Reclined Bound Angle Pose is a restful pose that helps to open your hips and pelvis. This pose also provides a good stretch to your groin and inner thighs. [Read more...]
Reclined Poses : Knee Down Twist (Supta Matsyendrasana)
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Knee Down Twist improves the flexibility of your spine. Performing this pose also opens your chest and shoulders, while stretching your lower back and hips. [Read more...]
Reclined Poses : Reclined Thigh-Over-Thigh Twist (Supta Parivartanasana)
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Reclined Thigh-Over-Thigh Twist can relieve tension in your spine and hips by twisting your spine and stretching your hips. This pose also helps to open your chest, shoulders and lower back. As you twist in this pose, you massage your abdominal organs, which helps to improve digestion and elimination. [Read more...]
Reclined Poses : Raised Knee to Chest Pose
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Raised Knee to Chest Pose is a great pose for strengthening your abdominals and lower back. By stimulating your abdominal area, this pose can also help improve digestion and elimination. Regular practice of this pose can improve the flexibility in your hips. [Read more...]
Reclined Poses : Reclined Head to Knee Pose
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Reclined Head to Knee Pose stretches your hamstrings, while improving the circulation in your legs. This pose also increases the flexibility of your pelvic area and stimulates your abdominals, which helps to improve digestion and elimination. You can also use this pose to strengthen and relieve stiffness in your lower back. [Read more...]
Reclined Poses : Reclined Leg Stretch (Supta Padangusthasana)
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Reclined Leg Stretch is an excellent pose for stretching your hips, groin, hamstrings, calves and ankles. This pose can also strengthen your legs, relieve tension in your lower back and improve the circulation in your legs. You may find this pose useful to warm up your hamstrings before performing forward bends. [Read more...]
Inversions : Plow Pose (Halasana)
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Plow Pose stretches and increases the flexibility of your spine, while providing an intense stretch for your neck. This pose also stretches the entire back of your body and stimulates the nerves in your spine. You may also want to perform this pose to calm, focus and rejuvenate your mind. [Read more...]
Inversions : Shoulderstand (Sarvangasana)
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Shoulderstand strengthens your entire body, while stimulating your spine and thyroid gland. Your thyroid gland, located at the front of your neck, is responsible for regulating many of your bodily functions, such as your metabolism and body temperature. Performing this pose also provides a calm energy that nourishes your body and soul. [Read more...]
Inversions : Half Shoulderstand (Ardha Sarvangasana)
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Half Shoulderstand provides an intense stretch to your neck and shoulders. This pose is beneficial for strengthening your entire body and improving your circulation. You can also perform Half Shoulderstand to calm and rejuvenate your mind. The calmness this pose encourages can relieve insomnia, depression and mental exhaustion. [Read more...]
Inversions : Legs Up the Wall Pose (Viparita Karani)
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Legs Up the Wall Pose is a restorative pose that helps reduce tension in your head, neck and shoulders and improves your circulation. This pose can also help reduce stress, lower your blood pressure, help relieve insomnia and relieve tiredness in your legs and feet. [Read more...]
