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<p><b>Matsyasana</b> (<a href="Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">मत्स्यासन</span>; <a href="IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="hi-Latn">Matsyāsana</i></span>) or <b>Fish pose</b><sup id="cite_ref-YJ_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YJ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a reclining back-bending <a href="Asana" title="Asana">asana</a> in <a href="Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">hatha yoga</a> and modern <a href="Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">yoga as exercise</a>.

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<p>The name comes from the Sanskrit words <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">matsya</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">मत्स्य</span></span>) meaning "fish"<sup id="cite_ref-Joshi2005_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joshi2005-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa-Latn">asana</i></span> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">आसन</span></span>) meaning "posture" or "seat".<sup id="cite_ref-Sinha1996_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sinha1996-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The asana is medieval, described in the 17th century <i><a href="Ghera%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Da_Sa%E1%B9%83hit%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā">Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā</a></i> 2.21.

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<p>The asana is a <a href="Backbend" title="Backbend">backbend</a>, where the practitioner lies on his or her back and lifts the heart (<a href="Anahata" title="Anahata">anahata</a>) <a href="Chakra" title="Chakra">chakra</a> by rising up on the elbows and drawing the shoulders back. The neck is lengthened, and the crown of the head <a href="Sahasrara" title="Sahasrara">Sahasrara</a> <a href="Chakra" title="Chakra">chakra</a> is "pointed" toward the 'wall' behind the practitioner. As the arch of the back deepens with practice, and the heart and throat open further, the top of the head may brush the ground, but no weight should rest upon it.

</p><p>Within the <a href="Ashtanga_(vinyasa)_yoga" title="Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga">Ashtanga (vinyasa) yoga</a> Primary Series, it is considered a counterasana to <a href="Sarvangasana" title="Sarvangasana">Sarvangasana</a>, shoulder stand.<sup id="cite_ref-Maehle2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maehle2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variations">Variations</h2></div>

<ul><li>The legs can be kept straight on the ground, or with knees bent and feet on the floor, for practitioners unable to do <a href="Lotus_position" title="Lotus position">Padmasana</a> with the legs.<sup id="cite_ref-YJ_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YJ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>The legs again straight can be lifted off the ground, for a "challenging variation".<sup id="cite_ref-YJ_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YJ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li>The hands may be placed before the heart in <a href="A%C3%B1jali_Mudr%C4%81" title="Añjali Mudrā">Añjali Mudrā</a>, making the pose more difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-YJ_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YJ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>

<p><a href="Yoga_using_props" title="Yoga using props">The pose can be supported</a> with a bolster under the back, and with a cushion under the knees.<sup id="cite_ref-Mehta1990_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mehta1990-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/786">"Yoga Journal - Fish Pose"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2011-04-09</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Joshi2005-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Joshi2005_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFJoshi2005" class="citation book cs1">Joshi, K. S. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PsGxfYRYdFMC&pg=PA70"><i>Yoga In Daily Life</i></a>. Orient Paperbacks. p. 70. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-222-0049-2</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Sinha1996-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Sinha1996_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFSinha1996" class="citation book cs1">Sinha, S. C. (1 June 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-zzRvh1fRzEC&pg=PA18"><i>Dictionary of Roop Basant Philosophy</i></a>. Anmol Publications. p. 18. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-7041-293-9</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Maehle2007-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Maehle2007_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMaehle2007" class="citation book cs1">Maehle, Gregor (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=f9ygWu2xM3QC&pg=PA120"><i>Ashtanga Yoga: Practice and Philosophy</i></a>. New World Library. p. 120. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1-57731-606-0</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Mehta1990-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mehta1990_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMehtaMehtaMehta1990" class="citation book cs1">Mehta, Silva; <a href="Mira_Mehta" title="Mira Mehta">Mehta, Mira</a>; Mehta, Shyam (1990). <a href="Yoga%3A_The_Iyengar_Way" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga: The Iyengar Way"><i>Yoga: The Iyengar Way</i></a>. Dorling Kindersley. p. 83. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-86318-420-8</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

<ul><li><cite class="citation book cs1"><a href="B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">Iyengar, B. K. S.</a> (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pbx5AAAACAAJ"><i>Illustrated Light On Yoga</i></a>. HarperCollins. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-7223-606-9</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation book cs1"><a href="Swami_Satyananda_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Satyananda Saraswati">Saraswati, Swami Satyananda</a> (1 August 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YpR1QgAACAAJ"><i>Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha</i></a>. Nesma Books India. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-86336-14-4</bdi>.</cite></li>

