Sitting asanas

cross-legged sitting meditation pose

gymnastics move

thumb|right|Gomukhasana

thumb|Pashchimottanasana

asana in yoga

thumb|upright=1.35|Siddhasana Siddhasana (; ) or Accomplished Pose is an ancient seated asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise suitable for meditation. The names Muktasana (, Liberated Pose) and Burmese position are sometimes given to the same pose, sometimes to an easier variant, Ardha Siddhasana. Svastikasana has each foot tucked as snugly as possible into the fold of the opposite knee.

thumb|upright=1.25|Balasana or Child Pose

thumb|right|Paripurna Navasana

thumb|right|Virasana

thumb|upright=1.35|Tortoise Pose, Kurmasana

thumb|right|Simhasana

seated pose where the soles of the feet are pressed together and knees drop out to the sides. It primarily stretches the inner thighs and groin muscles

seated posture in hatha yoga

thumb|Hanumanasana from 3/4 view thumb|Hanuman sets [[Lanka on Fire, at Wat Phananchoeng, Ayutthaya]]

thumb|Paripurna Matsyendrasana Matsyendrasana (; ), '''Matsyendra's Pose or Lord of the Fishes Pose is a seated twisting asana in hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise. The full form is the difficult Paripurna Matsyendrasana. A common and easier variant is Ardha Matsyendrasana'''. The asana has many variations, and in its half form is one of the twelve basic asanas in many systems of hatha yoga.

balancing posture in hatha yoga

thumb|upright=1.35|Marichyasana I Marichyasana (; , the pose of the sage Marichi) is a sitting twist asana in modern yoga as exercise, in some forms combined with a forward bend.

thumb|Shiva, [[Chola bronze, 12th-century]] thumb|Chinese wooden Guanyin in "royal ease" pose, [[Song dynasty]]

Mandukasana (; ) or Frog pose is a group of seated asanas in Hatha yoga and modern yoga as exercise, all of which put the body in a shape like that of a frog.

thumb|A variant of Gorakshasana thumb|upright|"Bhadragorakhasana" in an illustrated 1830 manuscript of the Joga Pradipika Gorakshasana (, , Cowherd pose) is a seated asana in hatha yoga. It has been used for meditation and in tantric practice.