Yoga Poses in English and Sanskrit

Here is a list of 215 Yoga Poses in English and Sanskrit. This list with yoga pose names and stick-figures can help you with your yoga practice, as well as prepare for any yoga teacher training.

Printable PDF with Yoga Stick-Figures

The names of these poses can be confusing, especially if you’re new to yoga. I have created a simple printable PDF which lets you easily and quickly learn the name of almost all major poses in yoga. Get the printable download so that you don’t need to bother looking up names every time.

List of Hatha Yoga Poses with Names

Here is a list of the most common yoga poses names. Knowing these pose names will help if you’re a yoga teacher or if you are planning to learn yoga at home. This list of the most common yoga pose names will help you learn them quickly and easily.

215 Yoga poses in English and Sanskrit

English Pose Name	Sanskrit Pose Name
Accomplished Pose	siddhāsana
Airplane / Direction Pose	digāsana
Archer / Shooting Bow Pose	ākarṇa dhanurāsana
Baby Cobra Pose	ardha bhujaṅgāsana
Baby Cradle Pose	hindolāsana
Ball Pose	piṇḍāsana
Bharadvaja’s Twist A Pose	bharadvājāsana I
Big Toe Pose	pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
Bird of Paradise Pose	svarga dvijāsana
Boat Pose	nāvāsana
Bound Angle Pose	baddha koṇāsana
Bound Angle Headstand Pose	baddha koṇā śīrṣāsana
Bound Crescent Moon Pose	baddha āñjaneyāsana
Bound Hands Headstand Pose	baddha hasta śīrṣāsana
Bound Infinity / Sleeping Viṣṇu Pose	baddha anantāsana
Bound Lotus Pose	baddha padmāsana
Bound Side Angle Pose	baddha pārśvakoṇāsana
Bound Wheel Pose	cakra bandhāsana
Bow Pose	dhanurāsana
Bridge Pose	setu bandha sarvāṅgāsana
Bridge Building Pose	setu bandhāsana
Camel Pose	uṣṭrāsana
Cat Pose	biḍālāsana / mārjārāsana
Chair Pose	utkaṭāsana
Chest-Knees-chin Pose	aṣṭāṅga namaskāra
Child’s Pose	bālāsana
Cobra Pose	bhujaṅgāsana
Corpse Pose	śavāsana
Cow Pose	bitilāsana
Cow Face Pose	gomukhāsana
Cowherd Pose	gorakṣāsana
Crane Pose	bakāsana
Crescent Lunge Pose	aṣṭa candrāsana
Crescent Moon Pose	āñjaneyāsana
Crocodile Pose	makarāsana
Crocodile Pose (Ashtanga)	nakrāsana
Crow Pose	kākāsana
Dolphin Pose	ardha piñca mayūrāsana
Dolphin Plank Pose	makara adho mukha śvānāsana
Double Big Toe Pose	ubhaya pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
Downward-Facing Dog Pose	adho mukha śvānāsana
Eagle Pose	garuḍāsana
Ear Pressure Pose	karṇapīḍāsana
Easy Pose	sukhāsana
Eight-Angle Pose	aṣṭāvakrāsana
Elephant Trunk Pose	ekahasta bhujapīḍāsana
Embryo in Womb Pose	garbha piṇḍāsana
Equestrian Pose	aśva sañcalanāsana
Extended Child’s Pose	utthita bālāsana
Extended Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose	utthita hasta pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
Extended Leg Pose	uttāna pādāsana
Extended Side Angle Pose	utthita pārśvakoṇāsana
Extended Triangle Pose	utthita trikoṇāsana
Feathered Peacock Pose	piñca mayūrāsana
Feet-Behind-The Head A Pose	dvipāda śīrṣāsana A
Feet-Behind-The Head B Pose	dvipāda śīrṣāsana B
Figure 4 / Half Chair Pose	eka pāda utkaṭāsana
Fire Log / Double Pigeon Pose	agnistambhāsana
Firefly Pose	ṭiṭṭibhāsana
Fish Pose	matsyāsana
Five-Pointed Star Pose	utthita tāḍāsana
Floating Staff Pose	utplutiḥ daṇḍāsana
Flying Pigeon Pose	ekapāda gālavāsana
Foot-Behind-The-Head 1 Pose	ekapāda śīrṣāsana I
Foot-Behind-The-Head 2 Pose	ekapāda śīrṣāsana II
Foot-Behind-The-Head 3 Pose	ekapāda śīrṣāsana III
