The poses are illustrated with yoga stick-figures. All yoga pose names are written in English and Sanskrit. Some poses are for beginners and some for more advanced yogis and yoginis. With this yoga pose chart you can create your own yoga flow for your home practice. This yoga poster helps you to remember the English and Sanskrit pose names for your yoga teacher training. An easy yoga posture list with basic and advanced yoga poses.
A Hatha Yoga Poses Chart with Stick-Figures
Create your own sequence and decorate your yoga space!
Hatha Yoga Poses with English and Sanskrit Names
This table lists all 40 Hatha Yoga Poses with their English and Sanskrit (IAST) names
English Pose Name | Sanskrit Pose Name |
MOUNTAIN POSE | tāḍāsana |
INTENSE SIDE STRETCH POSE | pārśvottānāsana |
SPHINX POSE | sālamba bhujaṅgāsana |
WILD THING POSE | camatkārāsana |
BIRD OF PARADISE POSE | svarga dvijāsana |
UPWARD SALUTE POSE | ūrdhva hāstāsana |
EXTENDED SIDE ANGLE POSE | utthita pārśvakoṇāsana |
COBRA POSE | bhujaṅgāsana |
PIGEON POSE | kapotāsana |
MONKEY POSE / FRONT SPLITS | hanumānāsana |
TREE POSE | vṛkṣāsana |
REVOLVED SIDE ANGLE POSE | parivṛtta pārśvakoṇāsana |
CRESCENT MOON POSE | āñjaneyāsana |
EXTENDED TRIANGLE POSE | utthita trikoṇāsana |
WARRIOR 1 POSE | vīrabhadrāsana I |
REVOLVED TRIANGLE POSE | parivṛtta trikoṇāsana |
WARRIOR 2 POSE | vīrabhadrāsana II |
HALF MOON POSE | ardha candrāsana |
CAMEL POSE | uṣṭrāsana |
TWO-LEGGED INVERTED STAFF POSE | dvipāda viparīta daṇḍāsana |
BOUND ANGLE POSE / BUTTERFLY | baddha koṇāsana |
REVERSE WARRIOR POSE | viparīta vīrabhadrāsana |
REVOLVED HALF MOON POSE | parivṛtta ardha candrāsana |
BOW POSE | dhanurāsana |
ONE-LEGGED INVERTED STAFF POSE | ekapāda viparīta daṇḍāsana |
FIRE LOG POSE / DOUBLE PIGEON POSE | agnistambhāsana |
WARRIOR 3 POSE | vīrabhadrāsana III |
HALF MOON BOW POSE / SUGARCANE POSE | ardha candra cāpāsana |
UPWARD BOW POSE / WHEEL | ūrdhva dhanurāsana |
LORD OF THE DANCE POSE | naṭarājāsana |
LOTUS POSE | padmāsana |
LOCUST POSE | śalabhāsana |
SCORPION POSE | vṛścikāsana |
UPWARD-FACING DOG POSE | ūrdhva mukha śvānāsana |
ONE-LEGGED KING PIGEON POSE | ekapāda rāja kapotāsana |
WIDE-LEGGED FORWARD BEND POSE | prasārita pādottānāsana |
KING PIGEON POSE | rāja kapotāsana |
GODDESS POSE | utkaṭa koṇāsana |
GARLAND POSE /YOGI‘S SQUAT | mālāsana |
BRIDGE POSE | setu bandha sarvāṅgāsana |
“The word hatha is composed of two syllables: ha and tha. Ha stands for the seer, the Self, the soul (purusa), and for the sun (Surya) and the inbreath (prana). Tha represents nature (prakrti), consciousness (citta), the moon (chandra) and the outbreath (apana). Yoga, as already noted, means union. Hatha yoga, therefore, means the union of purusa with prakrti, consciousness with the soul, the sun with the moon, and prana with apana.“
Svātmārāma / foreword by B K S Iyengar / commentary by Hans Ulrich Rieker (1992): Hatha Yoga Pradipika.