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Build strength through yoga poses that ask your muscles to support, stabilise and control your body. Browse poses for the core, legs, arms and upper body, and choose variations that suit your current level of practice.
The poses below share this goal classification, but a useful practice still needs an appropriate order, level and pace. Use the pose guides for modifications and safety notes, or let the Practice Builder arrange a complete sequence.
Revolved Chair Pose combines a squat-like base with a steady spinal twist. It asks for leg work, balance and clear organisation through the torso, and it is usually more useful when kept compact rather than pushed into a big turn.
Revolved Half Moon Pose combines single-leg balance, a standing hamstring fold and a controlled twist. It usually works best when you lower your expectations a little, use support if needed and build the shape from length first, then rotation.
Revolved Side Angle Pose is a standing twist that asks for steady legs, a long spine and controlled rotation. It can be practised in a smaller, more workable shape with the back knee lowered or the bottom hand lifted onto a block.
Reverse Tabletop is a simple back-body strength pose that opens the front of the shoulders and chest while asking the hips to lift. It can be useful after sitting, though the comfortable range will vary from body to body.
Reverse Warrior keeps the legs working as they do in Warrior II while adding a side bend and lift through the front body. It is less about dropping back and more about finding length from the outer edge of the back foot up through the top fingertips.
Peacock Pose is a demanding arm balance where the elbows press into the abdomen while the body tips forward into a long, low line. It asks for organised wrists, strong shoulder support and a clear weight shift more than brute force.
Plank Pose is a straight-arm strength pose that teaches you how to organise the whole body together. It asks the hands, shoulders, belly, legs and heels to work as one long line rather than hanging into the lower back.
Locust Pose is a prone backbend that strengthens the back body and teaches you to lift from length rather than from force. It can be practised very mildly, with just the chest or just the legs lifting, or as a fuller shape when that feels steady.
Little Thunderbolt Pose is a deep kneeling backbend where the thighs stay roughly upright as the body arcs back. It asks for strong leg engagement, open front thighs and a backbend that spreads through the whole front body rather than dropping into the lower back.
Knees-Chest-Chin is a simple transition pose that brings the chest forward between the arms while the hips stay slightly lifted. It helps you organise elbows, shoulders and upper back before deeper weight-bearing shapes.
Learn how pose order changes a complete session in How Yoga Sequencing Works. If you are learning a particular pose, use the Pose Progression Explorer to find preparation and possible next steps.