A lot of people start their yoga exercises for different reasons: overweight people, married women, old people, or people with a specific health condition. All definitely starts with the beginner mode. Just like any other exercise, we don’t have to push ourselves too much at the beginning of the exercise. Instead, we can focus on 11 most powerful yoga poses & exercises and take the advantages of them.
{ 1 } Handstand Yoga Pose
Sanskrit Name: Adho Mukha Vrksasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Handstand Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Strengthens the shoulders, arms, and wrists
- Stretches the belly
- Improves sense of balance
- Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression
{ 2 } Eight Angle Yoga Pose
Sanskrit Name: Astavakrasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Eight Angle Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Atrengthens the wrists and arms
- Tones the abdominal muscles
{ 3 } Crane Yoga Pose
It offers almost similar benefits to facing dog. It improves your wrists, abs, and arms.
Sanskrit Name: Bakasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Crane Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Strengthens arms and wrists
- Stretches the upper back
- Strengthens the abdominal muscles
- Opens the groins
- Tones the abdominal organs
{ 4 } Shoulder Pressing Yoga Pose
Sanskrit Name: Bhujapidasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Shoulder Pressing Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Strengthens the arms and wrists
- Tones the belly
- Improves balance
{ 5 } Bow Yoga Pose
Sanskrit Name: Dhanurasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Bow Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Stretches the entire front of the body, ankles, thighs and groins, abdomen and chest, and throat, and deep hip flexors (psoas)
- Strengthens the back muscles
- Improves posture
- Stimulates the organs of the abdomen and neck
{ 6 } Upward Facing Two-Foot Staff Yoga Pose
It is very useful for arms, wrists, and spine.
Sanskrit Name : Dwi Pada Viparita Dandasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Upward Facing Two-Foot Staff Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Stretches the entire front body and opens the chest
{ 7 } Dedicated to the Sage Koundinya Yoga Pose
Sanskrit Name: Eka Pada Koundiyanasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Dedicated to the Sage Koundinya Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Strengthens the arms and wrists
- Tones the belly and spine
{ 8 } King Pigeon Yoga Pose
Most people apply this pose to improve their shoulder and chest strength.
Sanskrit Name: Kapotasana Yoga Pose
English Name : King Pigeon Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Stretches the entire front of the body, the ankles, thighs and groins, bdomen and chest, and throat
- Stretches the deep hip flexors (psoas)
- Strengthens back muscles
- Improves posture
- Stimulates the organs of the abdomen and neck
{ 9 } Peacock Yoga Pose
Sanskrit Name: Mayurasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Peacock Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Strengthens the wrists and forearms
- Tones the abdomen
- Strengthens the back torso and legs
{ 10 } Standing Split Yoga Pose
Sanskrit Name: Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Standing Split Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Calms the brain
- Stimulates the liver and kidneys
- Stretches the hamstrings, calves, and thighs
- Strengthens the thighs, knees, and ankles
- Stretches the back of the leg, the front thigh and groin
{ 11 } Firefly Yoga Pose
Sanskrit Name: Tittibhasana Yoga Pose
English Name : Firefly Yoga Pose
Benefits :
- Stretches the inner groins and back torso
- Strengthens the arms and wrists
- Tones the belly
- Improves sense of balance
