I’m doing an RYT 200 program and this app is amazing for learning pronunciation by aurally. I’m giving it 5 stars because it’s perfect for that purpose and FREE, but I have a few suggestions that might make this app even better. 1. Pronunciation Key: Diacritical marks are a great enhancement, but in the study section it would be nice to have a reference guide as to what they mean. For example, what does “a” vs. “ā” actually mean phonetically? In English, the long “ā” is pronounced like “make” or “face” but I just read elsewhere that in Sanskrit the same “ā” is pronounced like “father.” 2. Search: There’s something a little off that doesn’t allow the search to return results unless the term is entered exactly as provided. “Wheel” returns no results, but not because Urdva Dhanurasana isn’t there. You have to enter “Upward Bow Pose” or just scroll through all of the pictures to find it. If the asanas also listed their other common nicknames, like wheel, crow, and lightning bolt, that would help! There’s also inconsistency between the English translations used for Bakasana vs Parsva Bakasana that make searching funky. One is “Crane,” the other is “Side Crow,” so they don’t come up together in the search results. Similarly, if you enter “Bakasana” it only returns Crane for some reason. 3. Custom Sequence Builder: As a teacher in training, I would love to be able to lay out a pictorial version of a sequence. Even if I can’t save it, taking a screenshot of a sequence that I could drag and drop into place in a sketchpad or “whiteboard” space would be incredible functionality to have. Notwithstanding, this really is a ***beautiful*** app. I hope my suggestions provide helpful feedback because I don’t want to sound as if I’m complaining. Sincerely, thank you so much!

I am so grateful to have discovered this app. I am an avid yoga fan and currently in a 200 hour teacher training. Having a place to reinforce what I am learning and being able to hear and practice the Sanskrit is a tremendous help in my training process. I also appreciate the concise discussion of the 8 limbs of Raja yoga. if there are plans for further development having an ability to create my own sequences would be a very useful tool! The app is simple to use, great as a study tool and I recommend it for anyone who wants to be able to move between their mother tongue and Sanskrit. Anastasia Prentiss Ph.D

Neat little app that has pictures of yoga poses, their English names, Sanskrit names (in Sanskrit and transliterated to English) and pronunciations. I love the etymology feature as it helps me dissect the pose names and figure out what a pose might be. If I can offer a suggestion, the layout suffers on newer devices like iPhone 13. So may be the developer needs to rebuild for the newer devices. Nonetheless this is a gem of an app.

This app has a long list of postures/asanas with both Sanskrit names with diacritics as well as Sanskrit written. Not to mention- audio to properly demonstrate how to say it! Also includes some basic info around asana series and yoga philosophy. Lovely, easy to use, extremely helpful, and honestly the best app like this I’ve found. Thanks Rajeev!