Yoga Moves toKeep You Healthy

Life is very tough and busy our body faces many challenges. We need to push ourselves to the limit to succeed in our life. We always need to do a little more to stay ahead of everyone. This race of doing a little more and staying ahead leads to many health and mental problems. Busy work schedules, travelling, hectic and unhealthy lifestyle, unhealthy eating habits, etc all lead to many health problems even at an early age. It has become difficult for people to find time to visit a yoga retreat or meditation retreat and practice yoga there. People find it difficult to manage time for work out and therefore just give up the idea of workout. To get rid of this we would today speak about some simple yoga moves that will help you stay healthy.

These simple moves can be practiced at home. You can thus now not give the reason of lack of time for practicing the asanas and ignore your health further. If you wish to practice these asanas you need a couple of things:
Yoga Mat, Yoga DVD and of course time. Working out for 20-30 minutes a day will prove very beneficial to you. You might spend this time in travelling if you join some class but if you decide to practice it at home you can utilize this time. We have listed a few asanas for your reference:

Pranayam/ Breathing Exercise:
This is the basic exercise in yoga. It is a breathing exercise and a sort of meditation as well. Reading the next few steps will help you practice this move.

1.Dress up in your yoga attire. Sit in an upright posture on your yoga mat.

2.Sit upright with your legs folded and your spinal cord at 90 degrees with the floor. Do not bend or lean.

3.In this exercise you need to observe your breath. Using your index finger and thumb, first close your right nostril with thumb and inhale from your left nostril. Now close your left nostril with your index finger and exhale breath from right nostril.

4.Repeat this a couple of times.

Cat Pose:
1.Get on the floor in cat position that is with your palms and legs touching the floor.

2.Your hand should be exactly below your shoulder and your fingers stretched apart.

3.Now slowly bending your knees place the hands on the hips.

4.Now breathing in pull your chin towards your chest. Exhaling your breath look upwards to the ceiling and stretch your back.

Palm Tree Move:
1.Standing straight at your place, place your arms straight just besides you touching your body.

2.Now lock the fingers of your hand together, and face your palm upwards to the ceiling.

3.Now look up at your hand.

4.Looking upwards at your hands try to balance on your tiptoes. Hold for 10 seconds.

5.Come down relax and repeat again

These are some simple yoga moves for your mind, backbone and complete body. These poses are not difficult, however, it needs a bit practice. These are very simple poses that keep you healthy even without attending any yoga retreat or getting formal training from yoga instructor.
Get started now and live a healthy life.

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