Four-Limbed Staff Pose	caturaṅga daṇḍāsana
Frog (B) Pose	bhekāsana
Frog (M) Pose	maṇḍūkāsana
Garland / Yogi’s Squat Pose	mālāsana
Gate Pose	parighāsana
Goddess Pose	utkaṭa koṇāsana
Gorilla Pose	pādahastāsana
Half Boat Pose	ardha nāvāsana
Half Bound Lotus Forward Bend Pose	ardha baddha padma paścimottānāsana
Half Bow Pose	ardha dhanurāsana
Half Circle Pose	ardha maṇḍalāsana
Half Cow Face Pose	ardha gomukhāsana
Half Four-Limbed Staff Pose	ardha caturaṅga daṇḍāsana
Half Frog Pose	ardha bhekāsana
Half Happy Baby Pose	ardha ānanda bālāsana
Half Hero Pose	ardha vīrāsana
Half Locust Pose	ardha śalabhāsana
Half Lord of the Fishes Pose	ardha matsyendrāsana
Half Lotus Pose	ardha padmāsana
Half Lotus Tree Pose	ardha padma vṛkṣāsana
Half Monkey Pose	ardha hanumānāsana
Half Moon Pose	ardha candrāsana
Half Moon Bow Pose	ardha candra cāpāsana
Half Pigeon Pose	ardha kapotāsana
Half Reclining Hero Pose	ardha supta vīrāsana
Half Wheel Pose	ardha cakrāsana
Handstand Pose	adho mukha vṛkṣāsana
Happy Baby Pose	ānanda bālāsana
Head-To-Knee Pose	jānu śīrṣāsana
Hero Pose	vīrāsana
Heron Pose	krauñcāsana
Himalayan Duck Pose	kāraṇḍavāsana
Horse Face Pose	vātāyanāsana
Humble Warrior Pose	baddha vīrabhadrāsana
Infinity / Sleeping Viṣṇu Pose	anantāsana
Intense Side Stretch Pose	pārśvottānāsana
Inverted Locust Pose	viparīta śalabhāsana
Inverted Staff Pose	viparīta daṇḍāsana
King Pigeon Pose	rāja kapotāsana
Lion Pose	siṃhāsana
Little Thunderbolt Pose	laghu vajrāsana
Lizard Pose	uttāna pṛṣṭhāsana
Locust Pose	śalabhāsana
Lord of the Dance Pose	naṭarājāsana
Lord of the Fishes Pose	paripūrṇa matsyendrāsana
Lotus Pose	padmāsana
Marichi’s Pose A Pose	maricyāsana I
Marichi’s Pose C Pose	maricyāsana III
Melting Heart Pose	anāhatāsana
Mermaid Pose	ekapāda rāja kapotāsana
Monkey Pose	hanumānāsana
Mountain Pose	tāḍāsana
Noose Pose	pāśāsana
One-Legged Bridge Pose	ekapāda setu bandha sarvāṅgāsana
One-Legged Downward-Facing Dog Pose	ekapāda adho mukha śvānāsana
One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose	ekapāda viparīta daṇḍāsana
One-Legged King Pigeon Pose	ekapāda rāja kapotāsana
One-Legged Plank Pose	ekapāda kumbhakāsana
One-Legged Scorpion Pose	ekapāda vṛścikāsana
One-Legged Shoulderstand Pose	ekapāda sarvāṅgāsana
One-Legged Upward Bow Pose	ekapāda ūrdhva dhanurāsana
One-Legged Wind-Relieving Pose	ekapāda pavanamuktāsana
Peacock Pose	mayūrāsana
Pendant Pose	lolāsana
Pigeon Pose	kapotāsana
Plank Pose	kumbhakāsana
Plow Pose	halāsana
Rabbit Pose	śaśāsana
Reclining Angle Pose	supta koṇāsana
Reclining Baby Cradle Pose	supta hindolāsana
Reclining Big Toe Pose	supta pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
Reclining Bound Angle Pose	supta baddha koṇāsana
Reclining Hero Pose	supta vīrāsana
Reclining Pigeon Pose	supta kapotāsana
Reclining Revolved Eagle Pose	supta parivṛtta garuḍāsana
Reclining Staff Pose	supta daṇḍāsana
Reclining Thunderbolt Pose	supta vajrāsana
Reclining Tortoise Pose	supta kūrmāsana
Reclining Tree Pose	supta vṛkṣāsana
Reclining Twist Pose	supta matsyendrāsana
Reverse Corpse Pose	adhvāsana
Reverse Table Pose	ardha pūrvottānāsana
Reverse Triangle Pose	viparīta trikoṇāsana
Reverse Warrior Pose	viparīta vīrabhadrāsana
Revolved Boat Pose	parivṛtta nāvāsana
Revolved Bound Crescent Moon Pose	parivṛtta baddha āñjaneyāsana
Revolved Bound Side Angle Pose	parivṛtta baddha pārśvakoṇāsana
Revolved Chair Pose	parivṛtta utkaṭāsana
Revolved Crescent Lunge Pose	parivṛtta aṣṭa candrāsana
