PurFact

Yoga: Seated & Floor

15 questions · Health & Medicine

Not everything in yoga happens standing or on the hands: a large part of the practice takes place on the floor, and down there it gets surprisingly varied. This pack shows fifteen seated, twisting and reclining postures: the Star folding deep over the joined soles, the reclined cross-legged twist, the sideways Yogic Seal and the rarely shown Six Triangles, where the reclined body turns into a set of angles. The boat family enters twice (revolved and in half lotus), the Fish gets its lotus variation too, and Vishnu's Couch brings the side-lying pose in which the god of preservation rests on the world serpent. Add the balancing Upward Forward Bend on the seat, the Reclined Eagle, the caught Big-Toe Pose, Side Splits with a forward lean, the knees beside the ears in Ear-Pressure Pose and, as the crowning discipline, Yogic Sleep with both legs behind the neck. Many answers hide in the detail of the legs: a half lotus turns the familiar Boat and the familiar Fish into postures of their own.

Practise for free

PurFact brings every card back right before you would forget it. That's how knowledge sticks.

8 of 15 questions with answers

Which yoga pose is this?

Yoga pose

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Star Pose

Like seated butterfly, but the torso folds deep over the feet.

Yoga pose

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Six Triangles Pose

Leaning back on the forearms with one leg tucked under: the body forms a set of triangles.

Yoga pose

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Reclined Cross-Legged Twist

Lying back, the crossed legs tip to one side while the shoulders stay down.

Yoga pose

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Sideways Yogic Seal

From a folded-leg seat the torso lays down deep to the side.

Yoga pose

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Half-Lotus Upward Stretch

One leg in half lotus while the clasped arms stretch far upward.

Yoga pose

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Half-Lotus Boat

The boat balance with one leg in half lotus and the other held straight.

Yoga pose

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Half-Lotus Fish

The fish backbend with one leg resting in half lotus.

Yoga pose

Foto: Mr. Yoga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Show answer

Vishnu's Couch

Side-lying with the head propped: named after Vishnu resting on the world serpent.

🔒 The other 7 questions are part of PurFact Pro.

Open in PurFact

How PurFact works

Practise for free

More on this topic

Health & Medicine: all topics →