Tag: Bow Pose

T-Raises: Stand with feet hip width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand. Bend at your knees, lean forward, keep back straight. Hold weights in front of you and move to sides forming a T. Mountain Climbers: Get into plank position. Bring left knee to chest and pull it back. Bring right knee to chest and replicate a climbing motion. Repeat for about 8 to 10 reps.

If you love cycling, it’s good to add some yoga stretches to your pre and post-biking routine. Yoga alleviates sore muscles, strain, or tension...

Depending on your body shape and genetic disposition, your body has a tendency to store more fat in certain areas. These areas are known...

If you've been to a yoga class, the glow on the skin of your yoga teacher is hard to miss. And yes, you're correct...

Hip flexors are attached to your spine and bones in the pelvis, thigh, and knees and let you bend forward. If they’re too tight, back pain and injury are likely. Loosen them up with the butterfly pose, low lunge, or the downward-facing dog for a full body stretch. To strengthen and lengthen the hamstrings, try standing and seated forward bends. For a backward bend, try the camel or bow pose.

Yoga is perfect for boosting athletic performance and you can start by strengthening the muscles around the spine. The dolphin plank pose, bridge pose, and bow pose will give you a strong core. The supine spinal twist improves your range of motion. The garland pose and happy baby pose can reduce the risk of injury and protect the hips, knees, and ankles. The seated forward bend prevents tight hamstrings.

Taking care of your back is important to improve your body posture. In the hustle and bustle of today's life, your back suffers a...

Along with all the other benefits, practicing yoga regularly can improve your sexual life. Certain yoga poses target your pelvic region, strengthen the muscles, especially those around the vagina, are great hip flexors, improve flexibility, open up the throat chakra, and improve your libido. They also improve your mood, help you relax, be confident and vocal about what you desire, and help you connect on a deeper level with your partner.

Thyroid is an important gland that helps create hormone affecting body's metabolism. Thyroid related problems may lead to anxiety, mood swings, and depression. Yoga poses like shishuasana, bhujangasan, halasana, ujjayi pranayam, and sarvangasana can keep your thyroid gland healthy.

There are many dimensions to yoga. Some do yoga to lose weight while others might use it for muscle therapy and toning. Though yoga...

Big toe pose will benefit hearing loss by improving blood flow to the ears. The triangle pose, cobra pose, and camel pose will open up your chest, throat, and neck, which will enhance circulation. Back bending moves like camel pose and fish pose will also stretch the neck. To give both sides of your body a good stretch, do the bow pose and downward facing dog. The gravity in all these positions will help relieve your ear problems.

Reducing your breast size naturally without any surgery is easier said than done. However, if your large breast size is due to inflammation, swelling, or excess weight, you can use alternative remedies to heal your body or tone up and reduce their size. For large breasts linked to being overweight, aim at an overall workout and fitness regimen with some special chest exercises and yoga asanas thrown in to strengthen the muscles of your chest and back.

Flexibility exercises in children should be practiced as a part of their daily routine. These keep them active and help to stay away from...

That belly fat is called stubborn for a reason, with permanent names like paunch, belly, muffin top, beer barrel and so on, created to...

Cobra Pose, Triangle Pose, Tree Pose and Camel Pose open up the chest, strengthen the back and improve upper body posture to reduce breast sagging. Bow Pose: Lie on your stomach. Bend your knees and grab the ankles. As you inhale, pull your legs back, raising the upper body, including your chest and drop your chin. Hold for 30 sec and breathe normally.