Examples for

Yoga Poses & Sequences

Yoga is a type of physical exercise where you focus on controlling your body while maintaining your position. Wolfram|Alpha delivers information on classical yoga poses commonly practiced in yoga classes and assists in finding poses that meet your goals, such as strengthening your core or gaining overall flexibility.
Yoga Poses

Find basic instructions for and illustrations of yoga poses for beginners as well as for advanced practitioners, or find a specific set of yoga poses that meets your goals.

Get information about a yoga pose:

Inverted Seal Pose
Pincha Mayurasana
Upward Lotus Pose

Compare yoga poses:

downward facing dog, upward facing dog pose
Bikram Triangle Pose, Triangle Pose, Parsvakonasana

Get information about a class of yoga poses:

advanced yoga poses
yoga poses for better posture
yoga poses to strengthen abdominal muscles
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Yoga Pose Properties

Learn about the benefits of specific yoga postures and the body positions and muscles needed for them.

Look up a yoga pose property:

why should I do Vrksasana
what muscles help support Duck Pose
pigeon pose spinal position
body position of Virabhadrasana III
cow pose joint motion

Compare a property for multiple yoga poses:

intensity levels for bow pose and locust pose

Get information about a property for a class of yoga poses:

which standing yoga poses are inverted
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Yoga Sequences

Explore the series of poses in Bikram, Ashtanga, Sivananda or Jivamukti yoga.

Get information about a yoga sequence:

Sun Salutation A
Ashtanga Primary Series
Jivamukti spiritual warrior
Sivananda 12 basic postures
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