Tadasana

Variations include the side bend Indudalasana, one of the asanas sometimes called Half Moon Pose.

Standing in a back bend gives the Standing Locust Pose, Stiti Shalabhasana.

Placing the feet wider is common in vinyasa styles of yoga and provides a more stable base in this and other such standing asanas.[10]

Namaskarasana, Pranamasana, or Prayer Pose has the hands in prayer position (Anjali mudra) in front of the chest.[11]

Pashchima Namaskarasana or Reverse Prayer Pose has the hands in prayer position behind the back.[11]

Urdhva Vrikshasana, also called Urdhva Hastasana or upward tree pose, has the hands stretched straight upwards, and the gaze is upward to the Angusthamadhye Drishti (thumbs). The pose occurs twice in Ashtanga Yoga's Surya Namaskar.[12]

Parshvasana (Side Stretch Pose), also called Indudalasana, known from 1968, has the arms lifted and the body stretched over to one side.[13][14]

Anuvittasana or Hasta Uttanasana (Standing Back Bend), has the arms raised and the back arched.[15] An extreme form of the pose is Tiryang Mukhottanasana, in which the back bend is sufficient to enable the hands to grasp the ankles.[16]

Some reclining asanas such as Supta Tadasana (Reclined Mountain Pose) stem from Tadasana.[17]

Iyengar Yoga considers Tadasana pivotal as the foundation of most standing asanas. It teaches practitioners to balance the weight equally on the two feet.The feet are placed together, the shins and thighs are aligned, and the chest is lifted.[18] The pose is not distinguished from Samasthitih. The arms can be raised over the head or kept at the sides of the legs.[8] It appears in the 1st and 2nd weeks of Iyengar's āsana courses as detailed in Light on Yoga.[19][20]

In Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Tadasana is performed on the toes, while Samasthitiḥ is flat footed. In this style of yoga the two āsanas are different.[21] Samasthitiḥ is the centerpiece of the standing sequence and the foundation for the Hasta Vinyasas (arm vinyasas), Parsva Bhangi (side) vinyasas, Uttanasana (forward bending) vinyasas, and squatting/hip stretching asanas.[21] In the standing sequence, the final asana of the series (before Savasana) is Tadasana, performed on the toes.[21] In Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Tadasana is the beginning and ending asana in the warm-up Surya Namaskar sequence. It is sometimes interspersed throughout Ashtanga Series when full vinayasas are used, and it is the foundational pose for all standing asanas.[22]

The Nasagra Drishti at the tip of the nose is considered the correct drishti for Tadasana in the Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga style. Sushumna drishti is encouraged to draw the awareness inward.[5]

Uddiyana bandha, Mula Bandha and Jalandhara Bandha are all considered appropriate for Tadasana.[23]