Yoga Poses for Beginners

How the Different Asanas Can Improve Your Health and Mental Well-Being!

There are multiple reasons why you should incorporate yoga in your daily life. It helps improve your core strength, makes you flexible and fit and also brings about the perfect balance between your body, mind and soul. And with meditation and pranayam breathing, you will able to beat stress and fatigue. Today, we are going to discuss some yoga poses for beginners. Are you ready to learn about them? Let’s go!

Marjariasana or cat-cow pose

It is a great way to warm up your back and make your core strong without putting extra pressure on your wrists and shoulders. To do this asana, you need to get on the mat with yoir hands below your shoulders and knees below your hips. Make sure that your weight is distributed equally. You need to inhale and round your back so that it arches up while you lower the chin to your chest. You will feel a stretch to your tailbone starting from the neck – you will look like a cat. When you exhale you need to lower your back so that your body is scooped up while you lift your head and tilt it back -here you will look like a cow.

Benefits: This asana helps to improve your digestion. Your mind will be relaxed and your spine will become flexible. Your knees, wrist and shoulder joints will also become strong.

Shishuasana or child’s pose

It is often referred to as a reset asana which many practice whole taking a breather between the other asanas. You need to lower your butt to your heels and bring the chest towards the floor and over the knees. Do this asana while you are still in the cat-cow pose. Mow lower your shoulders and bring our head to the floor. You need to place your arms along the sides with the palms down. Make sure to breathe and relax for as long as you need.

Benefits: It will help you overcome constipation and will soothe your frayed nerves. This asana helps to stretch your hip, thigh and leg muscle.

Adho mukha savanasana or downfard dog facing pose

It is one of the most common yoga poses for beginners. In this asana, your body forms an inverted V-shape. Place both your hands on the mat with the palms facing down and while your ands are slightly in front of the shoulders. You need to place your knees on the grown under the hips. Make sure to exhale as you lift the knees from the ground and lift your butt with th hips toward the ceiling. Now you need to push the top of your thigh back and stretch out your heels towards the floor. Make sure that your head is between your upper arms and not hanging down.

Benefits: This asana helps to calm the nervous system and helps improve your overall flexibility. It opens up the shoulders and decompresses the spine, sculpts the legs and tones the arms.

Baddha Konasana or bound angle pose

: More commonly known as the butterfly pose, it gives the impression of a butterfly flapping its wings. For this asana, you need to sit in a comfortable position with your legs stretched out completely.now fold the knees and bring your feet close to your pelvis. You will find that the soles are touching each other. Sit straight so that you can breathe comfortably.

Benefits: Your bowel movements will improve and there will be better flexibility in the hip and groin area. This asana also helps to get rid of the discomfort experienced during menstruation.

Summing it up:

We recommend that you get enrolled in a yoga retreat and learn about these asanas or poses from a certified yoga teacher. There are many yoga retreats that are offering in-depth courses like:

• 50 HOUR AERIAL YOGA YTTC, GOA, INDIA
• 200 HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING (MULTI STYLE)
• 300-HOUR YIN VINYASA & MEDITATION YTTC
• 100 HOUR YIN YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
• 100-HOUR VINYASA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
• 100 HOUR MEDITATION & YOGA NIDRA YTTC

Get enrolled in any one of them and make the most of these courses.