Beginner Yoga Poses - Buzzle
Yoga calms the mind, makes the body flexible and brings a radiant glow on the face. Start practicing yoga today with these easy yoga poses and feel the difference in your overall health and well-being.
Anulom Vilom
This is a breathing exercise which will help in calming your mind and making you feel relaxed. To do this, sit with your back straight on a chair or a bed. Close your eyes and breathe as you normally do for a few minutes, until you can feel your breath. Next, with your right thumb, close your right nostril and then take a deep breath with your left nostril. Now, cover your left nostril with your middle and ring finger, remove your thumb from your right nostril and then slowly exhale. Repeat the same process again, this time inhaling from your right nostril, keeping your left nostril closed with your fingers. Follow it up by covering the right nostril with the thumb, uncovering the left nostril and then exhaling through the same. This yoga exercise should be repeated at least twenty times everyday and like all yoga poses should be done in a very comfortable position.
Bhujangasana
This is one of the most effective yoga exercises, which help in strengthening the muscles of the back. To do this "cobra pose", lie down on a yoga mat on your stomach. Your forehead should touch the ground, hands should be placed shoulder-width apart near the face with palms pressing on the floor, and the elbows should touch the body. Now, pressing your lower body as well as your palms, lift your upper body off the ground. Inhale and try to push your upper body towards your feet so that you bend backwards over your spine. Your aim should be to lift the pubis while doing this pose. Hold on to this position for about thirty seconds and then come back to the starting position, slowly exhaling at the same time. Cobra pose or bhujangasana is effective for flexibility as it stretches the back, chest as well as shoulder muscles. Cobra pose is also believed to be capable of providing relief from asthma and sciatica.
Shavasana
Also referred to as the "corpse position", it relaxes both the mind and the body. To do this simply lie down on your back on a yoga mat. Keep your hands on the sides and close your eyes. Now, try to remove yourself away from all thoughts and activities. Initially you may not be able to do this, but with regular practice, total detachment from things around us can be achieved. Breathe normally and stay in this position for about ten minutes. Basic yoga poses, such as these, may seem very ordinary, but the positive effects they have on the mind and the body, have to be experienced to be believed.
Tadasana
Mountain pose, as tadasana is commonly referred to, is amongst the best standing yoga poses, as it improves flexibility. To do this, stand straight with your legs together and hands on the side. Looking straight, raise your hands, without bending your arms till the level of your elbow. Both the palms should face each other. Next, raise the arms till the fingers point towards the sky. Take a deep breath and raise your heels off the ground slowly. Standing on your toes, stretch your body as much as you can and afterward, exhale and bring your heels down. Come back to the starting position by lowering your arms to your sides.
Sukhasana
Sukhasana, as the name suggests helps in providing "sukh" or pleasure to the mind and the body, by relaxing it. Simply sit in the meditation pose i.e. cross-legged and hands on the knees facing upwards, with your middle finger touching the thumb. Keep your back straight, close your eyes and take a deep breath. When breathing, do not think about the worldly things, instead, concentrate on your breath.
Although these yoga poses are quite easy to do, still to do them perfectly, it is better that you take advise from a trained yoga professional, at least in the beginning. Of course, once you have seen the perfect way of doing them, you can practice them everyday on your own and take pleasure in all the benefits that yoga has to offer you.