<li><cite class="citation book cs1"><a href="Swami_Satyananda_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Swami Satyananda Saraswati">Saraswati, Swami Satyananda</a> (January 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eWOrAAAACAAJ"><i>A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya</i></a>. Nesma Books India. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-85787-08-4</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070521201526/http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/786_1.cfm">Matsyasana</a></li></ul>

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</style><div id="Asanas393" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="List_of_asanas" title="List of asanas">Asanas</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="Asana" title="Asana">Asana</a> • <a href="Kriy%C4%81" title="Kriyā">Kriya</a> • <a href="Mudra" title="Mudra">Mudra</a> • <a href="Drishti_(yoga)" title="Drishti (yoga)">Drishti</a> • <a href="Pranayama" title="Pranayama">Pranayama</a> • <a href="Sun_Salutation" title="Sun Salutation">Sun Salutation</a> • <a href="Vinyasa" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinyasa">Vinyasa</a> • <a href="Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">Yoga as exercise</a> • <a href="Yoga_for_therapeutic_purposes" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga for therapeutic purposes">Yoga as therapy</a> • <a href="Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a> • <a href="Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Backbend#Asanas" title="Backbend">Backbends</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Anjaneyasana" title="Anjaneyasana">Anjaneyasana (crescent moon)</a></li>

<li><a href="Bidalasana" title="Bidalasana">Bidalasana (cat)/Bitilasana (cow)</a></li>

<li><a href="Cobra_pose" title="Cobra pose">Bhujangasana (cobra)</a></li>

<li><a href="Chakrasana" title="Chakrasana">Chakrasana (wheel) or Urdhva Dhanurasana (upward bow)</a></li>

<li><a href="Viparita_Dandasana" title="Viparita Dandasana">Viparita Dandasana (inverted staff)</a></li>

<li><a href="Kapotasana" title="Kapotasana">Kapotasana (pigeon)</a></li>

<li><a href="Eka_Pada_Rajakapotasana" title="Eka Pada Rajakapotasana">Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (king pigeon)</a></li>

<li><a href="Ustrasana" title="Ustrasana">Ushtrasana (camel)</a></li></ul>

</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="6" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arm balances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Astavakrasana" title="Astavakrasana">Ashtavakrasana (8-angled)</a></li>

<li><a href="Bakasana" title="Bakasana">Bakasana (crane) or Kakasana (crow)</a></li>

<li><a href="Koundinyasana" title="Koundinyasana">Koundinyasana (the sage Kaundinya)</a></li>

<li><a href="Kukkutasana" title="Kukkutasana">Kukkutasana (cockerel)</a></li>

<li><a href="Mayurasana" title="Mayurasana">Mayurasana (peacock)</a></li>

<li><a href="Tittibhasana" title="Tittibhasana">Tittibhasana (firefly)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Inverted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Downward_Dog_Pose" title="Downward Dog Pose">Adho Mukha Svanasana (downward dog)</a></li>

<li><a href="Handstand" title="Handstand">Adho Mukha Vrkshasana (handstand)</a></li>

<li><a href="Halasana" title="Halasana">Halasana (plough)</a></li>

<li><a href="Sarvangasana" title="Sarvangasana">Sarvangasana (shoulderstand)</a></li>

<li><a href="Setu_Bandha_Sarvangasana" title="Setu Bandha Sarvangasana">Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (bridge)</a></li>

<li><a href="Shirshasana" title="Shirshasana">Shirshasana (headstand)</a></li>

<li><a href="Viparita_Karani" title="Viparita Karani">Viparita Karani (legs up the wall)</a></li>

<li><a href="Scorpion_pose" title="Scorpion pose">Vrischikasana (scorpion)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reclining</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Anantasana" title="Anantasana">Anantasana (Vishnu's couch)</a></li>

<li><a href="Ashtanga_Namaskara" title="Ashtanga Namaskara">Ashtanga Namaskara (eight-limbed)</a></li>

<li><a href="Bhekasana" title="Bhekasana">Bhekasana (frog)</a></li>

<li><a href="Chaturanga_Dandasana" title="Chaturanga Dandasana">Chaturanga Dandasana (low plank)</a></li>

<li><a href="Dhanurasana" title="Dhanurasana">Dhanurasana (bow)</a></li>

<li><a href="Jathara_Parivartanasana" title="Jathara Parivartanasana">Jathara Parivartanasana (belly twist)</a></li>

<li><a href="Makarasana" title="Makarasana">Makarasana (crocodile)</a></li>

<li><a href="Salabhasana" title="Salabhasana">Shalabhasana (locust)</a></li>

<li><a href="Shavasana" title="Shavasana">Shavasana (corpse)</a></li>

<li><a href="Vasishtasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasishtasana">Vasishtasana (side plank)</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoganidrasana" title="Yoganidrasana">Yoganidrasana (yogic sleep)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sitting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Meditation_seat" class="mw-redirect" title="Meditation seat">Meditation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Baddha_Konasana" title="Baddha Konasana">Baddha Konasana (cobbler)</a></li>

