| Yoga is a very common style of exercise that is | | | | together, grab your ankles. Now that we are in this |
| practiced by people all over the world. These | | | | position, we are going to inhale and raise heads and |
| exercises help to build strength and flexibility in our | | | | our chest at the same time we are going to pull on our |
| bodies by creating a balance. Yoga is derived from | | | | legs with our hands. This will lift our knees and thighs |
| ancient India and is still going strong in its beliefs and | | | | off of the mat. Now, we want to breathe normally all |
| practices. If you are just starting your yoga training or | | | | the while we are trying to raise our legs higher and our |
| are curious about some basic postures for yoga, then | | | | heads up. We are now bent into the Bow posture. |
| perhaps this article will be of some benefit to you. We | | | | With this yoga posture, we are balancing our body |
| will discuss a few of the basic postures that are easy | | | | weight on our abdomens. |
| to do. | | | | Once we have reached this final step, we can stop or |
| The first posture that we will discuss is called The | | | | we can continue to stretch your body a little further. |
| Cobra. When doing this posture, we want to do this in | | | | To do this we need to move our hands down our legs, |
| easy stages. First we want to lie down with our | | | | lifting them higher. Keeping our knees together, we |
| forehead touching the floor, our face needs to be | | | | want to pull back as much as possible. Now we want |
| prone and our legs should be tight together and | | | | to hold position for a few normal breaths, then we will |
| stretched back. Next we want to place our hands | | | | will relax and return back to our face prone positions |
| under our shoulders with our palms facing down. Once | | | | with our heads to one side. We have now |
| we have done this we want to inhale and raise your | | | | successfully completed the Bow posture. |
| head back pressing your neck backwards. The next | | | | The last posture position that we will discuss in this |
| step is with the use of our hands we will push up our | | | | article is the Shooting Bow posture. This posture is also |
| trunks until we have formed a beautiful arc that | | | | known as Akarna Dhanurasana. To start, we will sit |
| reaches from the lower part of our spine to the back | | | | with our backs straight and our legs extended. Now |
| of our necks. | | | | we want to extend forward and reach our feet with |
| Once we have reached this point, there is really no | | | | both our hands. We want to grab hold of our left foot |
| need to go any further, but if you feel that you can, | | | | with our right hand and using our left hand we will grab |
| then you can fully extend your arms. Beginning at the | | | | hold of our right foot. |
| knees you can bend your legs and stretch your head | | | | While we inhale, we will bend the left knee and bring |
| as if try to touch your feet. Whether or not you can | | | | our left foot close to our chest across our body. We |
| actually touch your feet with your head is not | | | | also want to make sure that our elbows are pointing |
| important as long as you can hold the posture and | | | | up, while slightly twisting our body to the right. The left |
| remain deep breathing. When coming out of this | | | | hand that is holding the right foot needs to stay tight |
| posture, we want to do this very slowly. Return to | | | | and firm. While we are holding this position we will |
| start position with our faces prone, then relax with your | | | | breath normally, then slowly release and relax. |
| head to one side. This is the Cobra posture. Now all | | | | Once we have completed this step, we will repeat the |
| you have to do is repeat the steps. | | | | same steps for the opposite side. For beginners to |
| The second posture of yoga that we will discuss is | | | | yoga or this posture position, it will suffice to hold the |
| called the Bow. This posture is a more extreme | | | | now bent left leg with our right hand. Once you have |
| version of the simple bow posture. Amazingly, there is | | | | done this a few times and it becomes easier to do, |
| an outstanding number of children who can easily do | | | | we will reach down and grab hold of our left foot with |
| this posture easily almost immediately. As with the | | | | our right hand. Now we will continue to pull on our left |
| Cobra posture position, this one also we want to do in | | | | foot, bringing it higher with each breath that we exhale. |
| stages. First, let us lie face prone on our mats. For this | | | | These are just a few of the basic yoga posture |
| posture, you may want to consider a padded mat, if | | | | positions that you do easily. They are perfect for the |
| you are a slim person with a neck that is thick. Now | | | | beginner yoga trainee and will help you train your body |
| we are gonna inhale and bring our knees up. | | | | to be more flexible and stronger at the same time. By |
| Now that we have our knees up, we want to extend | | | | following these steps, you will start to create a balance |
| your arms back and while our fingers and thumbs are | | | | in your body that can not be achieved any other way. |