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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.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nadi Shodhana commonly referred to as alternate nostril breathing, is a simple but highly effective practice that cultivates a feeling of centered calm in the mind and body. It is clinically shown to have a beneficial effect on several cardiovascular parameters, harmonize the hemispheres of the brain, as well as the nervous system.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Head-to-Knee Pose (Janu Sirsasana) is an excellent stretch to relieve tight hamstrings, the muscles in the back of your thighs. If you tend to dislike doing a seated forward bend with both legs straight, this pose may come as a pleasant surprise. Taking your stretch one leg at a time allows you to go a lot deeper and feels so much better.

Natarajasana is an advanced balance pose that brings grace, peace of mind, and clarity. The pose is additionally a deep backbend that requires great strength in the entire front line of the body. The Front Line of the body extends from the quadriceps, through the hips, abdominals, chest, and even the front of the throat.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Pigeon Pose is a hip opener forward bend. It stretches the entire lower part of the body, stimulates the abdominal organs and helps relieve the body of Sciatica.

Thread the Needle pose (Sucirandhrasana), also known as Eye of the Needle or Figure 4 pose, is much less intense than Pigeon pose, but just as effective for opening the hips, and safer for those with any limitations such as knee or hip issues.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bharadwaja’s Twist and Big Toe Pose strengthen the legs and ankles, stretch the backs of the legs, and improve balance. Try these poses with Guided Yoga from YouVeda.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Bridge Pose is a beginning backbend that helps to open the chest and stretch the thighs.

Cat pose is often paired with Cow Pose for a gentle warm-up sequence. When practiced together, the poses help to stretch the body and prepare it for other activities.

Reading Time: 2 minutes A seated yoga posture, Gomukhasana can be performed along with a set of different seated asanas. It helps stretch the arms, triceps, shoulders, and chest. Requiring the practitioner to sit erectly, it also enhances one’s posture.

Sitting in a chair may sound very easy and comfortable. But sitting in an imaginary chair might be a little challenging! And this is exactly what we do in Utkatasana or Chair Pose. The literal meaning of Utkatasana is an intense posture or a powerful posture.