Beginners Guide To Yoga Poses

Beginners Guide To Yoga Poses

14 Episodes

Join Robert Gardner & Corrina Rachel in this series where they break down essential yoga poses and how to master them

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Beginners Guide To Yoga Poses
  • Cobra (Bhujangasana)

    Episode 1

    Category: Prone
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Strengthens the spine. Stretches the chest, the lungs, the shoulders and the abdomen. Firms the buttocks. Stimulates the abdominal organs. Helps relieve stress and fatigue. Opens the heart and the lungs. Soothes the sciatica. Therapeutic for asthma...

  • One Legged King Pigeon

    Episode 2

    Category: Seated
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Stretches the thighs, groin, psoas, abdomen, chest, shoulders, and neck. Stimulates the abdominal organs. Opens the shoulders and chest.

  • Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana

    Episode 3

    Category: Forward Bend
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression. Energizes the body. Stretches the shoulders, hamstrings, calves, arches, and hands. Strengthens the arms and legs. Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause. Relieves menstrual disc...

  • Standing Forward Fold (Uttanasana)

    Episode 4

    Category: Standing
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression. Stimulates the liver and kidneys. Stretches the hamstrings, calves, and hips. Strengthens the thighs and knees. Improves digestion. Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause. Reduces fa...

  • Happy Baby (Ananda Balasana)

    Episode 5

    Category: Supine
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Gently stretches the inner groins and the back spine. Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and fatigue.

  • Mountain (Tadasana)

    Episode 6

    Category: Standing
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Improves posture. Strengthens thighs, knees, and ankles. Firms abdomen and buttocks. Relieves sciatica. Reduces flat feet.

  • Plank (Phalakasana)

    Episode 7

    Category: Balancing
    Difficulty: Intermediate
    Benefits: Strengthens the arms, wrists, and spine. Tones the abdomen.

  • Triangle (Trikonasana)

    Episode 8

    Category: Standing
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Stretches and strengthens the thighs, knees, and ankles. Stretches the hips, groin, hamstrings, calves, shoulders, chest, and spine. Stimulates the abdominal organs. Helps relieve stress. Improves digestion. Helps relieve the symptoms of menopau...

  • Upward-Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana)

    Episode 9

    Category: Backbend
    Difficulty: Intermediate
    Benefits: Improves posture. Strengthens the spine, arms, and wrists. Stretches the chest, lungs, shoulders, and abdomen. Firms the buttocks. Stimulates abdominal organs. Helps relieve mild depression, fatigue, and sciatica. Therapeutic for asthma.

  • Seated Forward Bend (Paschimottanasana)

    Episode 10

    Category: Seated
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression. Stretches the spine, shoulders and hamstrings. Stimulates the liver, kidneys, ovaries and uterus. Improves digestion. Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause and menstrual discomfort. S...

  • Spinal Twist (Supta Jathara Parivartanasana)

    Episode 11

    Category: Twist
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Stretches the back muscles and spine. Stimulates the kidneys, abdominal organs, urinary bladders and intestines. Releases stress. If the knee is straightened, it stretches the hamstrings and strengthens the legs.

  • Warrior I (Varabhadrasana I)

    Episode 12

    Category: Standing
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Stretches the chest, lungs, shoulders, neck, belly and groin (psoas). Strengthens the shoulders, arms and back muscles. Strengthens and stretches the thighs, calves and ankles.

  • Warrior II (Virabhadrasana II)

    Episode 13

    Category: Standing
    Difficulty: Beginner
    Benefits: Strengthens and stretches the legs and ankles. Stretches the groin, chest, lungs, and shoulders. Stimulates abdominal organs. Increases stamina. Relieves backaches, especially through second trimester of pregnancy. Therapeutic for carpal tunnel ...

  • Warrior III (Virabhadrasana III)

    Episode 14

    Category: Standing
    Difficulty: Expert
    Benefits: Strengthens the ankles and legs. Strengthens the shoulders and muscles of the back. Tones the abdomen. Improves balance and posture.