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A Beginner's Guide To Yoga Asanas

By Joann Grant

By asana we mean various Yoga postures. There are good number of asanas offering different exercises to body as well as mind. If you are the one who has just made a tryst with Yoga, you would be first of all made to do basic yoga asana. These basic asanas are only meant to make your body accustomed to Yoga practices. You get accustomed to yoga practice by gaining increased flexibility through basic asanas.

Asanas are very helpful in bringing rejuvenation to your body and mind. Asana happens to be one of the limbs of yoga practices. You learn tolerance, balance, patience and perseverance through yoga asana.

Asanas could be done in a seated position, standing position, turning and twisting posture, supine and balancing posture. Each posture comprises of not less than twenty asanas that could be further classified into three levels, beginner’s asanas, middle level asanas and complex yoga asanas.

Standing asanas are of great help in strengthening legs and lower muscles of your body. Sitting asanas are focused on making your hips and lower portion of back stronger. Balance yoga postures are exceptionally helpful in improving your mental condition. It also strengthens muscles. Twisting and turning asanas contribute greatly to your enhanced flexibility. And relaxation postures bring required tranquility and peace to your mind thus resulting in total mental rejuvenation.

Some popular asanas are as follows-
Shvasana: It is known as corpse pose. The asana requires you to lie on back in a completely rested state.

Utkatasna: This yoga asana happens to be awkward for many as the pose needs to be in a sitting position without chair. While keeping this pseudo sitting pose you are instructed to raise your hands towards sky or ceiling.

Padmasana: It is a sitting posture with erected back. You are also made to place your legs on opposite thighs. This asana tests your tolerance level.

Dhanurasana: It is a bit complex asana which is also known as bow position. You are made to lie with the help of your stomach and thighs with raised legs and hands taking hold of legs by raising upper portion of body. Resultant postures happen to be bow shaped.

Vajrasana: This posture demands you to bend on your knees in such a way that your hips could be placed on corresponding foots or ankles. You are also directed to rest your hands on knees.
Navasana: In this asana you are required to lift both of your legs while being in a sitting posture. Legs should make an angle of forty five degree from the surface of floor.

All these asanas are a great mixed bunch of easy and complex asanas. If you happen to be a beginner you should only opt for asanas for beginners. And practice them for your holistic health improvement.

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