Postures of Bikram Yoga

The following are the 26 postures of Bikram Yoga, as it names them; some of the Sanskrit names differ from those used for the same or closely related poses in other schools of yoga, and some of them are otherwise used for different poses. The postures include 24 asanas (poses in modern yoga as exercise), one pranayama breathing exercise, and one shatkarma, a purification making use of forced breathing. Bikram Yoga was devised by Bikram Choudhury around 1971 when he moved to America.

# Bikram Yoga's Sanskrit Translation Appearance Nearest equivalentin other schools1प्राणायामPrāṇāyāmaStanding Deep Breathing (not an asana;Yoga breathing,usually practised sitting)2अर्धचन्द्रासन with पादहस्तासनArdhachandrāsana withPādahastāsanaHalf Moon Pose withHands To Feet PoseIndudalasana3उत्कटासनUtkaṭāsanaAwkward PoseUtkatasana4गरुडासनGaruḍāsanaEagle PoseGarudasana5दण्डायमन जानुशीर्षासनDaṇḍāyamana JānuśīrṣāsanaStanding Head To Knee PoseUtthita Padangusthasana6दण्डायमन धनुरासनDaṇḍāyamana DhanurāsanaStanding Bow Pose NatarajasanaDancer Pose7तुलादण्डासनTulādaṇḍāsanaBalancing Stick Pose Virabhadrasana IIIWarrior III8दण्डायमन विभक्तपाद पश्चिमोत्तानासनDaṇḍāyamana Vibhaktapāda PaścimottānāsanaStanding Separate Leg Stretching Pose Prasarita PadottanasanaWide Stance Forward Bend9त्रिकोणासनTrikoṇāsanaTriangle Pose ParsvakonasanaExtended Side Angle Pose10दण्डायमन विभक्तपाद जानुशीर्षासनDaṇḍāyamana Vibhaktapāda JānuśīrṣāsanaStanding Separate Leg Head To Knee Pose ParsvottanasanaIntense Side Stretch Pose11ताडासनTāḍāsanaTree PoseVrikshasana12पादाङ्गुष्ठासनPādāṅguṣṭhāsanaToe Stand PoseMalasana13शवासनŚavāsanaCorpse PoseSavasana14पवनमुक्तासनPavanamuktāsanaWind Relieving PosePavanamuktasana15पादहस्तासनPādahastāsanaSitupPaschimottanasanaSeated Forward Bend16भुजङ्गासनBhujaṅgāsanaCobra PoseBhujangasana17शलभासनŚalabhāsanaLocust PoseArdha Salabhasana18पूर्णशलभासनPūrṇaśalabhāsanaFull Locust PoseSalabhasana19धनुरासनDhanurāsanaBow PoseDhanurasana20सुप्तवज्रासनSuptavajrāsanaReclining Thunderbolt PoseSupta VirasanaReclining Hero Pose21अर्धकूर्मासनArdhakūrmāsanaHalf Tortoise PoseBalasanaChild Pose22उष्ट्रासनUṣṭrāsanaCamel PoseUstrasana23शसांगासनाŚasāṁgāsanāRabbit PoseBalasanaChild Pose24जानुशीर्षासन with पश्चिमोत्तानासनJānuśīrṣāsana withPaścimottānāsanaHead To Knee Pose withBack Stretching PoseJanusirsasana25अर्धमत्स्येन्द्रासनArdha MatsyendrāsanaHalf Lord of the Fishes PoseArdha Matsyendrasana26कपालभातिKapālabhāti"Skull polishing" (not an asana:a shatkarma,a purification)

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