<li><a href="Gomukhasana" title="Gomukhasana">Gomukhasana (cow face)</a></li>

<li><a href="Gorakshasana" title="Gorakshasana">Gorakshasana (cowherd)</a></li>

<li><a href="Lotus_position" title="Lotus position">Padmasana (lotus)</a></li>

<li><a href="Siddhasana" title="Siddhasana">Siddhasana (accomplished)</a></li>

<li><a href="Simhasana" title="Simhasana">Simhasana (lion)</a></li>

<li><a href="Vajrasana_(yoga)" title="Vajrasana (yoga)">Vajrasana (thunderbolt)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Twists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bharadvajasana" title="Bharadvajasana">Bharadvajasana (the sage Bharadvaja)</a></li>

<li><a href="Marichyasana" title="Marichyasana">Marichyasana (the sage Marichi)</a></li>

<li><a href="Matsyendrasana" title="Matsyendrasana">Matsyendrasana (the sage Matsyendra, lord of the fishes)</a></li>

<li><a href="Pasasana" title="Pasasana">Pashasana (noose)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Akarna_Dhanurasana" title="Akarna Dhanurasana">Akarna Dhanurasana (shooting bow)</a></li>

<li><a href="Balasana" title="Balasana">Balasana (child)</a></li>

<li><a href="Garbha_Pindasana" title="Garbha Pindasana">Garbha Pindasana (embryo in womb)</a></li>

<li><a href="Hanumanasana" title="Hanumanasana">Hanumanasana (monkey)</a></li>

<li><a href="Kraunchasana" title="Kraunchasana">Kraunchasana (heron)</a></li>

<li><a href="Kurmasana" title="Kurmasana">Kurmasana (tortoise)</a></li>

<li><a href="Malasana" title="Malasana">Malasana (garland)</a></li>

<li><a href="Mandukasana" title="Mandukasana">Mandukasana (frog)</a></li>

<li><a href="Mulabandhasana" title="Mulabandhasana">Mulabandhasana (root lock)</a></li>

<li><a href="Navasana" title="Navasana">Navasana (boat)</a></li>

<li><a href="Paschimottanasana" title="Paschimottanasana">Paschimottanasana (seated forward bend)</a></li>

<li><a href="Split_(gymnastics)" title="Split (gymnastics)">Samakonasana (split)</a></li>

<li><a href="Virasana" title="Virasana">Virasana (hero)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Standing_asanas" title="Standing asanas">Standing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Both legs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Parighasana" title="Parighasana">Parighasana (gate)</a></li>

<li><a href="Parshvottanasana" title="Parshvottanasana">Parshvottanasana (intense side stretch)</a></li>

<li><a href="Prasarita_Padottanasana" title="Prasarita Padottanasana">Prasarita Padottanasana (wide stance forward bend)</a></li>

<li><a href="Tadasana" title="Tadasana">Tadasana (mountain)</a></li>

<li><a href="Trikonasana" title="Trikonasana">Trikonasana (triangle)</a></li>

<li><a href="Utkatasana" title="Utkatasana">Utkatasana (powerful)</a></li>

<li><a href="Uttanasana" title="Uttanasana">Uttanasana (standing forward bend)</a></li>

<li><a href="Utthita_Parshvakonasana" title="Utthita Parshvakonasana">Utthita Parshvakonasana (side angle)</a></li>

<li><a href="Virabhadrasana" title="Virabhadrasana">Virabhadrasana (warrior)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">One leg</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ardha_chandrasana" title="Ardha chandrasana">Ardha Chandrasana (half moon)</a></li>

<li><a href="Durvasasana" title="Durvasasana">Durvasasana (the sage Durvasa)</a></li>

<li><a href="Garudasana" title="Garudasana">Garudasana (eagle)</a></li>

<li><a href="Natarajasana" title="Natarajasana">Natarajasana (lord of the dance)</a></li>

<li><a href="Utthita_Padangusthasana" title="Utthita Padangusthasana">Utthita Padangusthasana (standing big toe hold)</a></li>

<li><a href="Vriksasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Vriksasana">Vrikshasana (tree)</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Yoga_as_exercise106" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Yoga_as_exercise106" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Yoga_as_exercise" title="Yoga as exercise">Yoga as exercise</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Asana" title="Asana">Asanas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_asanas" title="List of asanas">List of asanas</a></li>

<li><a href="Standing_asanas" title="Standing asanas">Standing asanas</a></li>

<li><a href="Downward_Dog_Pose" title="Downward Dog Pose">Downward dog</a></li>

<li><a href="Lotus_position" title="Lotus position">Lotus position</a></li>

<li><a href="Meditative_postures" title="Meditative postures">Meditation seats</a></li>

