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Reading Time: 2 minutes Seated Staff and Cat Poses strengthen the shoulders, upper back, chest, and abdomen. They also improve alignment. Learn about theses poses with YouVeda’s Guided Yoga. Seated Staff and Cat Poses Seated Staff Pose Seated Staff Pose might look easy, but it’s an intense strength-builder for the upper back, chest, and abdomen. This pose is the foundational posture for all seated …

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!

The Big Toe Pose is done while standing. The pose is very good for stretching many muscles of the body and ideal for people with flat feet.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today’s Poses:  Fire Log and Reclining Bound Angle Pose Fire Log and Reclining Bound Angle Pose Fire Log and Reclining Bound Angle Pose offer numerous benefits. Try this with our Guided Yoga Video series. Fire Log Pose The Fire Log Pose stretches the outer hips intensely, particularly the piriformis, which is often the main culprit of sciatic pain. Agnistambhasana (fire …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Windshield wiper pose is a favorite amongst many who practice yoga. Aside from the many benefits it provides, it is a pose that just feels good! In fact, it is an excellent pose to do every day before you even get out of bed. It stretches your back after a long night’s sleep and slowly begins to energize you and help you wake up.
Unlike most yoga poses, the Tree Pose requires keeping our eyes open in order to maintain body balance. This posture replicates the graceful, steady stance of a tree.

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Seated Straddle is a good preparatory pose for most other seated bends and twists. It is also beneficial for the wide-legged standing poses.

A classic yoga posture, Knees-to-Chest Pose has many therapeutic benefits. Because it’s performed on your back, it is sometimes referred to as “Supine Knees-to-Chest Pose.”

Reading Time: 3 minutes Corpse pose gets its name from the recumbent posture of a dead body. It is a position of rest, and is usually practiced towards the end of a yoga session – a session that typically begins with activity and ends in rest; a space or pause when deep healing can take place.

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.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Conquering Breath is one technique that helps calm the mind and warm the body. When practicing Ujjayi, you fill your lungs, while slightly contracting your throat, and breathe through your nose.

Yoga breathing exercises, called “pranayama” in Sanskrit, are an important part of developing a yoga practice.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hip flexibility is a common issue for many people today. Sitting for long periods can shorten and tighten the inner thighs, groin, and hip flexors — which can cause poor posture and back pain. Garland Pose is a hip-opening yoga posture that helps to lengthen and open the hips, creating more mobility for all of your daily activities.

The foundation of all standing poses, Mountain Pose makes a great starting position, resting pose, or tool to improve posture.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Balasana is the Sanskrit word for Child’s Pose. Although it is a very simple posture, its effects are profound. The gentle forward-folding motion allows one to tap into deep states of relaxation, as it triggers the rest-and-digest mode of our parasympathetic nervous system.

Eagle Pose brings the agility and sharpness of mind and the balancing of the wind by both wings in action are all mimicked by this unique asana.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Boat Pose builds core strength as well as relieving tension and lethargy. The core strength in the body can protect the lower back, but also refers us to our inner core. The inner core of the being takes us to the true journey of yoga, the exploration of our inner nature. So jump into the boat pose, and discover something about what yoga can truly reveal.

Bridge Pose is a very accurate description of the posture: Setu translates to “bridge”, and bandha to “joining”. Partial inversion and partial backbend, Setubandhasana is a unique combination of two of the main asana categories.