Cue / Poses

The Cue pose library

Every pose and breath practice in the app, 152 of them, with the Sanskrit name, three cues you can say out loud, where the eyes go, and what to offer afterwards.

StandingBalancingSeatedForward FoldsBackbendsTwistsCoreArm BalancesInversionsRestorativeBreathworkSequences

Standing

Poses built from the feet up. Most of a vinyasa class lives here. 34 poses.

Chair PoseUtkatasanaBeginnerGarland PoseMalasanaBeginnerGoddess PoseUtkata KonasanaBeginnerLow LungeAnjaneyasanaBeginnerMountain PoseTadasanaBeginnerReverse WarriorViparita VirabhadrasanaBeginnerRunner's LungeAshwa SanchalanasanaBeginnerStanding Side BendIndudalasanaBeginnerStar PoseUtthita TadasanaBeginnerThree-Legged DogEka Pada Adho Mukha SvanasanaBeginnerTriangle PoseTrikonasanaBeginnerUpward SaluteUrdhva HastasanaBeginnerWarrior IIVirabhadrasana IIBeginnerWide-Legged MountainPrasarita TadasanaBeginnerAirplane PoseDekasanaIntermediateBalancing StickTuladandasanaIntermediateBound Warrior IIBaddha Virabhadrasana IIIntermediateCrescent LungeAshta ChandrasanaIntermediateEagle PoseGarudasanaIntermediateExtended Side AngleUtthita ParsvakonasanaIntermediateHalf MoonArdha ChandrasanaIntermediateHigh LungeUtthita Ashwa SanchalanasanaIntermediateHumble WarriorBaddha VirabhadrasanaIntermediateLizard PoseUtthan PristhasanaIntermediateSide LungeSkandasanaIntermediateWarrior IVirabhadrasana IIntermediateWarrior IIIVirabhadrasana IIIIntermediateBird of ParadiseSvarga DvijasanaAdvancedBound Side AngleBaddha ParsvakonasanaAdvancedDancer PoseNatarajasanaAdvancedExtended Hand-to-Big-ToeUtthita Hasta PadangusthasanaAdvancedStanding Head to KneeDandayamana JanushirasanaAdvancedStanding SplitUrdhva Prasarita Eka PadasanaAdvancedToe StandPadangusthasanaAdvanced

Balancing

One point of contact, one steady gaze. Balance is attention, trained. 3 poses.

Bird DogDandayamana BharmanasanaBeginnerStanding Quad StretchNatarajasana (prep)BeginnerTree PoseVrksasanaBeginner

Seated

Hips, groin and spine, worked slowly from the floor. 16 poses.

Bound AngleBaddha KonasanaBeginnerDeer PoseMrigasanaBeginnerEagle ArmsGarudasana (arms)BeginnerEasy SeatSukhasanaBeginnerGate PoseParighasanaBeginnerHero PoseVirasanaBeginnerStaff PoseDandasanaBeginnerCow Face PoseGomukhasanaIntermediateFire Log PoseAgnistambhasanaIntermediateFrog PoseMandukasanaIntermediateHalf LotusArdha PadmasanaIntermediateHeron PoseKrounchasanaIntermediateWide-Angle Seated Forward BendUpavistha KonasanaIntermediateLotus PosePadmasanaAdvancedMermaid PoseNaginyasanaAdvancedSplitsHanumanasanaAdvanced

Forward Folds

Back-body length. Folding is as much about the exhale as the hamstrings. 13 poses.

Half Forward FoldArdha UttanasanaBeginnerHalf SplitsArdha HanumanasanaBeginnerHalf TortoiseArdha KurmasanaBeginnerHead-to-Knee Forward BendJanu SirsasanaBeginnerRagdollBaddha Hasta UttanasanaBeginnerSeated Forward FoldPaschimottanasanaBeginnerStanding Forward FoldUttanasanaBeginnerWide-Legged Forward FoldPrasarita PadottanasanaBeginnerHands to Feet PosePada HastasanaIntermediatePyramid PoseParsvottanasanaIntermediateRabbit PoseSasangasanaIntermediateStanding Separate Leg Head to KneeDandayamana Bibhaktapada JanushirasanaIntermediateStanding Separate Leg StretchingDandayamana Bibhaktapada PaschimottanasanaIntermediate

Backbends

Front-body opening, from gentle sphinx to full wheel. 22 poses.