Revolved Crescent Moon Pose	parivṛtta āñjaneyāsana
Revolved Downward-Facing Dog Pose	parivṛtta adho mukha śvānāsana
Revolved Easy Pose	parivṛtta sukhāsana
Revolved Goddess Pose	parivṛtta utkaṭa koṇāsana
Revolved Half Lotus Pose	parivṛtta ardha padmāsana
Revolved Half Moon Pose	parivṛtta ardha candrāsana
Revolved Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose	parivṛtta hasta pādāṅguṣṭhāsana
Revolved Head-To-Knee Pose	parivṛtta jānu śīrṣāsana
Revolved Side Angle Pose	parivṛtta pārśvakoṇāsana
Revolved Split-Legged Headstand Pose	parivṛttaikapāda śīrṣāsana
Revolved Thunderbolt Pose	parivṛtta vajrāsana
Revolved Triangle Pose	parivṛtta trikoṇāsana
Revolved Wide-Legged Forward Bend Pose	parivṛtta prasārita pādottānāsana
Rooster Pose	kukkuṭāsana
Runner’s Lunge Pose	utthita aśva sañcalanāsana
Scale / Lifted Lotus Pose	tulāsana / utplutiḥ
Scorpion Pose	vṛścikāsana
Scorpion Handstand Pose	vṛścikāsana B
Seated Forward Bend Pose	paścimottānāsana
Shoulder Press Pose	bhujapīḍāsana
Shoulder Stand Pose	sālamba sarvāṅgāsana
Side Bow Pose	pārśva dhanurāsana
Side Fetal Pose	pārśva śavāsana
Side Lunge Pose	skandāsana
Side Plank Pose	vasiṣṭhāsana
Side Plow Pose	pārśva halāsana
Sleeping Yogi Pose	yoga nidrāsana
Snake Pose	sarpāsana
Sphinx Pose	sālamba bhujaṅgāsana
Staff Pose	daṇḍāsana
Standing Backbend Pose	anuvittāsana
Standing Forward Bend Pose	uttānāsana
Standing Half Bound Lotus Forward Bend Pose	ardha baddha padmottānāsana
Standing Half Forward Bend Pose	ardha uttānāsana
Standing Splits Pose	ūrdhva prasārita eka pādāsana
Supported Headstand Pose	sālamba śīrṣāsana
Supta Urdhva Pada Vajrasana Pose	supta ūrdhva pāda vīrāsana
Table Pose	bhārmanāsana
Thread the Needle Pose	pārśva bālāsana
Three Parts Forward Bend Pose	tiryaṅ mukhaikapāda paścimottānāsana
Thunderbolt Pose	vajrāsana
Tiger Pose	vyāghrāsana
Tortoise Pose	kūrmāsana
Tree Pose	vṛkṣāsana
Tripod Headstand Pose	mukta hasta śīrṣāsana
Unsupported Tiger Pose	nirālamba vyāghrāsana
Upward Bow / Wheel Pose	ūrdhva dhanurāsana / cakrāsana
Upward Lotus Pose	ūrdhva padmāsana
Upward Plank Pose	pūrvottānāsana
Upward Salute Pose	ūrdhva hāstāsana
Upward Salute Side Bend Pose	pārśva ūrdhva hāstāsana
Upward-Facing Dog Pose	ūrdhva mukha śvānāsana
Upward-Facing Forward Bend Pose	ūrdhva mukha paścimottānāsana
Warrior 1 Pose	vīrabhadrāsana I
Warrior 2 Pose	vīrabhadrāsana II
Warrior 3 Pose	vīrabhadrāsana III
Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend Pose	upaviṣṭa koṇāsana
Wide-Legged Forward Bend Pose	prasārita pādottānāsana
Wild Thing Pose	camatkārāsana
Wind-Relieving Pose	pavanamuktāsana
Wounded Peacock Pose	pungu mayūrāsana
Yoga Seal Pose	yoga mudrā

How Many Yoga Poses Are There?

There are a lot of yoga poses out there. So how many are there? I’m here to tell you, my friend, and allow me to be clear: there is no correct answer to this question. 

There are 84 classic asanas. Goraksha Samhita, an 11th-century text about hatha yoga, describes the 84 postures in relation to there being 8,400,000 possible variations.

Today, there are hundreds of different asanas practiced around the world — so many that it can be hard to keep track of them all! Plus, there are plenty of variations on each pose.

So it would be impossible to quantify the number of yoga poses. But I have collected more than 200 yoga poses with their Sanskrit names (so far). Download the list of 215 yoga poses in English and Sanskrit here!