Time to stretch those muscles! Here are five basic yoga positions you should start doing today.
It's calming, easy, and its benefits will surprise you! For many years, people relied on yoga to help them lose weight and meditate. The practice has been developed by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago.
Its science-backed benefits include reducing stress, anxiety, and chronic pain; improving heart health, promoting sleep quality, flexibility, and balance; and relieving migraines.
In this article, Tatler explores the easiest yoga positions so beginners like you can try them too!
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1. Mountain pose (Tadasana)
The Mountain pose or Tadasana is dubbed as the "mother of all poses". To do it, you should stand with your feet together and your arms relaxed at your side. Your weight must be pressed on your feet.
Straighten your legs, then tuck your tailbone. As you deeply inhale, your torso and arms must be elongated enough. Exhale and release your shoulders away from your head, toward the back of your waist as you release your arms back to your sides.