Iyengar Yoga Styles For the Beginners

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Iyengar Yoga practice is a traditional style of yoga that has the ability to heal the body in a number of ways. It is a great practice recommended mainly for the beginners, though anyone and everyone can practice it. The postures are easy and one can get used to them soon and easily.
Some of the most common steps and postures of Iyengar Yoga that can be tried by the beginners are as follows:
  1. Uttanasana
Postures:
  • Stand with your feet stretching to the hip, and the inner edges of your feet parallel.
  • Bring down your hands either to the floor or to your shins.
  • Relax your neck, go easy and lose with your head in a hanging manner, though the shoulders must be lifted and broadened.
  • Keep your knees straight aligning your hips directly over your ankles.
  • Stretch the front of your torso, whilst straightening the back of your torso.
Yoga practices:
  • Bend your knees partially.
  • Keeping your knees bent, turn your kneecaps to face directly forwards.
  • Face your kneecaps forwards, press your big toe bases, and heel bones down.
  • Re-straighten your legs keeping the posture as it is.
  • Ensure that your knees have remained facing directly forwards.
  1. Adho Mukha Svanasana
Postures:
  • Place your hands to the floor with a shoulder-width distance between them.
  • Stretch your fingers forwards and spread them apart.
  • Position your feet with a hip-width distance between them.
  • Turn your toes forwards.
  • Keep sufficient distance between your feet and hands so that your body forms a right angle when seen from the side.
Yoga Practices:
  • Partially bend your knees.
  • With your knees partially bent, consciously adjust the angle of your knees so that they face directly forwards.
  • Without disturbing the angle of your knees gradually re-straighten your legs. As your legs re-straighten, observe any habitual tendency for the legs to turn inwards or outwards.
  • Once the legs are straight, ensure that the area above the knee, and the area below the knee press back with equal force.
  • Now press the tops of your thighs and the lower shins back with equal force.
These two styles of Iyengar Yoga Practice can be done by the beginners as well as by the experts. If you want any professional guidance for any further postures and styles, you may get in touch with Namastday Yoga Center on namastday.com. They are available on call at (310) 923-9922.

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