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7 Essential Yoga Poses For A Healthier Lifestyle

Incorporating these yoga poses into your daily routine can help you achieve better health and a more balanced life.

Yoga is an ancient practice rooted in holistic well-being that harmonises physical, mental, and spiritual health. With its different poses, yoga targets specific body and mental areas and offers a path to enhanced overall wellness. Whether you’re just starting out or have years of experience, incorporating these yoga poses into your daily routine can help you achieve better health and a more balanced life. Yoga helps to alleviate stress, enhance digestion, or improve overall flexibility; these poses provide a solid foundation for a healthier you.

Here are the top 7 yoga poses that will enhance your overall health:

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1. Paschimottanasana (Forward Bend Pose):

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(Image source: Pinterest/ Yoga ou Ioga - Só Muda a Escrita)

Paschimottanasana is best practiced in the morning on an empty stomach, as it involves deep stretching of the abdomen. This pose acts as a stress reliever, reduces abdominal fat, alleviates anxiety, and enhances flexibility in the spine. 

2. Vajrasana (Diamond Pose):

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(Image source: Canva)

Vajrasana tones the muscles of the hips, thighs, and calves, improves blood flow, and alleviates arthritis pain. It aids digestion, strengthens back and leg muscles, and improves posture. This pose is also known for relieving acidity and calming the mind, making it a perfect warm-up before more complex yoga practices. 

3. Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose):

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(Image source: Canva)

Bhujangasana stretches the shoulders, chest, and abdomen, reducing lower back stiffness and enhancing upper body flexibility. This pose controls the digestive system, relieves constipation, and strengthens the spine. This pose is also beneficial for those suffering from sciatica and asthma.

4. Padmasana (Lotus Pose):

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(Image source: Canva)

A meditative pose, Padmasana, is best practiced in the morning on an empty stomach. This pose opens up the hips, stretches the knees and ankles, and improves flexibility in joints and ligaments. It increases awareness, concentration, and calms the brain. Padmasana also helps ease menstrual discomfort, stimulates the spine, pelvis, abdomen, and bladder, and burns unwanted fat from the hips and thighs.

5. Dhanurasana (Bow Pose):

 

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(Image source: Pinterest/ Stylesatlife)

Dhanurasana, or Bow Pose, requires stretching of the abdomen, thorax, thighs, and groin. This pose strengthens the back muscles and improves digestion, appetite, and blood circulation. It is effective in curing dyspepsia, rheumatism, and gastrointestinal issues, as well as relieving constipation. 

6. Chakrasana (wheel pose):


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Resembling a wheel, chakrasana enhances spinal flexibility and oxygen flow to the lungs. This pose reduces stress and tension, strengthens the back, and burns abdominal fat. Chakrasana also promotes the better functioning of digestive and reproductive organs, induces brain cells, and rectifies menstrual problems in women. 

7. Sarvangasana (Shoulder Stand Pose):

 

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(Image source: Pinterest/ Honey Fur | Ayurveda Lifestyle | Ayurvedic Herbs Healing Remedies)

Known as the "Queen of Asanas," Sarvangasana balances the entire body on the shoulders, influencing the functioning of all body parts. This pose is effective in curing hernias, thyroid disorders, and sexual issues. It also rectifies disorders in the ears, nose, and throat, controls hair loss, and delays premature greying.

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