (bah-ROD-va-JAHS-anna) 64

Bhujangasana (Cobra) (boo-jan-GAHS-anna) 60

Chakravakasana (Cat/Cow Stretch or Sunbird) (chak-rah-vah-KAHS-anna) 75

Dandasana (Staff Pose) (dan-DAHS-anna) 49

Dhanurasana (Bow Pose) (don-ur-AHS-anna) 145

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (Pigeon Pose) (eh-kah pah-dah rah-jah-coppoh-TAHS-anna) 156

Garudasana, Full (Eagle Pose) (gah-roo-DAHS-anna) 122

Garudasana, Neutral (Eagle Pose) (gah-roo-DAHS-anna) Gomukhasana (Cow Face) (go-moo-KAHS-anna) 107

Halasana (Plow Pose) (hal-AHS-anna) 185

High Plank Pose to Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose) (chah-tur-angh-uh dahn-DAHS-ana) 96

Janu Sirsasana (Head to Knee Forward Bend) (jahn-u shear-SHAHS-anna)

Jnana (or OM) Mudra (The Knowledge Seal) (jan-ah-mooh-drah) 126

Makarasana (Crocodile Pose) (mak-ah-RAHS-ana) 83

Matsyasana (Fish Pose) (mott-see-AHS-anna) 120

Natarajasana (Lord of the Dance Pose) (nat-tah-raj-AHS-anna) 164

Padmasana (Lotus) (pod-MAHS-anna) 46

Parighasana (Crossbar or Gate Pose) (par-eh-GOSS-anna) 141

Parsvottanasana (Pyramid Pose) (pars-vo-tahn-AHS-anna) 150

Paschimottanasana (Sitting Forward Bend) (pash-ee-moh-tan-AHS-anna) 168

Prasarita Padottanasana (Wide-leg Forward Bend) (pra-sa-REE-tah pah-doe-tahn-AHS-anna) 56

Purvottanasana (Reverse or Upward Plank Pose) (purr-vo-tah-NAHS-anna) 115

Salabhasana (Locust) (sha-lab-AHS-anna) 87

Salamba Sirsasana (Supported Headstand) (sah-LOM-bah shir-SHAHS-anna) 116

Sarvangasana (Shoulder Stand Pose) (sar-van-GAHS-anna) 184

Savasana (Still or Corpse Pose) (shah-VAHS-anna) 186

Setu Bandhasana (Half Bridge Pose) (Set-too bahn-DAHS-anna) 137

Simhasana (Lion Pose) (sim-HAHS-anna) 44

Sirsasana (Headstand) (shir-SHAHS-anna) 116

Sukhasana (Easy Pose) (suk-HAS-anna) 40

Supta Konasana (Reclined Straddle Pose) to Ananda Balasana (Happy Baby) (Soop-tah cone-AHS-anna) (ah-NAHN-da baa-LAHS-anna) 152

Supta Matsyendrasana (Reclined or Supine Spinal Twist) (Soop-tah MAHT-see-en-DRAHS-anna) 142

Supta Virasana (Reclined Hero Pose) (Soop-tah veer-AHS-anna) 157

Tadasana (Mountain Pose) (tah-DAHS-anna) 51

Trikonasana (Triangle Pose) (tree-kone-AHS-anna) 67

Upavesasana (Sitting-down Pose) or Malasana (Garland Pose) (oo-pah-veh-SAHS-anna; ma-LAHS-anna) 77

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Up Dog) (urd-vah moo-kah svan-AHS-anna) 99

Utkata Konasana (Goddess of Fierce Angle Pose) (oot-kah-tuh cone-AHS-anna) 158

Utkatasana (Chair Pose) (oot-kah-TAHS-anna) 167

Uttanasana (Forward Bend) (oo-tan-AHS-anna) 101

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana (Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Balance) (oo-TE-ta ha-stah pad-ahn-goos-TAHS-anna) 136

Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose) (oo-TE-tah parsh-vah-cone-AHS-anna) 74

Vajrasana (Kneeling Pose) (vaj-RAHS-anna) 34

Viparita Virabhadrasana (Reverse Warrior) (vip-par-ee-tah veer-ah-bah-DRAHS-anna) 70

Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I) (veer-ah-bah-DRAHS-anna) 39

Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II) (veer-ah-bah-DRAHS-anna) 58

Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III) (veer-ah-bah-DRAHS-anna) 159

Vrksasana (Tree Pose) (vrik-SHAHS-anna) 165

Translation

Bound Angle Pose (Baddha Konasana) 151

Bow Pose (Dhanurasana) 145

Cat/Cow Stretch or Sunbird (Chakravakasana) 75

Chair Pose (Utkatasana) 167

Child’s Pose (Balasana) 146

Cobra (Bhujangasana) 60

Cow Face (Gomukhasana) 107

Crescent Pose; Low Lunge (Anjaneyasana) 80

Crocodile Pose (Makarasana) 83

Crossbar or Gate Pose (Parighasana) 141

Crow or Crane Pose (Bakasana) 112

Down Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) 89

Eagle Pose, Full (Garudasana) 122

Eagle Pose, Neutral (Garudasana) 122

Easy Pose (Sukhasana) 40

Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Balance (Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana) 136

Extended Side Angle Pose (Utthita Parsvakonasana) 74

Fire Cascade (Agni Sara) 36

Fish Pose (Matsyasana) 120

Forward Bend (Uttanasana) 101

Four-Limbed Staff Pose (Chaturanga Dandasana) to High Plank Pose 96

Goddess or Fierce Angle Pose (Utkata Konasana) 158

Half Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana) 137

Half Lord of the Fishes Pose (Ardha Matsyendrasana) 182

Half Moon Pose (Ardha Chandrasana) 155

Handstand (Adho Mukha Vrksasana) 129

Head to Knee Forward Bend (Janu Sirsasana) 173

Headstand (Sirsasana) 116

High Lunge (Sometimes called “High Crescent Moon”) (Alanasana) 71

Kneeling Pose (Vajrasana) 34

(The) Knowledge Seal (Jnana or (OM) Mudra) 126

Lion Pose (Simhasana) 44

Locust (Salabhasana) 87

Lord of the Dance Pose (Natarajasana) 164

Lotus (Padmasana) 46

Mountain Pose (Tadasana) 51

Pigeon Pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana) 156

Plow Pose (Halasana) 185

Pyramid Pose (Parsvottanasana) 150

Reclined Hero Pose (Supta Virasana) 157

Reclined Straddle Pose (Supta Konasana) to Happy Baby (Ananda Balasana) 152

Reclined or Supine Spinal Twist (Supta Matsyendrasana) 142

Reverse Table or Half Upward Plank Pose (Ardha Purvottanasana) 92

Reverse or Upward Plank Pose (Purvottanasana) 115

Reverse Warrior (Viparita Virabhadrasana) 70

Seated Twist (Bharadvajasana) 64

Shoulder Stand Pose (Sarvangasana) 184

Sitting-down Pose (Upavesasana) or Garland Pose (Malasana) 77

Sitting Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana) 168

Staff Pose (Dandasana) 49

Still or Corpse Pose (Savasana) 186

Supported Headstand (Salamba Sirsasana) 116

Tree Pose (Vrksasana) 165

Triangle Pose (Trikonasana) 67

Up Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) 99

Warrior I (Virabhadrasana I) 39

Warrior II (Virabhadrasana II) 58

Warrior III (Virabhadrasana III) 159

Wide-leg Forward Bend (Prasarita Padottanasana) 56

Wind Reliever (Apanasana) 68