<li><a href="Sun_Salutation" title="Sun Salutation">Sun Salutation</a></li>

<li><a href="Virabhadrasana" title="Virabhadrasana">Warrior</a></li>

<li>Accompaniments

<ul><li><a href="Drishti_(yoga)" title="Drishti (yoga)">Drishti</a></li>

<li><a href="Namaste" title="Namaste">Namaste</a></li>

<li><a href="Pranayama" title="Pranayama">Pranayama</a>

<ul><li><a href="Ujjayi" title="Ujjayi">Ujjayi</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Viny%C4%81sa" title="Vinyāsa">Vinyāsa</a></li>

<li><a href="Hasta_Vinyasas" title="Hasta Vinyasas">Hasta Vinyasas</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Yoga_teacher_training" title="Yoga teacher training">Teacher training</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>Standards

<ul><li><a href="British_Wheel_of_Yoga" title="British Wheel of Yoga">British Wheel of Yoga</a>

<li><a href="European_Union_of_Yoga" title="European Union of Yoga">European Union of Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Andr%C3%A9_Van_Lysebeth" title="André Van Lysebeth">André Van Lysebeth</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_Alliance" title="Yoga Alliance">Yoga Alliance</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Yoga_as_therapy" title="Yoga as therapy">Therapy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Yoga_using_props" title="Yoga using props">Yoga using props</a></li>

<li>1979 <a href="Accessible_yoga" title="Accessible yoga">Accessible yoga</a></li>

<li>2002 <a href="Trauma-sensitive_yoga" title="Trauma-sensitive yoga">Trauma-sensitive yoga</a></li>

<li>2007 <a href="Restorative_Yoga" title="Restorative Yoga">Restorative Yoga</a></li>

<li>2008 <a href="Yoga_nidra" title="Yoga nidra">Yoga nidra</a></li>

<li><a href="Richard_Miller_(psychologist)" title="Richard Miller (psychologist)">International Association of Yoga Therapists • Richard Miller</a></li>

<li><a href="Janice_Gates" title="Janice Gates">Janice Gates</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Competitive_yoga" title="Competitive yoga">Competitive yoga</a></li>

<li><a href="International_Day_of_Yoga" title="International Day of Yoga">International Day of Yoga</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Yoga_Journal" title="Yoga Journal">Yoga Journal</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Yoga_using_props" title="Yoga using props">Props</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Yoga_brick" title="Yoga brick">Yoga brick</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Angela_Farmer" title="Angela Farmer">Angela Farmer</a></li>

<li><a href="Hugger_Mugger_Yoga_Products" title="Hugger Mugger Yoga Products">Hugger Mugger</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_pants" title="Yoga pants">Yoga pants</a>

<ul><li><a href="Lululemon_Athletica" class="mw-redirect" title="Lululemon Athletica">Lululemon</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Early_modern_yoga" title="Early modern yoga">Early</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>c. 18th century <i><a href="Ha%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81bhy%C4%81sapaddhati" title="Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati">Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati</a></i></li>

<li>19th century <i><a href="%C5%9Ar%C4%ABtattvanidhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Śrītattvanidhi">Śrītattvanidhi</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Vivekananda</a>

<li><a href="Pierre_Bernard_(yogi)" title="Pierre Bernard (yogi)">Pierre Bernard</a></li>

<li><a href="Harmonic_Gymnastics" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonic Gymnastics">Harmonial gymnastics/yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Marguerite_Agniel" title="Marguerite Agniel">Marguerite Agniel</a></li>

<li><a href="Mary_Bagot_Stack" title="Mary Bagot Stack">Mary Bagot Stack</a></li>

<li><a href="Genevieve_Stebbins" title="Genevieve Stebbins">Genevieve Stebbins</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Physical_culture" title="Physical culture">Physical culture</a>

<ul><li><a href="Bishnu_Charan_Ghosh" title="Bishnu Charan Ghosh">B. C. Ghosh</a></li>

<li><a href="Seetharaman_Sundaram" title="Seetharaman Sundaram">Seetharaman Sundaram</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Paramahansa_Yogananda" title="Paramahansa Yogananda">Paramahansa Yogananda</a>

<ul><li><i><a href="Autobiography_of_a_Yogi" title="Autobiography of a Yogi">Autobiography of a Yogi</a></i></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aspects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Science_of_yoga" title="Science of yoga">Science of yoga</a></li>

<li><a href="Sexual_abuse_by_yoga_gurus" title="Sexual abuse by yoga gurus">Sexual abuse by yoga gurus</a>