Bridge PoseSetu BandhasanaBeginnerCat PoseMarjaryasanaBeginnerCat-CowMarjaryasana-BitilasanaBeginnerCobra PoseBhujangasanaBeginnerCow PoseBitilasanaBeginnerKnees-Chest-ChinAshtanga NamaskaraBeginnerLocust PoseSalabhasanaBeginnerSeal PoseBeginnerSphinx PoseSalamba BhujangasanaBeginnerStanding BackbendAnuvittasanaBeginnerBow PoseDhanurasanaIntermediateCamel PoseUstrasanaIntermediateFish PoseMatsyasanaIntermediateFixed Firm PoseSupta VajrasanaIntermediateFull Locust PosePoorna SalabhasanaIntermediatePigeon PoseEka Pada RajakapotasanaIntermediateReverse PlankPurvottanasanaIntermediateSaddle PoseSupta VirasanaIntermediateUpward-Facing DogUrdhva Mukha SvanasanaIntermediateWild ThingCamatkarasanaIntermediateKing PigeonRajakapotasanaAdvancedWheel PoseUrdhva DhanurasanaAdvanced

Twists

Spinal rotation. Lengthen first, then turn. 12 poses.

Bharadvaja's TwistBharadvajasanaBeginnerSeated TwistArdha MatsyendrasanaBeginnerStanding TwistParivrtta TadasanaBeginnerSupine TwistSupta Matsyendrasana / Jathara ParivartanasanaBeginnerThread the NeedleParsva BalasanaBeginnerGarland TwistParivrtta MalasanaIntermediateMarichi's PoseMarichyasanaIntermediateRevolved ChairParivrtta UtkatasanaIntermediateTwisted LungeParivrtta AnjaneyasanaIntermediateCompass PoseParivrtta Surya YantrasanaAdvancedRevolved Half MoonParivrtta Ardha ChandrasanaAdvancedRevolved TriangleParivrtta TrikonasanaAdvanced

Core

Deep abdominal and low-back work, including the plank family. 9 poses.

Forearm PlankMakara Adho Mukha SvanasanaBeginnerHalf Boat PoseArdha NavasanaBeginnerPlank PosePhalakasanaBeginnerSide Plank with Knee DownVasisthasana (variation)BeginnerSit-upBeginnerTabletopBharmanasanaBeginnerBoat PoseNavasanaIntermediateChaturangaChaturanga DandasanaIntermediateSide PlankVasisthasanaIntermediate

Arm Balances

Weight in the hands. Strength, but mostly placement and nerve. 6 poses.

Crow PoseBakasanaIntermediateEight-Angle PoseAstavakrasanaAdvancedFirefly PoseTittibhasanaAdvancedFlying PigeonEka Pada GalavasanaAdvancedScale PoseTolasanaAdvancedSide CrowParsva BakasanaAdvanced

Inversions

Hips or heart above the head, from Downward Dog up to Headstand. 8 poses.

Downward-Facing DogAdho Mukha SvanasanaBeginnerDolphin PoseArdha Pincha MayurasanaIntermediatePlow PoseHalasanaIntermediateShoulderstandSarvangasanaIntermediateForearm StandPincha MayurasanaAdvancedHandstandAdho Mukha VrksasanaAdvancedHeadstandSirsasanaAdvancedScorpion PoseVrschikasanaAdvanced

Restorative

Propped, supported and slow. Nothing to achieve. 19 poses.

Banana PoseBananasanaBeginnerChild's PoseBalasanaBeginnerConstructive RestBeginnerFigure Four StretchEka Pada UtkatasanaBeginnerHalf Happy BabyArdha Ananda BalasanaBeginnerHappy BabyAnanda BalasanaBeginnerKnee to ChestApanasanaBeginnerLegs Up the WallViparita KaraniBeginnerLegs on ChairViparita Karani (variation)BeginnerNeck ReleaseGreeva SanchalanasanaBeginnerPuppy PoseAnahatasanaBeginnerReclined ButterflySupta Baddha KonasanaBeginnerReclined PigeonSucirandhrasanaBeginnerReclining Hand-to-Big-ToeSupta PadangusthasanaBeginnerSavasanaBeginnerSide-Lying RestParsva SavasanaBeginnerSupported BridgeSetu Bandha SarvangasanaBeginnerWind Removing PosePavanamuktasanaBeginnerSide-Reclining Leg LiftAnantasanaIntermediate

Breathwork

Pranayama. The practices that set the pace for everything else. 8 poses.

Alternate Nostril BreathNadi ShodhanaBeginnerBox BreathSama VrittiBeginnerLion's BreathSimhasana PranayamaBeginnerNatural BreathSahaja PranayamaBeginnerStanding Deep BreathingPranayama (Bikram)BeginnerThree-Part BreathDirga PranayamaBeginnerUjjayi BreathUjjayi PranayamaBeginnerKapalabhatiKapalabhati PranayamaIntermediate

Sequences

Short chains of poses taught as one unit. 2 poses.

Sun Salutation ASurya Namaskar ABeginnerSun Salutation BSurya Namaskar BIntermediate

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