Yoga

FM Bureau | 10-February-2013

Mermaid Pose

Benefits

•  It lifts and opens the heart
•  Provides a deep stretch to the thighs, groins, shoulders, and chest
•  Improves mobility in the spine and hips
•  Strengthens the abdominal muscles
•  Stimulates the organs of the torso

Uttanasana (Intense Forward-Bending Pose)

How to do?

Stand with feet together and then hinging forward from the hips, letting the head hang, with palms placed flat on the floor near the feet.

Benefits

The pose gives a complete stretch to the entire back of the body, particularly the hamstrings.

Strengthens the thighs and knees

Keeps your spine strong and flexible

Reduces stress, anxiety, depression, and fatigue, calms the mind and soothes the nerves

Tadasana (Mountain Pose)

It is the basic standing asana in most forms of yoga with feet together and hands at the sides of the body. There is some contention between different styles of yoga regarding the details of the asana which results in some variations.

Benefits

It allows the body and consciousness to integrate the experience the preceding āsana and prepare for the next

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