Poses
Yoga terms in this category.
Balance and Focus
Balance sequence
Poses that build balance and concentration.
Boat Pose
Navasana
A seated balance where you lean back on your sit bones and lift your legs, holding a V shape that works the abdominals a...
Bound Angle Pose (Butterfly)
Baddha Konasana
A seated pose with the soles of the feet together and the knees open to the sides that stretches the inner thighs and gr...
Bow Pose
Dhanurasana
A backbend lying on your stomach where you hold your ankles and lift your chest and thighs, so your body curves like a b...
Bridge Pose
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
A pose done lying on your back with knees bent, where you press through your feet to lift your hips, working the glutes...
Camel Pose
Ustrasana
A kneeling backbend where you lift your chest and reach back toward your heels, stretching the front of the body from th...
Cat-Cow
Marjaryasana-Bitilasana
A gentle warm-up on hands and knees where you move between rounding and arching your spine in time with your breath.
Chair Pose
Utkatasana
A standing squat-like pose where you bend your knees and sit your hips back as if lowering into a chair, building streng...
Child's Pose
Balasana
A kneeling resting pose where you sit back toward your heels and fold forward. You can take it at any point in a yoga pr...
Cobra Pose
Bhujangasana
A gentle backbend lying face down, where you lift your chest using your back muscles while your hips stay on the floor.
Cooling Sequence
Chandra Namaskar variation
Gentle, cooling poses to wind down.
Corpse Pose
Savasana
The resting pose at the end of most yoga classes, where you lie still on your back for a few minutes and let your breath...
Crescent Lunge
Ashta Chandrasana
A standing lunge with the back heel lifted, hips facing forward, and arms reaching overhead, which works the legs and st...
Crow Pose
Bakasana
An arm balance where you rest your knees on the backs of your bent upper arms and lift your feet, balancing on your hand...