Helps stretch inner thighs and knees.
Can also help relieve stress, mild depression, and menstruation.
Great relaxation pose but can also be a deep stretch.
Foundation & General Alignment:
Laying flat on back, make sure to keep natural curve in neck and back.
Pelvis is in a neutral position.
Knees are bent and bottom of feet are pressed together.
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Benefits:
Can help improve balance.
Will strengthen your arms, legs, knees and ankles.
Can increase circulation to all joints.
Improves focus.
Foundation & General Alignment:
One foot standing bearing all the weight.
Opposite leg is crossed over second leg, and if able, foot is hooked around back of calf.
Bent at knees like in Chair pose.
Tummy is toned.
Benefits:
Can help relieve stress and mild depression.
Helps reduce fluid retention in your legs and feet.
Can also help relieve symptoms of menopause.
Tones legs and butt.
Foundation & General Alignment:
The base consists of the back of your upper arms, shoulders, and the back of your head.
Your elbows should be shoulders' distance apart.
Press base firmly into ground.
Benefits:
Helps teach balance.
Strengthens legs.
Foundation & General Alignment:
Foot on floor, evenly standing on all points of foot.
Knee pulled into chest if balance isn’t strong.
First two fingers looped around big toe.
Extend leg out first and then pull leg to the side for better balance.
Other arm out in “T” position for easier balance
Shoulders are back, away from ears.
Benefits:
Strengthens abdominal muscles.
Tones digestive organs.
Releases tension in the back and shoulder muscles.
Foundation & General Alignment:
Head, shoulder blades, back, and pelvis are on the floor.
Start with legs vertical and together, can be bent for beginners.
Arms are extended in a “t" like position.
The naval is twisting away from the direction that the legs are going.
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Think Ayurveda, and you may start thinking about herbs and medicinal concoctions used to stave off diseases. Well, true, to a point. But that’s not the sole and whole of Ayurveda. Instead, Ayurveda, first and foremost, is a lifestyle, a way of life. The word Ayurveda in itself can be translated as life science – in effect, Ayurveda is a set of principles to live your life by, not just recipes of herbal concoctions to drive away that cold.
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Mind-body exercises intended to harmonize the body have been trending in our culture for years now. Yoga poses elegantly shared on our Instagram and Facebook and other social media sites picture long-limbed profiles of our friends mid-stretch with hands and toes reached out to emphasize the beautiful lines and symmetry of their practiced bodies. The pictures we share may seem vain at times; however, the positive value of these poses reflects a conscious effort toward balanced symmetry, flexibility and total alignment of the body as part of a lifestyle toward holistic health.