1. Standing Deep Breathing
- Good for lungs and respiratory system
- Helps with mental relaxation
- Helps high blood pressure
- Relieves irritability
- Good for detoxification
- Exercises nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems
2. Half Moon with Hands to Feet Pose & Backward Bend
- Works into the whole skeletal and circulatory systems
- Opens shoulder joints
- Good for frozen shoulder
- Reduces or eliminates pain in the lower back
- Improves and strengthens every muscle in the central part of the body
- Increase the flexibility of the spine
- Increases flexibility and strength of rectus abdominis, gluteus maximus, oblique, deltoid and trapezius muscles
- Helps with sciatic problems
- Alleviates anxiety and reduces mental stress
- Stimulates pituitary gland
- Firms and trims waistline, hips, abdomen, buttocks and thighs
3. Awkward Pose
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Improves overall body strength
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Opens pelvis
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Strengthens and tones leg muscles
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Relieves menstrual cramping
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Reduces fat pocket under buttocks
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Aligns skeletal system
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Good for arthritis conditions
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Good for digestion
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Relieves joint pain
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Relieves sciatica
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Improves flexibility in toes and ankles
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Exercises liver, intestines, and pancreas
4. Eagle Pose
- Works into twelve major joints of the body
- Good for central nervous system
- Facilitates lymphatic function, improving immune system
- Improves mobility of hip joint
- Improves balance
- Strengthens legs
- Good for varicose veins
5. Standing Head to Knee Pose
- Builds mental strength
- Improves concentration
- Unifies mind and body
- Uses all major muscle groups
- Exercises digestive and reproductive organs
- Good for diabetes
- Strengthens back muscles
6. Standing Bow Pulling Pose
- Stimulates cardiovascular system
- Increases circulation to heart and lungs
- Opens diaphragm
- Opens shoulder joint
- Helps frozen shoulder conditions
- Improves spine elasticity
- Improves strength and balance
- Reduces abdominal fat
- Helps regulate ovaries and prostate gland
7. Balancing Stick Pose
- Increases cardiovascular circulation, especially to heart blood vessels
- May help clear blocked arteries
- May help prevent future cardiac problems
- Creates a total spine stretch Relieves stress from spine
- Good for varicose veins
- Builds strength in legs
- Exercises pancreas, spleen, liver, nervous and circulatory system
8. Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose
- Increases circulation to the brain and adrenal glands
- Centres nervous system
- May be good for depression
- Good for constipation
- Helps reduce abdominal obesity
- Helps with diabetes and hyperacidity
- Releases lower back
- Exercises muscular, adrenal and reproductive systems
9. Triangle Pose
- An excellent cardiovascular workout
- Intensely stretches each side of the body
- Opens and increases flexibility of hip joints
- Reduces saddle bags
- Good for kidneys, thyroid and adrenal glands
- Opens shoulder joint, good for frozen shoulder
- Strengthen and tones legs and buttocks
- Helps regulate hormone levels
- Works all muscular groups simultaneously
- Helps conditions of constipation, colitis, low blood pressure, appendicitis, spondylitis, menstrual disorders
10. Standing Separate Leg Stretching Head to Knee Pose
- May be good for depression and memory loss
- Reduces abdominal obesity
- Good for diabetic conditions
- Balances blood sugar levels
- Assists in regulating pancreas and kidneys
- Works endocrine, digestive and reproductive systems
11. Tree Pose
- Assists in correcting bad posture
- Increases hip and knee flexibility and mobility
- Stretches spine
- Releases abdominal tension
- Relieves lower back pain
- Tightens gluteal muscles
- Good for circulatory problems, arthritis and rheumatism
12. Toe Stand Pose
- Creates balance and focus in body and mind
- Strengthens stomach muscles
- Strengthens joints (hips, knees, ankles and toes)
- Helps relieve arthritis in all leg joints including hips
