4 Yoga Basics for Beginners!

Yoga is a kind of exercise that anyone must try. However, there are people who are still in doubt whether to continue it or not. The Ilchi Lee yoga for beginners will make your experience a lot better and fun!

1.    Tadasana or the mountain pose can help us improve our posture, clarity of the mind, ad sense of center. You do this by simply standing on your both feet but make sure that your feet are apart from each other in order for you to have a balance because your weight will spread evenly. Put your arms on your sides, and then breathe deeply and slowly with even pacing. Notice also that your neck must be aligned with each other and the rest of the spine. Now, as you focus try to move your arms as well as hands together. Other people put their hands together like as if they are praying and then they reach stretch like they are reaching the sky.

2.    Adho mukha svanasana or the downward facing dog position. Some of the benefits of this position is it encourages the full body circulation. To do this, you need to do a dog like position. Your fingers must be spread wider for stability. The toes must be curl under and press your hips carefully upward, so that your whole body will project like an inverted letter V. don’t forget to bend your knees too and try to walk like dogs do.

3.    Vriksasana or tree pose position. This kind of exercise can improve the body balancing and can strengthen your thighs, ankles, calves, and spine. How to do this, you need to shift your body weight on your left leg and keep your hips forward. Now, place the sole of the right foot inside and then your left thigh, then balance. While you are having such kind of position, make a position like you are praying with your hands together, then slowly reach the sky like the mountain pose. After doing it, repeat what you have done on the other side.

4.    Setu bhanda or bridge pose. Suck kind of pose will allow you to strengthen your chest, spine, and neck. Other considers this kind of yoga pose as great warm-up before doing any difficult or complicated yoga posses. You need to get a floor mat because you must lie down while doing this yoga pose. While lying on the floor, put your arms on your side; knees bent while pressing it in order for you to lift your hips upward.

Once done, clasp both hands under your back and then you need to press it to support your whole body. Gently lift your hips and then bring the chest towards your chin.

There are still many yoga for beginners poses. You don’t need to visit an expert for you to try doing yoga because as long as you know how to follow instructions and if you have your own DVD wherein you can follow the yoga posses done by the model, then surely you can do the yoga expertly.