Pose Library

Browse and explore yoga poses for your practice

Found 18 poses

Bound Angle

Bound Angle

Beginner

Bound Angle Pose, or Cobbler's Pose, is a seated hip opener that stretches the inner thighs, groins, and knees. It stimulates abdominal organs, improves circulation, calms the mind, and can soothe menstrual discomfort.

SeatedForward FoldsReclined
Bridge

Bridge

Beginner

Bridge Pose is a beginner-friendly backbend that stretches the chest, neck, and spine, while strengthening the glutes, hamstrings, and back muscles. It can calm the brain, alleviate stress, and improve digestion.

BackbendsReclined
Child's

Child's

Beginner

Child's Pose is a restorative forward fold that gently relaxes the front body while stretching the back torso, hips, thighs, and ankles. It calms the brain, helps relieve stress and fatigue, and can ease back and neck pain when supported.

Forward FoldsSeatedReclined
Fish

Fish

Beginner

Fish Pose is a reclined backbend opening the chest, throat, and shoulders, stretching the front neck and abdomen, and strengthening upper back muscles. It often counters Shoulderstand and can relieve fatigue.

BackbendsChest OpenersReclined
Happy Baby

Happy Baby

Beginner

Happy Baby Pose is a gentle reclined posture that stretches the inner groins, hips, and lower back. It calms the brain, helps relieve stress and fatigue, and can release tension in the sacrum.

Reclined
Legs-up-the-Wall

Legs-up-the-Wall

Beginner

Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose is a restorative mild inversion known for alleviating tired legs and feet, gently stretching the hamstrings and lower back, calming the nervous system, reducing stress/anxiety, and potentially improving sleep.

InversionsReclined
Crocodile Pose / Prone Resting

Crocodile Pose / Prone Resting

Beginner

Crocodile Pose is a prone resting posture that allows the body to relax completely. It calms the nervous system, relieves tension in the lower back, and encourages diaphragmatic breathing.

Reclined
Plough

Plough

Intermediate

Plow Pose is an intermediate inversion and forward fold that stretches the shoulders and the entire spine (especially neck and upper back), stimulates abdominal organs and the thyroid gland, calms the brain, reduces stress/fatigue, and stretches hamstrings.

InversionsForward FoldsReclined
Reclined Butterfly

Reclined Butterfly

Beginner

Reclined Butterfly (Supine Bound Angle Pose) is a restorative posture that gently stretches the inner thighs, groins, and hips. It calms the nervous system, reduces stress, stimulates abdominal organs, and can relieve menstrual discomfort.

Reclined
Reclined Pigeon

Reclined Pigeon

Beginner

Reclined Pigeon, often called Supine Figure Four or Eye of the Needle, effectively stretches the outer hips, glutes, and piriformis muscle. It's a safer alternative to traditional Pigeon Pose for sensitive knees.

Reclined
Reclined Twist

Reclined Twist

Beginner

Reclined Spinal Twist gently rotates the spine while stretching the back muscles, glutes, hips, chest, and shoulders. It massages abdominal organs, aids digestion/detoxification, relieves stress, calms the nervous system, and improves spinal mobility.

ReclinedTwists
Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe

Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe

Beginner

Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose (version A, leg up) provides a safe and effective stretch for the hamstrings and calves while maintaining pelvic stability. It can relieve sciatic pain for some and improves digestion.

ReclinedForward Folds
Reclining Hero

Reclining Hero

Intermediate

Reclining Hero Pose offers an intense stretch for the quadriceps, hip flexors (psoas), ankles, and knees. It improves digestion, relieves tired legs, and can be a mild to deep backbend depending on the level of recline.

ReclinedBackbends
Savasana

Savasana

Beginner

Savasana is the ultimate relaxation posture, typically practiced at the end of a yoga session. It allows the body to completely rest, integrate the benefits of the practice, calm the nervous system, reduce stress and fatigue, and cultivate a state of deep conscious relaxation.

Reclined
Sphinx

Sphinx

Beginner

Sphinx Pose is a gentle prone backbend strengthening the spine and stretching chest, abdomen, shoulders. A restorative option for tired backs, milder than Cobra.

BackbendsChest OpenersReclined
Supported Shoulderstand

Supported Shoulderstand

Intermediate

Supported Shoulderstand, often called the 'Queen of Asanas', is an intermediate inversion with numerous traditional benefits including calming the brain, relieving stress/mild depression, stimulating thyroid/prostate glands and organs, stretching shoulders/neck, toning legs/buttocks, improving digestion, and reducing fatigue.

InversionsReclined
Thread the Needle

Thread the Needle

Beginner

Thread the Needle Pose is a gentle reclined twist and shoulder stretch performed from Table Top. It releases tension in the upper back, shoulders, and neck, and provides a mild spinal rotation.

TwistsReclinedChest Openers
Wind-Relieving Pose

Wind-Relieving Pose

Beginner

Wind-Relieving Pose (Knees-to-Chest) is a gentle reclined posture that releases tension in the lower back and sacrum. It massages abdominal organs, aids digestion, stretches the hips/glutes, and calms the mind.

ReclinedForward Folds