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Power-packed yoga plank poses for stronger arms, spine
Plank exercises usually fall under the beginner’s yoga pose and have multiple benefits. For beginners, the yoga plank pose and its variations are strongly recommended to help build stamina and core body strength for practicing the advanced yoga poses. Pla ... -
11 Tips To Better Sun Salutation
Are you practicing Sun Salutation? Want to brighten up your experience even more? Here are some simple and practical tips that can help make your Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) experience complete and blissful. Happy Sun Saluting! Tip 1: Warm Up The Body ... -
How To Do Surya Namaskar
Sun Salutation – What is Surya Namaskar?- The Perfect Yoga Workout If you are pressed for time and looking for a single mantra to stay fit, here’s the answer: a sequence of 12 powerful yoga asanas (postures) that provide a good cardiovascular workout in t ... -
How to get your yoga postures correct?
Thumb rule for breathing right in yoga postures While getting into a yoga posture, stretching in the pose, or making an effort-> breathe in Holding a posture-> breathe normally Returning to normal position (coming out of the pose)-> breathe out P ... -
Cat Stretch (Marjariasana)
Even pet cats can teach us lessons in yoga! With a keen eye, the yogi absorbs ideas from the world around. Marjari asana, or the cat stretch, incorporates the excellent feline stretch in the yoga workout. Marjari = Cat; Asana = Posture or Pose How To Do C ... -
Ardha Matsyendrasana- Sitting Half Spinal Twist
Ardha = half; Matsyendra = king of the fish matsya = fish; indra = ruler. Pronounced: ARE-dah MAT-see-en-DRAHS-anna How to do Sitting Half Spinal Twist (Ardha Matsyendrasana) Sit up with the legs stretched out straight in front of you, keeping the feet to ... -
Upward Plank Pose (Poorvottanasana)
The literal meaning of this asana (posture) is to stretch towards the east. However, this has nothing to do with stretching in the east direction. Poorvottanasana specifically refers to the flow of pranaic subtle energies in the "eastern" fronta ... -
Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana)
Paschim = west; uttana = stretched out; asana = pose How to do Seated Forward bend yoga pose (Paschimottanasana) Sit up with the legs stretched out straight in front of you, keeping the spine erect and toes flexed toward you. Breathing in, raise both ar ... -
One-Legged Forward Bend (Janu Shirasasana)
How to do One-Legged Forward Bend (Janu Shirasasana) Sit up with the legs stretched out straight in front of you, keeping the spine erect. Bend the left knee and place the left foot against the right thigh, keeping the left knee on the floor. Breathing in ... -
Child Pose (Shishuasana)
Shishu= child; asana= pose Pronounced- shishuh-asanah How to do Child Pose (Shishuasana) Sit on your heels. Keeping your hips on the heels, bend forward, and lower your forehead to the floor. Keep the arms alongside your body with hands on the floor, pa ...
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