Downward Dog

It doesn't get more authentic than this. Don't ask about the Fish.

PS I had wondered for some time why the Fish Pose was so named, and online resources state:

Unlike many of the poses that mimic the creatures they’re named after, Fish Pose doesn’t actually look like a fish. Instead, it’s said that if you perform this pose in water, you will be able to float like a fish.

Ditto here:

Matsyasan, or the Fish Pose, is so named because the ability to float in water is facilitated by the fact that the posture releases the inhibitions on the lungs thus allowing them a greater capacity to fill with air.

Leaving aside the fact that fish don't normally float atop the water, at least unless they're dead, this explanation isn't terribly convincing. Pretty much all the other yoga poses are named for what they look like, not for what they'll turn you into. And though I've never looked to have it confirmed, it hit me several years ago that the Fish is no exception. The difference is that you have to be in Fish yourself to see it. Not only do others look quite fishy in Fish when viewed upside down, your own view becomes quite fishlike, the floor becoming the ceiling, or rather, the water's surface, seen from below.

Posted by David on April 8, 2007 11:53 AM