International Yoga Day
21 June
Yoga Poses
and
Benefits
Sanskrit:- Tadasan
English:- Mountain Pose
Benefits:-
- Promotes balance
- Directs your attention to the present moment
- Improves posture
Sanskrit:- Utkatasana
English:- Chair Pose
Benefits:-
- Strengthens your legs
- Strengthens upper back
- Strengthens shoulders
Sanskrit:- Adho Mukha Svanasana
English:- Downward-Facing Dog
Benefits:-
- Opens your shoulders
- Lengthens your spine
- Stretches your hamstrings
- Creates a calming effect
Sanskrit:- Trikonasan
English:- Triangle Pose
Benefits:-
- Promote balance
- Stretch the hamstrings and inner thighs
- Create a feeling of expansion in the body
Sanskrit:- Savasana
English:- Corpse Pose
Benefits:-
- Relaxes the whole body
- Gives you space to absorb the benefits of the practice>
- Calms the mind and reduces stress.
- Reduces headache, fatigue and anxiety.
Sanskrit:- Kumbhkasana
English:- Plank Pose
Benefits:-
- Strengthens your abdominals
- Promotes stability
- Improves body balance and posture
- Reduces belly fat and makes tummy tight
Sanskrit:- Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
English:- Upward-Facing Dog Pose
Benefits:-
- Improves posture
- Strengthens the spine, arms, wrists, shoulders, and abdomen
- Stretches chest and lungs
- Improves the lungs' breathing capacity
Sanskrit:- Dhanurasana
English:- Bow Pose
Benefits:-
- Stretches the whole front of the body
- Gives a nice massage to your abdominal organs
- Improves posture
- Stimulates digestion
Sanskrit:- Ustrasana
English:- Camel Pose
Benefits:-
- Stretches the entire front of your body
- Stretches your throat to your ankles
- Helps strengthen back muscles
Sanskrit:- Vasisthasana
English:- Side Plank Pose
Benefits:-
- Strengthens your shoulders and upper back
- Strengthens abdominals
- Promotes core and scapular stability
Sanskrit:- Navasana
English:- Boat Pose
Benefits:-
- Strengthen your abdominals and hip flexors.
- Stimulates kidneys, prostate, thyroid and intestines.
- Improves digestion
- Relieves stress
Sanskrit:- Bakasana
English:- Crow Pose
Benefits:-
- Builds (and requires) serious strength in your arms
- Builds strength in your wrists and core
- Stretches hip flexors
Sanskrit:- Urdhva Dhanurasana
English:- Wheel Pose
Benefits:-
- Strengthens the muscles in your back, shoulders, and hamstrings
- Opens the entire front of the body
- It's a heart-opener, which helps us maintain emotional stability.
Sanskrit:- Adho Mukha Vrksasana
English:- Handstand
Benefits:-
- Strengthens your shoulders, arms, and wrists
- Promote a sense of balance
- Increases the confidence and calm
Sanskrit:- Sirsasana
English:- Headstand
Benefits:-
- Strengthens your upper back, shoulders, and arms
- Benefits the circulatory, lymphatic, and endocrine systems
- enhance lung capacity
- calm the mind