Yoga Poses by Types

Check out yoga poses by types. This includes forward bends, twists, arm balance, standing, supine, and similar other yoga poses.

Arm Balance Yoga Poses

As the name refers, arm balance yoga poses are done by balancing your whole body with your arms.

This includes all of the Backward Bending Yoga Poses.

Balancing yoga poses includes poses that need balancing your whole body on either your arms, legs, knees or other parts of your body.

In yoga, Bandha refers to locks. There are three bandhas in yoga with one maha bandha which basically groups all three together.

Chest Opening yoga poses include poses that open your heart and shoulders.

Core Yoga Poses include poses that burn fat in your abdomen and help you find the right sense of balance.

This includes all of the Forward Bending Yoga Poses.

Hip Opening Yoga Poses include poses that open your tight hips to help improve your mobility.

This includes all of the Inversion Yoga Poses. Inversion means to have your legs above your feet.

Mudras refer to gestures or symbols which are practiced with hands and fingers.

This includes all On Fours Yoga Poses where we kneel with both palms on the floor directly under the shoulders and knees under the hips.

Pranayama is the practice of controlling one’s breath. This, in turn, makes sure to regulate our vital life force.

This includes all of the Prone Yoga Poses where we lie flat on the chest and the stomach.

This includes all Restorative Yoga Poses which restore your energy and relieves you of stress.

Seated Yoga Poses are those types of poses that are done while being seated.

As the name refers, Standing Yoga Poses are poses that are done upright in a standing position.

As the name refers, Supine Yoga Poses are poses that are done lying on the floor.

Twisting Yoga Poses are poses that twist your body.