Find Out The 5 Basic Yoga Positions For Beginners
When you do yoga you will feel a sense of tranquility and a more balanced mind and body. Yoga can also help improve your health such as helping you with your posture and back pain, easing off your stress and keeping your muscles stretched which lessens the chances of injuries. But if you are only starting out in doing yoga positions, then you might feel overwhelmed with the various yoga poses that will be presented to you. It also does not help that some of the original or classic names of these positions are hard to understand. Good thing there are straight forward translations for these names.
These beginner yoga poses will help anyone to get easily acquainted with yoga. This will get them started on the right foot, allowing for the gradual move to more intricate yoga positions. Nevertheless, easy or hard, every yoga pose has a corresponding health benefit to give to you.
1. Child’s Pose
This one is also called the Balasana and it aims to stretch your lower muscles such as the thighs, hips and ankles. This position can help relive back pain. To do this you must start by kneeling on the floor and then stretching out your upper body on the mat. Both of your arms should also be stretched out above your head with both palms resting on the mat. Your belly should be touching your knees.
2. Mountain Pose
This yoga position is called the Mountain Pose and it will greatly help with your posture. To do this you must stand straight on your mat with your head and neck properly aligned to your spine. Make sure that your big toes are touching each other. When you do this position your knees will naturally be pressed on each other which may cause some discomfort to most people. To relieve this pressure, spread out your knees a little bit on the sides allowing for a little space between them.
3. The Cat Stretch
This yoga position will strengthen your abdominals and stretch your spine. To do this position, you should drop on all fours and then straighten out your back. Just think of an invisible line that is drawn starting from your head, to your neck and finally to your spine. Keep this invisible line straight all the time. Hold this pose for two minutes.
4. The Uttanasana
Also called the Uttanasana, this is a pretty straight forward position. This will stretch your hamstrings, providing for more flexibility. To do this pose, stand straight on your mat then bend down with your hands reaching the sides of your feet. Make sure to flatten your palms on mat. Put all your weight on the balls of your feet. When you do this you will quickly feel your hamstrings being stretched. Hold your position for as long as you can.
5. Raised Hands Pose
This position is also called the Urdhva Hastasana and it will help improve your posture as well as strengthen your thigh muscles. To do this position, stand straight and then stretch out both of your arms upward way above your head. Put your palms together touching each other flat while keeping both arms straight. Pull back your shoulder blades.
