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Does anyone know the name of this yoga pose?

I don’t have a picture, so I will just describe the posture.
You are sitting on the floor with both legs wide apart and they are stretched. Your back is stretched upward. Both arms are stretched up alongside the ears. So your body shape is something like this ┴
does anyone knwo the name of this yoga pose in English? it would be better if you have a picture.

When you sit with legs wide apart, but yet still not close to 180 degrees apart, in English it is generally known as Wide Angle Seated Forward Bend (in Sanskrit, Upavistha Konasana).

http://ashtangayoga.info/asana-vinyasa/primary-series/25a-Upavistha-Konasana-A.jpg

Upavistha = seated/sitting
Kona = angle
-asana = pose/seat

If you can accomplish legs 180 degrees apart (a “perfect” split), it can be called either Right Angle pose, or Equal Angle pose (Samakonasana).

http://www.yogaxtc.com/images/photos/ranjani_samakonasana.jpg

To my knowledge, there is no common English name that defines/describes either above pose with a given arm position, although, the following image was labled Samakonasana 2 (as in variation 2):

http://www.dharmayogacenter.com/_images/library/asanas/Samakonasana2.jpg

In my meager understanding of Sanskrit, you would probably just tack “Urdvha Hasta” on to the front.
Urdvha = upward
Hasta = hands

Thus “Urdva Hasta Upavistha Konasana” = Upward Arms Wide Angle pose;
…or “Urdvha Hasta Samakonasana” = Upward Arms Right Angle pose.

Namaste’,
dwb

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