Yoga and all of the yoga poses are a growing trend. Mainstream culture has grasped onto this and has formed it into an exercise of the mind, body, and soul for everyone. While it's roots are certainly spiritual, the vast amount of yoga poses act as both a release from the daily tasks, but a challenge for those who want to push themselves physically. The first volume of these 11 yoga poses is simply looking to outline some of the more popular beginner yoga poses to touch on the basic technique for you to try on your own time. Yoga poses are a great form of fitness that works as a great alternative from the regular exercises in the gym. These are tremendous for your core muscles and flexibility, and the benefits translate very well into the more functional movements of regular fitness and sports activities. The benefits extend outside of sports and fitness as well by simply providing greater body health for any regular daily activity.
On to the yoga poses...
Mountain Yoga Pose
1. Standing with your feet apart at the heels, touch your large toes together to bring them all into a formed line. Begin rocking back and forth as well as side to side to find the position most comfortable for your feet without moving your heels and toes from the original positioning on the ground.
2. Flex your thighs in order to raise your knee caps and lift your inner ankles to best support the arches in your feet. Bring your inner thighs closer together and flex your core slightly to bring your pelvis and belly button together.
3. Tighten your shoulder blades together followed by lowering them down to your lower back in a rotating motion. With your hands at your side and palms facing forward, your sternum should follow the motion and begin to raise.
4. Keeping your chin parallel to the floor, align your head over your pelvic area. Press your tongue down to the floor of your mouth and relax your eyes.
5. The mountain yoga pose is also called Tadasana. This is the foundation for most all upright and standing yoga poses. Hold this yoga pose for 30 seconds to a minute at a time while practicing relaxed breathing.
Bridge Yoga Pose
1. Lay down on the floor and bend your knees. Pull your heels back towards your butt as much as you can. If you need support for your neck, place a folded towel underneath.
2. Place your hands on the floor and use both your hands and feet to raise your pelvis. Keep your rear as relaxed as possible during the lift, and grasp your hands underneath your body. Extend your hands towards your feet to best position your shoulders.
3. Raise your pelvis until your thighs are about parallel to the floor keeping your knees at 90 degrees. Lengthen the tailbone in the lift by pushing your knees away from you. Slightly bring tension to your core to bring your pelvis and naval together.
4. Flatten your head to the ground by moving your chin away from your chest. Begin firming your shoulder blades and moving your sternum towards your chin. Tighten the outer arms and widen your shoulder blades. Try to lift the space between the shoulder blades up into the torso.
5. Stay in the pose anywhere from 30 seconds to 1 minute. Release with an exhalation, rolling the spine slowly down onto the floor.
Downward Facing Dog Pose
1. Position yourself on your hands and knees. Place knees below the hips and your hands ahead of your shoulders. Spread your palms and place your index fingers roughly parallel to each other. Point your toes forward.
2. Lift the knees from the floor while exhaling and keeping the knees slightly bent with heels off the floor. Stretch your glutes towards the ceiling and squeeze your inner thighs in towards the groin.
3. Stretch your heels bringing them further towards the floor and continue pushing your inner thighs backwards. Continue lengthening your legs without locking your knees.
4. Tighten your forearms and apply pressure to the tips of both index fingers. Begin lifting from this point to your wrists and all the way up to your shoulders. Rotate your shoulder blades by bringing them together and allowing them to migrate to the lower back. Set the head in a position between the arms without letting it rest.
5. The Downward facing dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana is one of the yoga poses traditionally used in the sun salutation sequence. Remain in this pose anywhere between 1 to 3 minutes followed by bending your knees towards the floor while exhaling to finish in child's pose.
On to the yoga poses...
Mountain Yoga Pose
1. Standing with your feet apart at the heels, touch your large toes together to bring them all into a formed line. Begin rocking back and forth as well as side to side to find the position most comfortable for your feet without moving your heels and toes from the original positioning on the ground.
2. Flex your thighs in order to raise your knee caps and lift your inner ankles to best support the arches in your feet. Bring your inner thighs closer together and flex your core slightly to bring your pelvis and belly button together.
3. Tighten your shoulder blades together followed by lowering them down to your lower back in a rotating motion. With your hands at your side and palms facing forward, your sternum should follow the motion and begin to raise.
4. Keeping your chin parallel to the floor, align your head over your pelvic area. Press your tongue down to the floor of your mouth and relax your eyes.
5. The mountain yoga pose is also called Tadasana. This is the foundation for most all upright and standing yoga poses. Hold this yoga pose for 30 seconds to a minute at a time while practicing relaxed breathing.
Bridge Yoga Pose
1. Lay down on the floor and bend your knees. Pull your heels back towards your butt as much as you can. If you need support for your neck, place a folded towel underneath.
2. Place your hands on the floor and use both your hands and feet to raise your pelvis. Keep your rear as relaxed as possible during the lift, and grasp your hands underneath your body. Extend your hands towards your feet to best position your shoulders.
3. Raise your pelvis until your thighs are about parallel to the floor keeping your knees at 90 degrees. Lengthen the tailbone in the lift by pushing your knees away from you. Slightly bring tension to your core to bring your pelvis and naval together.
4. Flatten your head to the ground by moving your chin away from your chest. Begin firming your shoulder blades and moving your sternum towards your chin. Tighten the outer arms and widen your shoulder blades. Try to lift the space between the shoulder blades up into the torso.
5. Stay in the pose anywhere from 30 seconds to 1 minute. Release with an exhalation, rolling the spine slowly down onto the floor.
Downward Facing Dog Pose
1. Position yourself on your hands and knees. Place knees below the hips and your hands ahead of your shoulders. Spread your palms and place your index fingers roughly parallel to each other. Point your toes forward.
2. Lift the knees from the floor while exhaling and keeping the knees slightly bent with heels off the floor. Stretch your glutes towards the ceiling and squeeze your inner thighs in towards the groin.
3. Stretch your heels bringing them further towards the floor and continue pushing your inner thighs backwards. Continue lengthening your legs without locking your knees.
4. Tighten your forearms and apply pressure to the tips of both index fingers. Begin lifting from this point to your wrists and all the way up to your shoulders. Rotate your shoulder blades by bringing them together and allowing them to migrate to the lower back. Set the head in a position between the arms without letting it rest.
5. The Downward facing dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana is one of the yoga poses traditionally used in the sun salutation sequence. Remain in this pose anywhere between 1 to 3 minutes followed by bending your knees towards the floor while exhaling to finish in child's pose.
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