What are Yoga Asanas? Top 10 Yoga Asanas for beginners and their benefits.

Yoga Asanas

·         Yoga asanas are the best and safest way to minimize our extra weight and to meditate on our mind and body. 

·         The ancient practice types of yoga asanas have a wide variety of benefits for the mind and body, including other benefits such as providing strength and endurance, relieving tension, and even curing many diseases.

·         Yoga is about relaxing our body in various forms and meditation. Yoga poses like Surya namaskar (Sun Salutation), Dhanurasana (Bow Pose), Bhujangasana (Cobra pose), Kapalabhati pranayama and so much other successful yoga poses help to minimize both our weight and the fat in our bellies.

Top 10 Yoga Asanas for beginners and their benefit:-

1.   Neck stretch yoga asana

Starting with yoga, one should continue with simple exercises like slow stretches of the neck first. It is recommended that this yogic slow neck stretches perform few repetitions as it relieves stress and pressure in the neck. You can easily do this yoga pose standing anywhere, including sitting on your chair.

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2.               Mountain pose (Tadasana Yogi)

This asana is also known as mountain pose Tadasana is one of the strongest yoga asanas. Practicing this yoga asana regularly every morning gives our hands, back, spine, and entire body a good massage. It is also the most popular asana for height increase.

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3) (Triangle Pose)Trikonasana Yoga

This trikonasana yoga stretches and strengthens the muscles, thereby strengthening our body's functions. To pregnant women, this is a successful exercise in yoga. This helps to reduce blood pressure, stress, and anxiety and also increases blood functions in the body. This yoga asana strengthens our power of balance & focus. It also reduces waste and thigh fat.

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4) (Standing Forward Fold Pose) Uttanasana

Uttanasana is a forward bending pose that helps us to relax from tension and anxiety. And this standing forward bend variant offers a deep shoulder stretch with the arms tie. It also lets the arms extend and tense the shoulders to relax by linking the wrists. It also brings back some blood to the brain, thus giving the legs a great stretch.

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5) Kapalbhati Yoga Asana

Kapalbhati pranayama is the most prescribed exercise in respiratory yoga that cures our stomach disease and loses weight. Practicing kapalbhati pranayama for 5 minutes regularly removes toxins, and increases metabolism. This even treats constipation, acidity, diabetes, asthma, and all manner of respiratory problems, sinus, and even hair loss. This is very beneficial when it comes to weight loss (mainly belly fats). 

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6) ( Bow Pose) Dhanurasana Yoga:

Dhanurasana's weight loss program is very successful. This yoga pose helps to very quickly raising the fat in the stomach. It stretches is shown as two sets of the twelve asanas, with a transition in the second set when the opposing leg is first moved. It improves flexibility, energy, balance, reduces stress and anxiety, reduces back pain symptoms, shortens labor and improves birth outcomes, and reduces sleep disturbances and hypertension. It also increases strength and decreases fatigue and is of great benefit to asthma & chronic diseases. It is the standard yogasana package for stretching your legs and lowering weight.

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7) (Bound Angle Pose) Baddha Konasana Yoga:

This yoga pose for beginners helps to loosen up the hips and relieve the pain of sciatica that can be made worse by sitting for long periods. The sciatic nerve begins in the lower back and runs down both legs and, when the nerve is somehow squeezed, sciatic nerve pain may occur. This is compounded by lengthy commutes and sitting for long periods of time.

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8) (Headstand Pose) Sirsasana:

It treats insomnia (sleeping disorder), spine problems with a daily practice of this asana, and also improves concentrating powers & mental health. This enhances the supply of blood in the brain and boosts cognitive and memory functions. Even people with liver disease, impaired circulation of the blood, and headache should regularly practice this asana.

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9) Eagle Twist Yoga Posture

This asana helps to relax and is also an effective means of increasing side-to-side relaxation of the spinal cord. Every day with regular practice of this asana, one can ease pain in the lower belly and lower back.

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10) Yoga Squat Pose (Malasana):

Yoga also embodies this position that has tons of health benefits. You will reach Malasana by standing parallel with feet, much wider than the hips. Then bend knees and slowly lower the pelvis down until the hips go below the knees. Hold the back straight and hold arms in a prayer posture in front of you. The Malasana pose helps stretch the thighs and lower back, tones the stomach, and also reduces tension in the hips and knees.

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