Posts tagged "Yoga Poses"

Four-Footed Tabletop Pose or Chatus Pada Pitham

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Four -footed Table top pose or Chatus Pada Pitham (CHa-toos pada PEE-tham)
Works and lengthens your legs,arms and torso.

Reclining Hero Pose or Supta Virasana

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Reclining Hero Pose or Supta Virasana ( soup-tah veer-AHS-anna)
The reclining hero pose is a released hip opener your goal is to relax as much as possible into gravity.

Supported Shoulder Stand or Salamba Sarvangasana

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Supported shoulder stand or Salamba Sarvangasana ( sah-LOM-bah sar-van-GAHS-anna)
Basic supine inversion
Works the eccentrically in the neck, spine, legs, shoulders, and arms.
Lengthens the muscles of thoracic spine and shoulders.

Cobra with knees flexed

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Cobra pose with knees flexed
Basic prone backbending poses
Works and lengthens the spine, arms, and legs.

Camel Pose or Ustrasana

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Camel Pose is a basic backbend
Working your arms spine and legs while lengthening your arms and spine as well

Upward-Facing Dog Pose or Urdhva Mukha Svanasana

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Fitness, Yoga | by — March 14, 2013

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Upward-Facing Dog Pose or Urdhva Mukha Svanasana( OORD-vah MOO-kah shvon-AHS-anna)
Intermediate backbending arm support
Upward Facing Dog works the spine, legs, and arms.
Lengthens spine, legs, arms, and rib cage.

Plow Pose or Halasana

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Plow pose or Halasana ( hah- LAHS-anna)
Basic inverted supine forward bend
Works the spine, eccentrically in the neck, legs, shoulders and arms.
Lengthens the spine, legs,and shoulders.

Crane Pose Or Bakasana

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Bakasana ( bak-AHS-anna )
Crane Pose is an intermediate arm balance

This pose works your arms, legs and spine.
Lengthens: Spinal extensors, anterior neck muscles, rhomboids, trapezius.

King of the Dancer’s Pose or Natarajasana

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Yoga | by — March 1, 2013

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King of the Dancers Pose Is an advanced Backbending standing balance

This pose works your arms, spine, standing leg, and lifted leg.

Lengthens:
Arms: Rhomboids, latissimus dorsi, triceps, pectoralis major.
Spine: Rectuse abdominis, obliques, intercostals.
Standing leg: Hamstrings, abductors (working eccentrically)
Lifted leg: Iliacus, psosas major, rectus femoris.