Advanced SessionThe advanced Yoga session is for those who have attained relative mastery over the beginner’s session.
There are no fixed rules as to how long after the beginner’s session you ought to go in for the advanced session. The Advanced session includes all the poses of the Beginner's session with additions of a few more. Just listen to your body and what it is telling you.
Once you feel comfortable enough to retain Yoga poses for a relatively long period of time, you can progress to the Advanced Session. It is as follows:-
Tadasana – Mountain Pose
Tadasana promotes stillness, strength, relaxed power, and permanent stability connected with mountains.
Vrikshasana – Tree Pose Vrikshasana helps strengthen the thighs, calves, ankles and back, while enhancing balance and concentration.
Particularly recommended for people suffering from sciatica and flat feet.
Trikonasana – Triangle PoseTrikonasana is excellent for the spine, back, legs, hamstrings and calf muscles. It promotes superb for promoting blood circulation.
Padahastasana – Hands to Feet posePadahastasana has most of benefits as the Forward Bend. It helps trim the waist, restore elasticity of the spine, and stretch the tendons of the legs, particularly the hamstrings.
Vajrasana – Warrior PoseVajrasana helps stretch and strengthen your arms and legs. This asana also increases stamina, enhances balance and concentration, and can also relieve backaches.
Adho Mukha Svanasana – Downward Dog PoseAdho Mukha Svanasana improves spinal flexibility, while stretching your hips and middle and low back. It also rejuvenates your body, and helps prevent back problems.
Salabhasana – Locust Pose Salabhasana targets the lower part of your body. It even strengthens your abdominal area, arms, and legs.
Bhujangasana – Cobra PoseBhujangasana greatly enhances spinal flexibility and strengthens the muscles in your arms and back.
Sarvangasana – Shoulder StandSarvangasana is the king of all asanas. It enhances circulation, strengthens the abdominal area, and stimulates the thyroid gland.
Single Leg Raises Single Leg Raises are done to prepare one’s body for other exercises. Single Leg Raises also benefit your legs, lower back muscles, and abdominal area..
Double Leg RaisesIn Double Leg Raises the full length of your back is resting on the floor and your shoulders and neck get exercised and relaxed, alternately.
Shavasana – Final CorpseTo really appreciate the benefits of relaxation, you must, first and foremost, be familiar on what it feels like to be tense. All else connected to that pose including auto-suggestions are discussed in detail in the section on Yoga asanas. |