How To Perform Yoga Postures

There are many ways in which yoga can help a person.It can help you to find balance, teach you a way of being calm, and make your body elastic enough to be able to move.A good yoga posture can help build strength.

Step 1: Lie on your stomach with your feet touching each other.

Your palms should be planted on the floor below your shoulders.

Step 2: Lift the head first and then the chest by inhaling and lifting the upper body.

Keeping your shoulders down is important.Your legs should never leave the yoga mat.

Step 3: Take a deep breath.

As you breathe, make sure that you keep it in even breaths all the way through your nose.If you want, you can go back to your starting location.

Step 4: With your palms facing down, stand up and hold your arms out.

Step 5: Stand with your knees bent and squat.

You should act like you are sitting in a chair.Your center of balance should be above your heels.Don't move your hips lower than the level of your knees, keep your legs in that position.

Step 6: While breathing through your nose, reach forward and focus your eyes.

Slowly go back to a standing position without changing the position of your arms, after holding this posture for about twenty seconds.Relax your arms once you are at the starting position.

Step 7: Place your back on the floor.

Keeping your left leg on the ground, as you breathe in, drag your right knee near to your chest.

Step 8: While holding your knee, push your shoulders and back-side of your neck into the ground.

Hold this position for just ten seconds.You might think this is short, but when you are doing this yoga posture it will seem a lot longer.

Step 9: The first two steps are repeated with the other leg.

You can finish the set by hugging both of your knees to your chest for another ten seconds.You can keep repeating this set as long as you please.

Step 10: Sit down.

Place your feet on the floor.

Step 11: While simultaneously raising your heels off the ground, make sure your legs are straight as much as possible.

Relax.

Step 12: Keep your palms facing downward by extending your arms.

You can put your hands under your knees if you have trouble.This is a difficult yoga posture to perform.

Step 13: The pose should be held for thirty seconds.

Try to keep your back as straight as possible.