<ul><li><a href="Matthew_Remski" title="Matthew Remski">Matthew Remski</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_and_cultural_appropriation" title="Yoga and cultural appropriation">Yoga and cultural appropriation</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_in_advertising" title="Yoga in advertising">In advertising</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_for_children" title="Yoga for children">For children</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_for_women" title="Yoga for women">For women</a>

<ul><li><a href="Geeta_Iyengar" title="Geeta Iyengar">Geeta Iyengar</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_tourism" title="Yoga tourism">Yoga tourism</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_yoga_hybrids" title="List of yoga hybrids">Hybrids</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>1938 <a href="Naked_yoga" title="Naked yoga">Naked yoga</a></li>

<li>1990 <a href="Mindful_Yoga" title="Mindful Yoga">Mindful Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Frank_Jude_Boccio" title="Frank Jude Boccio">Frank Jude Boccio</a></li>

<li><a href="Anne_Cushman" title="Anne Cushman">Anne Cushman</a></li>

<li><a href="Janice_Gates" title="Janice Gates">Janice Gates</a></li>

<li><a href="Jon_Kabat-Zinn" title="Jon Kabat-Zinn">Jon Kabat-Zinn</a></li>

<li><a href="Cyndi_Lee" title="Cyndi Lee">Cyndi Lee</a></li>

<li><a href="Phillip_Moffitt" title="Phillip Moffitt">Phillip Moffitt</a></li></ul></li>

<li>2003 <a href="Acroyoga" title="Acroyoga">Acroyoga</a></li>

<li>2013 <a href="Paddleboard_Yoga" title="Paddleboard Yoga">Paddleboard Yoga</a></li>

<li>2014 <a href="Aerial_yoga" title="Aerial yoga">Aerial yoga</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Yoga_in_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Yoga in America">America</a>

<ul><li>1961 <i><a href="Richard_Hittleman" title="Richard Hittleman">Yoga for Health</a></i></li>

<li>1970 <i><a href="Lilias%2C_Yoga_and_You" title="Lilias, Yoga and You">Lilias, Yoga and You</a></i></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_in_Britain" title="Yoga in Britain">Britain</a>

<ul><li>1976 <a href="Lyn_Marshall" title="Lyn Marshall">Lyn Marshall</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_in_France" title="Yoga in France">France</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_in_Germany" title="Yoga in Germany">Germany</a></li>

<li><a href="Postural_yoga_in_India" title="Postural yoga in India">India</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_in_Italy" title="Yoga in Italy">Italy</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_in_Russia" title="Yoga in Russia">Russia</a></li>

<li><a href="Yoga_in_Sweden" title="Yoga in Sweden">Sweden</a>

<ul><li>2015 <a href="Rachel_Brathen" title="Rachel Brathen">Rachel Brathen</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Switzerland

<ul><li>1941 <a href="Selvarajan_Yesudian" title="Selvarajan Yesudian">Selvarajan Yesudian</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>1996 <i><a href="The_Yoga_Tradition_of_the_Mysore_Palace" title="The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace">The Yoga Tradition of the Mysore Palace</a></i></li>

<li>2004 <i><a href="Yoga_in_Modern_India" title="Yoga in Modern India">Yoga in Modern India</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="A_History_of_Modern_Yoga" title="A History of Modern Yoga">A History of Modern Yoga</a></i></li>

<li>2005 <i><a href="Positioning_Yoga" title="Positioning Yoga">Positioning Yoga</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="The_Subtle_Body" title="The Subtle Body">The Subtle Body</a></i></li>

<li>2012 <i><a href="The_Science_of_Yoga_(book)" title="The Science of Yoga (book)">The Science of Yoga</a></i></li>

<li>2015 <i><a href="Selling_Yoga" title="Selling Yoga">Selling Yoga</a></i></li>

<li>2016 <i><a href="The_Path_of_Modern_Yoga" title="The Path of Modern Yoga">The Path of Modern Yoga</a></i></li>

<li>2017 <i><a href="Roots_of_Yoga" title="Roots of Yoga">Roots of Yoga</a></i></li>

<li>2019 <i><a href="Yoga_in_Britain%3A_Stretching_Spirituality_and_Educating_Yogis" title="Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis">Yoga in Britain</a></i></li>

<li>2020 <i><a href="The_Story_of_Yoga" title="The Story of Yoga">The Story of Yoga</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li>2009 <i><a href="Enlighten_Up!" title="Enlighten Up!">Enlighten Up!</a></i></li>

<li>2012 <i><a href="Breath_of_the_Gods" title="Breath of the Gods">Breath of the Gods</a></i></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_yoga_schools" title="List of yoga schools">Schools</a><br>(<a href="Modern_yoga_gurus" title="Modern yoga gurus">Gurus</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>1918 <a href="The_Yoga_Institute" title="The Yoga Institute">The Yoga Institute</a>

