Meaning: Usta – camel
                  The asana resembles shape of a camel

Procedure:
Sit on the knees with toes pointing back and resting on the floor. Rest the palms on the hips. Deeply inahle. Then, exhaling, bend back and rest the palms on the heels. Look back and breathe normally for a few times. Inhaling, come back to normal sitting posture.
Benefits:

Cures hunch back
Tones the spine
Expands the chest and abdomen
Improves Respiration
Cures cervical spondylitis
Massages internal organs
Cures drooping shoulders

Limitations:
People with slip disc, enlarged thyroid or severe back ailments should not practise it
Ladies should not practise it …

Meaning: Dhanu  – bow
                 The asana resembles shape of a bow
Procedure:
Lie flat on your stomach. Deeply inhale  and exhaling, bend the knees. Stretch the arms at the back and hold teh ankles with respective hands. Inhaling, lift the legs and the head up. Look up and breathe for a few times. As you exhale, come down and while inahling, release the hands and lega and come back to normal lying posture.
Benefits:

The kidneys are massaged and excess fat around the abdomen is removed
The entire elementary canal is reconditioned
Affects the entire nervous …

Meaning: Jathara – stomach ; Parivartana – turning
                The asana involves rolling the stomach in one direction.
Procedure:
Lie flat on your back and stretch out both arms side ways in line with the shoulder, palms should face down. Now, inhaling, raise both the legs together till they are perpendicular to the ground. As you exhale, keep both the legs down on the floor, on the right side. Hold the big toes of the legs by the right hand. Turn the head towards the left side and breathe normally a few times. …

Meaning: Urdhwa – up ; Mukha – face
                 Paschimottasana is done with raised legs
Procedure:
Sit on the floor with legs stretched in front and hands  beside the body. Inhaling, lift both the legs straight up from the floor, holding both the toes with respective hands. As you exhale, bend the neck and touch the nose to the knee. Close your eyes and breathe normally a few times. Inhaling, raise the head. Now exhale,keep the legs back on ground and come back to normal sitting posture.
Benefits:

Cures indigestion, constipation, gastric problems and sciatica
Tones …

Meaning:  Ubhaya – both ; Padangusthasana – big toe
                  In this asana, both toes are lifted up
Procedure:
Lie down on the back,hands beside the body and legs stretched. Inhaling, raise the body up in sarvangasana. As you exhale, keep the toes above the head and dont   bend the knees ( halasana posture) . Hold the big toes with respective hands. Inhaling, come up and balance the body on hips keeping knees straight. Take a few normal breaths. Exhaling, roll back to halasana posture. Inhaling, lift the legs to come to sarvangasana. …

Meaning: Supta – lying down ; Kona – angle
                 The asana forms an angle in lying down posture.
Procedure:
Lie down on the back with legs stretched and joined,hands on the either side of the body. Inhaling, raise  the lower body from the trunk region, supporting it with hands. Exhaling, keep the toes straight above the head ( halasana posture). As you inhale, hold both the toes with respective hands and spread the legs apart without bending the knees. Close your eyes and breathe normally a few times. Exhaling, join the legs …

Meaning: Setu – bridge ; bandha – formation
                  In this asana, the body resembles a bridge
Procedure:
Lie on the ground with joined legs and hands beside the body. Bend the legs slightly at the knees and keep the feet such that both the heels should touch each other. Exhaling, put the palms beside the head and keep the crown of the head on the floor. Inhaling, raise the body to form an arch such that body weight is on heels, crown and feet. Cross the hands , keeping them on the …

Meaning: Go – cow ; Mukha – face
                the posture resembles cow's face
Procedure:
Sit on the floor with straight vision and stretched legs, hands beside the body. Exhaling, fold the left leg and keep left foot  below root of right thigh. Inhale, and as you exhale, fold the right leg and bring it over the left knee, keep the right foot near root of left thigh. Both knees should be one above the other. Again inhale,and while exhaling, raise the right arm over the head and bend it at elbow, …

Meaning: Mudra – that gives happiness
                 This pose brings about happiness
Procedure:
Sit on the floor with straight vision and legs straight, hands on the either side. Inhale, and as you exhale, fold the right leg and keep the foot on left thigh. Again inhale. Exhaling, fold the left leg and keep the left foot on the right thigh. Inhaling, cross the hands at the back and hold the respective toes with respective hands. Then, exhaling, bend down, close the eyes and keep the head on the ground. Take a few normal …

Meaning: Ardha – half
                 Matsyendrasana is done half

Procedure:
Sit on the floor with straight vision, legs in front and hands hands beside the body. Inhale, and  while exhaling, fold the right leg and keep the foot near the left thigh. Inhaling, fold the left leg up. While exhaling, put the left foot outside the right knee so that ankle and knee lie on the same line. Again inhale and exhaling, hold the left big toe by left hand, over the right knee, take the right hand behind and touch the left …