Basic Groups of Yoga Poses
For Developing Your Home Practice
Begin with a Few Warm-up Poses:
Adho Mukha Svanasana (down dog)
Child’s Pose
Cat and Cow Pose
Or a Slow Suryanamaskar (sun salutation)

Then Select a Couple of Poses from Each Category in the Following Order:
1. Standing Poses
Tadasana (mountain pose)
Utkatasana (powerful pose)
Utthita Trikonasana (triangle pose)
Utthita Parsvokonasana (side stretch pose)
Ardha Chandrasana (half-moon pose)
Virbhadrasana I (Warrior I pose)
Virbhadrasana II (Warrior II pose)
Vrksasana (tree pose)
Prasirita Padottanasana (wide leg forward bend)
Uttanasana (standing forward bend pose)
Suryanamaskar (sun salutation)
2. Arm Balances
Plank pose
Chaturanga Dandasana (low plank)
Vasisthasana (pose to vasistha)
Purvattanasana (reverse table top)
Pincha Mayurasana (forearm balance)
Adho Muka Vrksasana (full arm balance)
3. Inversions
Pincha Mayurasana (forearm balance)
Sarvangasana (shoulder stand)
Sirsasana (head stand)
Halasana (plow pose)
Adho Mukha Vrksasana (full arm balance)
Viparita Karani (legs up the wall)
4. Backbends
Bhujangasana (cobra pose)
Salbhasana (locust pose)
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (up dog0
Urdhva Dhanursana (upward bow)
Dhanursasana (bow pose)
Ustrasana (camel pose)
Setu Bhanda (bridge pose)
5. Twists
Matsyendrasana (seated twist)
Parivrtta Trikonasana (revolved triangle)
Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana (seated one leg forward bend)
Reclining twists with knees bent - arms to sides
6. Forward Bends and Seated Poses
Uttanasana (standing forward bend)
Pachimottanasana (seated forward bend)
Baddha Konasana (bound angle)
Gomukhasana (cow face pose)
Supta Padangusthasana (reclining hand to big toe pose)
7. Restorative Poses
Supta Baddha Konasana (reclining bound angle)
Supta Virasana (reclining Virasana)
Supported Bridge Pose
Supported Back Bend over chair
Supported back bend over blankets
End with Savasana

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