<ul><li><a href="Shri_Yogendra" class="mw-redirect" title="Shri Yogendra">Shri Yogendra</a></li>

<li><a href="Hansa_Yogendra" title="Hansa Yogendra">Hansa Yogendra</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1924 <a href="Kaivalyadhama_Health_and_Yoga_Research_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaivalyadhama Health and Yoga Research Center">Kaivalyadhama</a>

<ul><li><a href="Swami_Kuvalayananda" title="Swami Kuvalayananda">Swami Kuvalayananda</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1934 <a href="Viniyoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Viniyoga">Viniyoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Tirumalai_Krishnamacharya" title="Tirumalai Krishnamacharya">Tirumalai Krishnamacharya</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Yoga_Makaranda" title="Yoga Makaranda">Yoga Makaranda</a></i></li>

<li><a href="T._K._V._Desikachar" title="T. K. V. Desikachar">T. K. V. Desikachar</a></li>

<li><a href="A._G._Mohan" title="A. G. Mohan">A. G. Mohan</a></li>

<li><a href="Indra_Devi" title="Indra Devi">Indra Devi</a></li>

<li><a href="Srivatsa_Ramaswami" title="Srivatsa Ramaswami">Srivatsa Ramaswami</a></li>

<li><a href="Vanda_Scaravelli" title="Vanda Scaravelli">Vanda Scaravelli</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1934 <a href="Sivananda_yoga" title="Sivananda yoga">Sivananda yoga</a>

<ul><li><i>Yoga Asanas</i></li>

<li><a href="Vishnudevananda_Saraswati" title="Vishnudevananda Saraswati">Vishnudevananda Saraswati</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Complete_Illustrated_Book_of_Yoga" title="Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga">Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga</a></i></li></ul></li>

<li>c. 1948 <a href="Ashtanga_vinyasa_yoga" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashtanga vinyasa yoga">Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="K._Pattabhi_Jois" title="K. Pattabhi Jois">K. Pattabhi Jois</a></li>

<li><a href="Mysore_style" title="Mysore style">Mysore style</a></li>

<li><a href="Tim_Miller_(yoga_teacher)" title="Tim Miller (yoga teacher)">Tim Miller</a></li>

<li><a href="Kino_MacGregor" title="Kino MacGregor">Kino MacGregor</a></li>

<li><a href="Larry_Schultz" title="Larry Schultz">Larry Schultz</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1963 <a href="Bihar_School_of_Yoga" title="Bihar School of Yoga">Bihar School of Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Satyananda_Saraswati" title="Satyananda Saraswati">Satyananda Saraswati</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1965 <a href="Ananda_Yoga" title="Ananda Yoga">Ananda Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Kriyananda" title="Kriyananda">Kriyananda</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1966 <a href="Integral_Yoga_(Satchidananda)" title="Integral Yoga (Satchidananda)">Integral Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Satchidananda_Saraswati" class="mw-redirect" title="Satchidananda Saraswati">Satchidananda Saraswati</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1966 <a href="Kripalu_Center" title="Kripalu Center">Kripalu Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Amrit_Desai" title="Amrit Desai">Amrit Desai</a></li>

<li><a href="Stephen_Cope" title="Stephen Cope">Stephen Cope</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1971 <a href="Himalayan_Institute_of_Yoga_Science_and_Philosophy" title="Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy">Himalayan Institute</a>

<ul><li><a href="Swami_Rama" title="Swami Rama">Swami Rama</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1973 <a href="Bikram_Yoga" title="Bikram Yoga">Bikram Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Bikram_Choudhury" title="Bikram Choudhury">Bikram Choudhury</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1975 <a href="Iyengar_Yoga" title="Iyengar Yoga">Iyengar Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Light_on_Yoga" title="Light on Yoga">Light on Yoga</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Mira_Mehta" title="Mira Mehta">Mira Mehta</a></li>

<li><i><a href="Yoga_the_Iyengar_Way" title="Yoga the Iyengar Way">Yoga the Iyengar Way</a></i></li></ul></li>

<li>1975 <a href="Dharma_Mittra" title="Dharma Mittra">Dharma Mittra</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Paulie_Zink" title="Paulie Zink">Paulie Zink</a></li>

<li><a href="Paul_Grilley" title="Paul Grilley">Paul Grilley</a></li>

<li><a href="Sarah_Powers" title="Sarah Powers">Sarah Powers</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1982 <a href="Forrest_Yoga" title="Forrest Yoga">Forrest Yoga</a></li>

