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Advanced Asana

One Footed Balances (Eka Pada)


Bird of Paradise
Svarga Dvijāsana


Revolved Bird of Paradise
Parivṛtta Svarga Dvijāsana

Big Toe
Padangustasana

Revolved Big Toe
Parivṛtta Padangustasana

Extended Big Toe
Utthita Hasta Pādāṅguṣṭhāsana

Full Dancer
Naṭarājāsana

Standing Splits
Ūrdhva Prasārita Eka Pādāsana

Half Moon
Ardha Chandrasana

Sugarcane
Ardha Chandrasana Chapasana

Revolved Half Moon
Parivṛtta Ardha Chandrasana

Two handed Balances (Dwi Hasta)


Crow Kakasana

Crane
Bakāsana

Side Crow
Pārśva Bakāsana

Scale
Tolasana

Pendant
Lolasana

Rooster
Kukkutasana

Handstand
Adho Mukha Vṛkṣāsana

Scorpion Handstand
Vṛśchikāsana II

Lotus Handstand

One Handed Handstand
Eka Hasta Adho Mukha Vrksasana

Peacock
Mayurasana
Lotus Peacock

Frog Peacock

One Handed (Wounded) Peacock
Pungu Mayurasana

Flying Pigeon/Eagle
Eka Pāda Gālavāsana

Flying Crow
Eka Pāda Bakāsana

Dragonfly/Hummingbird
Maksikanagasana

Firefly
Tittibhāsana

Shoulder Pressure
Bhujapidasana

Elephant’s Trunk
Eka Hasta Bhujasana

Eight Angle
Aṣṭāvakrāsana

Eka Pāda Kouṇḍinyāsana AKA Kouṇḍinyāsana II

Parivṛtta Eka Pāda Kouṇḍinyāsana AKA Kouṇḍinyāsana I

Other Inversions


Unsupported Shoulderstand
Nirālamba Sarvāṅgāsana

Forearm Balance
Pīñcha Mayūrāsana

Scorpion
Vṛśchikāsana I

Elbowpoint Stand
Sayanasana

Advanced Headstand Variations


Iron Cross Headstand
Various Others And More
Walk feet in circles around head
Mandalasana

Backbends


Lotus Fish
Padma Matsyasana

Intense Locust
Uttana Salabasana

Pigeon AKA Little Thunderbolt
Kapotāsana AKA Laghu Vajrasana

Bound Wheel
Chakrapīḍāsana

King Pigeon
Eka Pāda Rājakapotāsana

Seated


Compass
Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana

Front Splits
Hanumanasana

Reclined Tortoise
Supta Kurmasana

Other


Four Limbed Staff Pose
Chatturanga Dandasana

Visvamitrasana

Kasyapasana

Ear Pressure
Karṇapīḍāsana

Tortoise
Kūrmāsana

Sleeping Yogi
Yoganidrasana