Yoga Posture Form A Strength Building Yoga Routine

By Patricia | November 28, 2008
 Strength Building Yoga Routine

Best Yoga Routine For Our Body

Yoga is good for the overall fitness of the body. A typical yoga workout will have all sorts of postures and asanas to stretch strengthen and tone up different parts of the body. It’s best to work with a qualified and experienced yoga instructor – the instructor can help you work on exercises that you need the most. Different people have different expectations from yoga: some want to meditate, stretch and breathe properly through pranayama and stretching yoga postures; some want to strengthen and tone up their bodies with strengthening postures; some do yoga to cope with specific diseases and health conditions. So while every yoga workout will ultimately strengthen and stretch your body, making you a healthier person; it’s best to know what you expect from the yoga workout to find the best routine for yourself.

Strengthening Yoga Routine: If your focus is on strengthening your body, you can incorporate the following yoga postures to form a strength-building yoga routine. This yoga routine has three postures that will strengthen your core muscles, lower body and the upper body.

Vajrasana (The Lightening Bolt Posture): This posture strengthens the shoulders, buttocks, legs and the lower back. It’s a good idea to hold this pose for five breaths and repeat it at least five times.

Navasana (The Boat Posture): This yoga posture is good for the lower back, legs, shoulders and abdomen muscles. Repeat this exercise thrice.

Vasistha Asana (The Side Plank Posture): This posture strengthens the wrists, back, arms and shoulders. Do this exercise twice or thrice in every workout session.

A Short And Sweet Yoga Routine: Here is another good yoga routine that can be done for 15 minutes every day. Best-suited for those who don’t have too much time to exercise; it is a complete workout and strengthens stretches and relaxes the muscles of the entire body.

Breathing And Concentrating: Sit in padmasana (lotus position) and focus on your inner self. You should inhale slowly, so that your abdominal muscles expand, and exhale deeply, so that abdominal muscles condense and the navel is drawn towards the spine.

Bidalasana (The Cat posture): This asana is good for coordinating your movement and breath.

Tadasana (The Mountain posture): A good posture-improving asana, this pose relieves back pain and strengthens the thighs.

Surya-namaskar (Sun Salutation): This comprises of a series of postures, each of which works a major muscle group of the body. Surya-namaskar stretches the hamstrings and the hip flexors, energizes the body, strengthens the spine and stimulates circulation. This consists of the following postures: Tadasana (The Mountain posture); Uttanasana (The Forward Bend posture); Lunge; Adho Mukha Shavasana (The Downward-Facing Dog posture); Balasana (The Extended Child posture); Bhujangasana (The Cobra pose); Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward-Facing Dog); The Downward-Facing Dog posture; Lunge; Forward Stretch; and, finally the Mountain pose.

Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Knee to Shoulder Position): This energizes the body and detoxifies the internal organs.

Shavasana (The Corpse pose): This is a peaceful position and helps the body to relax after the workout.

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