<li>1984 <a href="Jivamukti_Yoga" title="Jivamukti Yoga">Jivamukti Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Sharon_Gannon" title="Sharon Gannon">Sharon Gannon</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1995 <a href="Power_Yoga" title="Power Yoga">Power Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="Beryl_Bender_Birch" title="Beryl Bender Birch">Beryl Bender Birch</a></li>

<li><a href="Bryan_Kest" title="Bryan Kest">Bryan Kest</a></li></ul></li>

<li>1997 <a href="Anusara_School_of_Hatha_Yoga" title="Anusara School of Hatha Yoga">Anusara Yoga</a>

<ul><li><a href="John_Friend_(yogi)" title="John Friend (yogi)">John Friend</a></li></ul></li>

<li>2006 <a href="Core_Strength_Vinyasa_Yoga" title="Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga">Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga (Sadie Nardini)</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Modern_yoga" title="Modern yoga">Modern yoga</a></li>

<li><a href="Post-lineage_yoga" title="Post-lineage yoga">Post-lineage yoga (Theo Wildcroft)</a></li>

<li>Asanas (template)</li>

<li><a href="List_of_yoga_schools" title="List of yoga schools">List of yoga schools</a></li>

<li>Yoga scholars (template)</li>

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<li>Modern Yoginis (template)</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Ancient <a href="Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a> seats <i><a href="Darshana_Upanishad" title="Darshana Upanishad">Darshana Upanishad</a></i>, <i><a href="P%C4%81ta%C3%B1jalayoga%C5%9B%C4%81stravivara%E1%B9%87a" title="Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa">Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa</a></i>, <i><a href="Gorakhnath" title="Gorakhnath">Goraksha Sataka</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Gomukhasana" title="Gomukhasana">Gomukhasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Muktasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Muktasana">Muktasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Lotus_position" title="Lotus position">Padmasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Siddhasana" title="Siddhasana">Siddhasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Simhasana" title="Simhasana">Simhasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Sopasrayasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sopasrayasana">Sopasrayasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Sukhasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukhasana">Sukhasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Svastikasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Svastikasana">Svastikasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Virasana" title="Virasana">Virasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>Ancient non-meditation <i><a href="Ahirbudhnya_Sa%E1%B9%83hit%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā">Ahirbudhnya Saṃhitā</a></i>, <i><a href="P%C4%81ta%C3%B1jalayoga%C5%9B%C4%81stravivara%E1%B9%87a" title="Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa">Pātañjalayogaśāstravivaraṇa</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Dandasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandasana">Dandasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Kurmasana" title="Kurmasana">Kurmasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>c. 7th C. <i><a href="Ahirbudhnya_Samhita" title="Ahirbudhnya Samhita">Ahirbudhnya Samhita</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Kukkutasana" title="Kukkutasana">Kukkutasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>c. 10th C. <i><a href="Vimanarcanakalpa" title="Vimanarcanakalpa">Vimanarcanakalpa</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Mayurasana" title="Mayurasana">Mayurasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>c. 11th C. <i><a href="Amritasiddhi" title="Amritasiddhi">Amritasiddhi</a></i>, <a href="Hemachandra#Yogasastra" title="Hemachandra">Hemachandra's <i>Yogashastra</i></a>

<ul><li><a href="Muktasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Muktasana">Muktasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Shirshasana" title="Shirshasana">Shirshasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>12th C. <i><a href="Amaraugha" title="Amaraugha">Amaraugha</a></i></li></ul>

