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Standing Deep Breathing
Pranayama(Sanskrit)
- Mental relaxation
- Detoxification
- Works the nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems
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Half Moon Pose
Ardha-Chandrasana(Sanskrit)
- Helps lower back pain, constipation, obesity of stomach, bronchi distress, scoliotic, deformities, frozen shoulders
- Works deltoid, trapezius, pectoralis major and hamstings
- Exercise the colon, pancreas and kidney
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Awkward Pose
Utkatasana(Sanskrit)
- Helps to open pelvic area, alleves joint pain and arthritis of the knees, strengthens lower limbs, relieves sciatica, improves flexibility in toes and ankles
- Works quadriceps and deltoids
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Eagle Pose
Garurasana(Sanskrit)
- Strengthens lower extremities, joint mobility for hip girdle and all 12 major joints. By creating pressure in the joints and releasing allows fresh blood supply to flow in.
- Control of sexual energies, improves function of central nervous system
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Standing Head to Knee
Dandayamana-Janushirasana(Sanskrit)
- Improves concentration, avoids sciatica by improving circulation and flexibility, reduces diabetes, strengthens back muscles and nerves
- Works the muscular, skeletal, reproductive and digestive systems
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Standing Bow Pose
Dandayamana-Dhanurasana(Sanskrit)
- Increases circulation to the heart and lungs
- Improves elasticity of the spine by compressing the spine
- Helps with lower back pain
- Opens diaphram and lungs
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Balancing Stick
Tuladandasana(Sanskrit)
- Increases blood flow all over the body at the same time
- Clears arteries
- Builds strength in lower extremities
- Works the pancreas, kidney and spleen
- Works muscular, reproductive, nervous, and circulatory system
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Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose
Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Paschimotthanasana(Sanskrit)
- Helps for constipation, abdominal obesity and hyper-acidity
- Increases circulation to the brain and adrenal glands
- Good for small and large intestines
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Triangle Pose
Trikanasana(Sanskrit)
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Good for kidneys
- Helps chemical imbalances in the system
- Helps colitis constipation, hip and back pain, spondilitis, general mobility and menstrual disorders
- Cardiovascular benefits
- Works circulatory, digestive, immune and reproductive systems
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Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose
Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Janushirasana(Sanskrit)
- Helps abdominal obesity, diabetes, thyroid, blood and sugar balance, pancreas and kidneys
- Works endocrine, reproductive, and digestive systems
- Works obliques, iliosoas, quads and deltoids, trapezius, biceps and triceps
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Tree Pose
Tadasana(Sanskrit)
- Creates hip and knee mobility
- Releases abdominal tension
- Helps inflammation of the lower back
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Toe Stand
Padangustasana(Sanskrit)
- Creates balance in the body and the mind
- Strengthens stomach muscles
- Helps with arthritis, knee problems and gout pain
- Strengthens weak joints
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Dead Body Pose
Savasana(Sanskrit)
- Dead Body Pose facilitates powerful blood flow, then lets circulation return to normal, creating internal cleansing and greatly magnifying the benefits of the postures that precede it.
- We begin to learn relaxation.
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Wind-Removing Pose
Pavanamuktasana(Sanskrit)- Helps constipation, flatulence and hyper acidity
- Massages ascending colon, descending and transverse colon
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Cobra Pose
Bhujangasana(Sanskrit)
- Decreases stiffness of the lower back
- Improves menstrual irregularities
- Relieves stress and fatigue, elevates mood and invigorates the heart
- timulates organs in the abdomen, like the kidneys
- Soothes sciatica
- Helps to ease symptoms of asthma
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Locust Pose
Salabhasana(Sanskrit)
- Locust Pose has many of the same benefits as Cobra, but it is even better for slipped discs and sciatica.
- It strengthens the upper spine, and the uncomfortable stretching of the arms can actually relieve tennis elbow.
- Locust can also help with varicose veins in the legs.
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Full Locust Pose
Poorna-Salabhasana(Sanskrit)
- Full Locust increases strength in the middle spine; it is good for scoliosis, kyphosis, spondylosis and slipped discs.
- It opens up the rib cage and increases elasticity there.
- It also firms the abdominal muscles, upper arms, hips and thighs.
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Bow Pose
Dhanurasana(Sanskrit)
- Bow Pose opens up the rib cage, which allows the lungs to expand more fully.
- This 360-degree flexion of the spine revitalizes all the spinal nerves by increasing circulation, and strengthens the spine along its entire length.
- Besides helping with all manner of back problems, Bow Pose aids digestion, fights constipation, and combats bronchitis and diabetes while improving the functioning of the large and small intestines, the liver, kidneys and spleen.
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Fixed Firm Pose
Supta-Vajrasana(Sanskrit)
- Fixed Firm Pose strengthens and improves the flexibility of the lower spine, hips, knees and ankle joints.
- It increases circulation to the lower limbs, and is therapeutic for lower back pain, sciatica, rheumatism and varicose veins.
- It helps prevent hernias.
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Half Tortoise Pose
Ardha-Kurmasana(Sanskrit)
- Provides maximum relaxation
- Cures indigestion, constipation and flatulence
- Stretches lower part of the lungs – good for emphysema and asthma
- Helps diabetes
- This posture also stretches the lower part of the lungs, which is therapeutic for asthma, and counter indigestion, flatulence, constipation and irritable bowel syndrome.
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Camel Pose
Ustrasana(Sanskrit)
- Strengthens muscles in the back and shoulders
- Produces maximum compression of the spine, stimulating the nervous system
- Improves flexibility of the neck and spine
- Relieves backache
- Helps kypho-scolitic deformities
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Rabbit Pose
Sasangasana(Sanskrit)
- Stretches spine, maximum extension – opposite of Camel
- Helps maintain mobility and elasticity of spine and back muscles
- Nurtures the nervous system, brings blood to the brain, helps cure depression
- Helps diabetes
- Helps with colds, sinus problems, chronic tonsillitis, sore throats and strep throat
- Good for thyroid, parathyroid and larynx
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Head to Knee Pose and Stretching Pose
Janushirasana and Paschimotthanasana(Sanskrit)
- Helps to balance blood sugar level, especially good for diabetes
- Good for the immune system, stimulates the thymus
- Improves kidney function
- Increases circulation to the liver and the spleen, pancreas, thyroid, thymus and intestines
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Spine-Twisting Pose
Ardha-Matsyendrasana(Sanskrit)
- Only posture that twists the spine from top to bottom at the same time
- Improves flexibility of spine and hip joints
- Helps prevent slip discs
- Increases circulation and nutrition to spinal nerves, veins and tissues
- Helps sciatica
- Improves digestion
- Helps tennis elbow
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Blowing in Firm Pose
Kapalbhati in Vajrasana(Sanskrit)
- Helps to rid body of toxins
- Good for emphysema and other respiratory ailments
- Stengthens, massages and increases circulation to the abdominal organs and muscles, including the diaphram
- Good against high blood pressure and good for the heart
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