Reading Time: < 1 minute Alternate Nostril Breathing helps clear these blocked energy channels, thus calming the mind. This breath helps equalize the right and left hemispheres of the brain and can support you in slowing down when your mind is feeling very busy or fast.
Guided Yoga: Happy Baby and Lion Poses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ananda balasana, also known as the happy baby pose, stretches the inner groin and lower back while calming the mind.
The Simhasana is named so as it resembles a roaring lion in its final pose. This asana requires the body and face to work towards invoking a lion’s intense roar. This is quite a comfortable asana that anyone can perform.
Guided Yoga: Camel and Downward Dog Yoga Poses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Camel Pose is a backbend that stretches the whole front of the body. It is performed on the knees and is often used as preparation for deeper backbends.
Adho mukha svanasana posture replicates a dog bending forward, hence the name downward facing dog pose. This asana can be practiced by any beginner too and with all its benefits, one should include it as a part of daily yoga practice.
Guided Yoga: Windshield Wipers Pose
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today’s Pose – Windshield Wipers Pose Windshield Wipers Pose stretches the Low Back, strengthen Core Muscles & Obliques, and Relaxes you. Try it with our Guided Yoga Videos Windshield Wiper Pose is a beginners level yoga pose and is an excellent pose for the lower back and hips and what better way to get the massage for the hips and …
Guided Yoga: Reverse Warrior and Tree Poses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reverse Warrior and Tree Poses Helps with mobility in the hips and stretches the inner thighs. Try these poses with Guided Yoga from YouVeda.
Guided Yoga: Upward Salute and Wide-Legged Forward Bend
Reading Time: 3 minutes Upward Salute is a natural way to stretch the whole body, often done automatically after sleeping or sitting for long periods. Standing up and reaching the arms overhead awakens the body from toes to fingertips, providing a boost of energy. It’s a simple way to feel rejuvenated!
Wide-Legged Standing Forward Bend is a calming forward bend that stretches the hamstrings and back. There are several arm variations and other modifications available, making this a suitable pose for yoga students of all levels!
Guided Yoga: Intense side stretch and Legs up the wall
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Intense Side Stretch pose strengthens the legs, improves balance, and stimulates the abdominal organs, which can assist with digestion.
Legs Up the Wall Pose (or Viparita Karani) is a restorative yoga posture that allows the mind and the body to relax, relieving stress and tension. It is one of the most approachable yoga poses as it doesn’t require much flexibility or strength. But even though it’s a passive pose, its benefits are pretty amazing.
Guided Yoga: Bridge Pose and Cobra Pose
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Bridge Pose is a very accurate description of the posture: Setu translates to “bridge”, and bandha to “joining”.
The Cobra Pose resembles a serpent with its hood raised.
Guided Yoga: Upward Dog and Easy Pose
Reading Time: 2 minutes The upward-facing dog is usually done as part of the sun salutation sequence of poses when you go through your vinyasa flow. The sequence typically moves from chaturanga to upward facing dog to downward-facing dog. The upward dog is often seen as a transitional posture.
Easy Pose (Sukhasana) is the name for any comfortable, cross-legged, seated position, and one of the most basic poses used in yoga practice and meditation. In this case, however, easy doesn’t mean the opposite of difficult. It means “with ease.”
Guided Yoga: Locust Pose and Marichi’s Twist
Reading Time: 2 minutes Salabhasana or Locust Pose effectively preps beginners for deeper backbends, strengthening the back of the torso, legs, and arms.
Marichi’s Pose is a fantastic stretch for the shoulder since it creates traction in the shoulder joint. You can either fold forward or twist back to deepen the shoulder opening