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Explore Yoga Poses by Body Area

Choose an area to find poses that involve movement, mobility, strength or support there. A body-area label describes what a pose asks of that region. It does not mean the pose treats pain or a medical condition.

Bird Dog Pose

BeginnerNeutral

Bird Dog Pose is a simple hands-and-knees balance that trains the body to stay steady while one arm…

Boat Pose

IntermediateEnergising

Boat Pose builds a clear, compact kind of core strength while asking you to balance on the sitting…

Bound Side Angle Pose

AdvancedEnergising

Bound Side Angle Pose combines the legs of Side Angle with a shoulder bind around the front thigh.…

Bow Pose

IntermediateEnergising

Bow Pose is a prone backbend where the hands hold the ankles as the chest and legs lift…

Cat Pose

BeginnerNeutral

Cat Pose is a simple spinal rounding done from hands and knees. It is often used with Cow…

Chair Pose

BeginnerEnergising

Chair Pose is a strong standing bend that builds heat in the legs and asks the trunk to…

Cow Pose

BeginnerEnergising

Cow Pose is a gentle spinal extension from hands and knees. It can help you explore chest opening,…

Crane Pose

AdvancedEnergising

Crane Pose is a compact arm balance that asks for rounded upper back strength, deep hip flexion and…

Crow Pose

AdvancedEnergising

Crow Pose is a compact arm balance that asks for a rounded upper back, steady hand pressure and…

Dead Bug Pose

BeginnerNeutral

Dead Bug Pose is a simple supine core exercise that teaches you to move the arms and legs…

Dolphin Pose

IntermediateEnergising

Dolphin Pose is a forearm version of an inverted V shape. It builds shoulder and upper-back strength, asks…

Eight-Angle Pose

AdvancedEnergising

Eight-Angle Pose is a demanding seated arm balance that combines hip mobility, adductor grip, arm strength and clear…

Elephant Trunk Pose

AdvancedEnergising

Elephant Trunk Pose is a compact seated balance where one leg comes high over the shoulder and the…

Embryo Pose

AdvancedNeutral

Embryo Pose is a compact seated balance traditionally approached from Lotus, with the arms threaded through the legs…

Extended Side Angle Pose

BeginnerEnergising

Extended Side Angle Pose builds a clear connection from the feet up through the legs, waist and top…

Fallen Triangle Pose

IntermediateEnergising

Fallen Triangle is a twisting balance with one hand on the floor, one foot grounded and the other…

Firefly Pose

AdvancedEnergising

Firefly Pose is a strong arm balance with the legs reaching forward and the hips lifted from the…

Flying Pigeon Pose

AdvancedEnergising

Flying Pigeon Pose is a demanding standing-to-arm-balance transition that combines a figure-four hip shape with a forward shift…

Flying Splits Pose

AdvancedEnergising

Flying Splits Pose is a strong arm balance built from a twisted standing setup. It combines wrist and…

Forearm Balance Preparation

AdvancedEnergising

Forearm Balance Preparation builds the shape and control for Pincha without asking for a full free balance. It…

Forearm Plank

IntermediateEnergising

Forearm Plank is a strong, straightforward shape that builds organised support through the shoulders, belly, hips and legs.…

Forearm Stand

AdvancedEnergising

Forearm Stand is a strong inversion that asks for shoulder stability, upper-back lift and careful balance over the…

Four-Limbed Staff Pose

IntermediateEnergising

Four-Limbed Staff Pose is a strong low hover from Plank that asks the arms, shoulders, chest and core…

Goddess Pose

BeginnerEnergising

Goddess Pose is a wide-legged standing squat with the feet turned out and the knees bending over the…