<ul><li>13th C. <i><a href="Dattatreya_Yoga_Shastra" class="mw-redirect" title="Dattatreya Yoga Shastra">Dattatreya Yoga Shastra</a></i>, <i><a href="Goraksha_Shataka" title="Goraksha Shataka">Goraksha Shataka</a></i>, <i><a href="Vasishtha_Samhita" title="Vasishtha Samhita">Vasishtha Samhita</a></i>, <i><a href="Vivekam%C4%81rta%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Da" title="Vivekamārtaṇḍa">Vivekamārtaṇḍa</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Viparita_Karani" title="Viparita Karani">Viparita Karani</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>14th C. <i><a href="Khecar%C4%ABvidy%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Khecarīvidyā">Khecarīvidyā</a></i>, <i><a href="Shiva_Samhita" title="Shiva Samhita">Shiva Samhita</a></i>, <i><a href="Sharngadhara-paddhati" title="Sharngadhara-paddhati">Sharngadhara-paddhati</a></i>, <i><a href="Yogab%C4%ABja" title="Yogabīja">Yogabīja</a></i>, <i><a href="Yogat%C4%81r%C4%81val%C4%AB" title="Yogatārāvalī">Yogatārāvalī</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Gorakshasana" title="Gorakshasana">Gorakshasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Paschimottanasana" title="Paschimottanasana">Paschimottanasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>15th C. <i><a href="Hatha_Yoga_Pradipika" title="Hatha Yoga Pradipika">Hatha Yoga Pradipika</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Baddha_Konasana" title="Baddha Konasana">Baddha Konasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Dhanurasana" title="Dhanurasana">Dhanurasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Matsyendrasana" title="Matsyendrasana">Matsyendrasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Utkatasana" title="Utkatasana">Utkatasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>17th C. <i><a href="Gheranda_Samhita" title="Gheranda Samhita">Gheranda Samhita</a></i>, <i><a href="Ha%E1%B9%ADha_Ratn%C4%81val%C4%AB" title="Haṭha Ratnāvalī">Hatha Ratnavali</a></i>, <i><a href="Yogacintamani" title="Yogacintamani">Yogacintamani</a></i>, <i><a href="Bahr_al-Hay%C4%81t" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahr al-Hayāt">Bahr al-Hayāt</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Bakasana" title="Bakasana">Bakasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Bhujangasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhujangasana">Bhujangasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Kakasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Kakasana">Kakasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Kraunchasana" title="Kraunchasana">Kraunchasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Makarasana" title="Makarasana">Makarasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Mandukasana" title="Mandukasana">Mandukasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Vajrasana_(yoga)" title="Vajrasana (yoga)">Vajrasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Vrikshasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Vrikshasana">Vrikshasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>18th C. <i><a href="Ha%E1%B9%ADh%C4%81bhy%C4%81sapaddhati" title="Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati">Hathabhyasa-paddhati</a></i>, <i><a href="Joga_Prad%C4%ABpik%C4%81" title="Joga Pradīpikā">Joga Pradipika</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Handstand" title="Handstand">Adho Mukha Vrikshasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>19th C. <i><a href="Sritattvanidhi" title="Sritattvanidhi">Sritattvanidhi</a></i>

<ul><li><a href="Akarna_Dhanurasana" title="Akarna Dhanurasana">Akarna Dhanurasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Bhairavasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhairavasana">Bhairavasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Durvasasana" title="Durvasasana">Durvasasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Garudasana" title="Garudasana">Garudasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Halasana" title="Halasana">Halasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Navasana" title="Navasana">Navasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Pashasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashasana">Pashasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Setu_Bandha_Sarvangasana" title="Setu Bandha Sarvangasana">Setu Bandha Sarvangasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Tittibhasana" title="Tittibhasana">Tittibhasana</a></li>

<li><a href="Urdhva_Dhanurasana" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdhva Dhanurasana">Urdhva Dhanurasana</a></li></ul></li></ul>

<ul><li>Late

<ul><li>1905 <i><a href="Yogasopana_Purvachatushka" title="Yogasopana Purvachatushka">Yogasopana Purvachatushka</a></i></li>

<li>1943 <i><a href="Hatha_Yoga%3A_The_Report_of_A_Personal_Experience" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience">Hatha Yoga: The Report of A Personal Experience</a></i></li></ul></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Mahamudra_(Hatha_Yoga)" title="Mahamudra (Hatha Yoga)">Mahamudra</a></li>

<li><a href="Maha_Bandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Maha Bandha">Maha Bandha</a>

<ul><li><a href="Jalandhara_Bandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalandhara Bandha">Jalandhara Bandha</a></li>

<li><a href="Mula_Bandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Mula Bandha">Mula Bandha</a></li>

<li><a href="Uddiyana_Bandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Uddiyana Bandha">Uddiyana Bandha</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Viparita_Karani" title="Viparita Karani">Viparita Karani</a></li>

<li><a href="Khecar%C4%AB_mudr%C4%81" title="Khecarī mudrā">Khechari mudra</a></li>

<li><a href="Vajroli_mudra" title="Vajroli mudra">Vajroli mudra</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Dhauti" title="Dhauti">Dhauti</a></li>

<li><a href="Basti_(hatha_yoga)" title="Basti (hatha yoga)">Basti</a></li>

<li><a href="Kapalabhati" title="Kapalabhati">Kapalabhati</a></li>

<li><a href="Nauli" title="Nauli">Nauli</a></li>

<li><a href="Tr%C4%81%E1%B9%ADaka" title="Trāṭaka">Trataka</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Anuloma_pranayama" title="Anuloma pranayama">Anuloma</a></li>

<li><a href="Bhastrika" title="Bhastrika">Bhastrika</a></li>

<li><a href="Bhramari#Pranayama" title="Bhramari">Bhramari</a></li>

<li><a href="Kumbhaka" title="Kumbhaka">Kumbhaka</a></li>

<li><a href="Ujjayi" title="Ujjayi">Ujjayi</a></li></ul>

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