Wide-Legged Forward Bend
(pra-sa-REE-tah pah-doh-tahn-AHS-anna) prasarita = stretched out, expanded, spread, with outstretched limbs pada = foot ut = intense tan = to stretch or extend (compare the Latin verb tendere, “to Continue Reading
Dolphin Pose
Dolphin Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions To start dolphin pose, come onto the floor on your hands and knees. Set your knees directly below your hips and your forearms on the Continue Reading
Dolphin Plank Pose
Dolphin Plank Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Start in Dolphin Pose, knees bent. Then walk your feet back until your shoulders are directly over the elbows and your torso is parallel Continue Reading
Four-Limbed Staff Pose
(chaht-tour-ANG-ah don-DAHS-anna) chaturanga = four limbs (chatur = four anga = limb) danda = staff (refers to the spine, the central “staff” or support of the body) Four-Limbed Staff Pose: Continue Reading
Plank Pose
Plank Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Start in Adho Mukha Svanasana. Then inhale and draw your torso forward until the arms are perpendicular to the floor and the shoulders directly over Continue Reading
Upward Bow (Wheel) Pose
(OORD-vah don-your-AHS-anna) urdhva = upward dhanu = bow Upward Bow (Wheel) Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Lie supine on the floor. Bend your knees and set your feet on the floor, Continue Reading
Locust Pose
Grouped among the so-called baby backbends, which includes Dhanurasana (Bow Pose) and Sea Monster Pose (described in the Variations section below), it is an unassuming pose that, like other Continue Reading
Chair Pose
(OOT-kah-TAHS-anna) utkata = powerful, fierce Chair Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Stand in Tadasana. Inhale and raise your arms perpendicular to the floor. Either keep the arms parallel, palms facing inward, or Continue Reading
Downward-Facing Dog: Step-by-Step Instructions
Downward facing dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana, is the most iconic yoga postures around. Think of yoga, and you think of downward facing dog, or often simply called downward Continue Reading
Warrior II Pose
Virabhadra = the name of a fierce warrior, an incarnation of Shiva, described as having a thousand heads, a thousand eyes, and a thousand feet, wielding a thousand clubs, and Continue Reading