What are standing poses?
Standing poses teach you to align your body in the right manner and that is very important while practicing yoga, as they are the foundation of some asanas or poses. The standing poses help to improve your strength and flexibility, help to correct your posture and have a beneficial effect on your entire body. The following are the various kinds of standing poses:
- Tada asana or the mountain pose – This asana or pose teaches you how to be still and feel your power and strength like the still mountain.
- Trikona asana or the triangle pose – This asana or pose is in the shape of a triangle as the name suggests. The triangle is commonly found in the religious art and the mandalas and yantras that are used for meditation. This asana or pose is a part of the regular yoga practice.
- Parivritta Trikona asana or the revolved triangle pose – this asana or pose is done after the Trikona asana or the triangle pose. This improves your sense of balance and co ordination. It requires a lot of focus to do it correctly.
- Ardha Chandra asana or the half moon pose – This asana or pose helps to improve the strength and stretches the legs and arms to boost the stamina, improve your concentration and balance and also helps to relieve the back pain. This asana or pose should not be practiced when you are suffering from high blood pressure, loose motions or problems in the neck.
- Vira bhadra asana I, II, III or the warrior pose I, II, III – This asana or pose has three different variations and they help to improve your stamina, agility, balance, strength of your arms, back legs and ankles. They help to open up your chest and hips and also work out your neck, shoulders and abdomen.
- Wide-legged Forward Bend or the Prasarita Padottana asana - This asana or pose helps to stretch the hind legs and helps to reduce the stiffness and strain from them. It also stretches the muscles of the neck and the back.
Besides these asanas or poses you can also practice the Utkata asana I, II or the Chair Pose I, II, Uttana asana or the Standing Forward Bend, Adho Mukha Shvana asana or the downward Facing Dog, Parivritta Parsvakona asana or the Revolved Side Angle Pose, Pada Hasta asana Hands to Feet, Vriksh asana Tree Pose, etc. All these asanas or postures when practiced regularly are beneficial for the entire system.
