Iyengar Yoga Poses To Practice At Home


If you are planning to go for some self-care during this pandemic phase of Coronavirus, let it be through fitness and good health. Nothing replaces the benefits of Iyengar Yoga Practice. And the good part is that Iyengar Yoga is for everyone, including beginners. It is the best solution if you are looking to explore perfect body alignment, precise instruction, intelligent timing, and sequencing of yoga poses (asana), and breathe awareness.

But can you practice it at home? Or do you need expert professionals to train you with the postures? And the answer is, you can begin it at home and can pursue the same at professional classes after the lockdown is over.


Iyengar Yoga at a glance:

Some of the best poses of Iyengar Yoga you must try today:
  1. Uttanasana
Basic method:
  • Stand with your feet hip-width, and the inner edges of your feet parallel.
  • Reach down bringing your hands either to the floor or to your shins. Relax your neck, let your head hang, but lift and broaden your shoulders.
  • Keep your knees straight, and align your hips directly over your ankles.
  • Lengthen the front of your torso, whilst straightening the back of your torso.



  1. Adho Mukha Svanasana
Basic method:
  • Place your hands to the floor with a shoulder-width distance between them. Turn your fingers to face directly forwards and spread your fingers apart.
  • Position your feet with a hip-width distance between them. Turn your toes to face directly forwards.
  • Keep sufficient distance between your feet and hands so that your body forms a right angle when seen from the side.


  1. Trikonasana
Basic method:
  • Keeping your left heel to the wall, step your right foot away from the wall. Ensure that there is a legs length distance between your feet.
  • Turn your left foot in, and turn your right leg out.
  • Align your right heel with your left arch.
  • Reach your right hand down to the floor, or shin.
  • Extend your top arm straight up.


  1. Virabhadrasana II
Basic method:
  • With your left heel touching the wall, step your right foot out wider than a legs length distance.
  • Ensure that when you bend your front leg your knee aligns over your ankle.
  • Extend your right arm out to the side with your wrist level to your shoulder and your palm facing down.
  • As you bend your front leg, maintain contact with your left fingertips to the wall.


  1. Parsvakonasana
Basic method:
  • Position your right foot with the ball of your foot up the wall and your heel to the floor. The angle of the sole of your foot will be 45 degrees.
  • Step your left foot back so that the distance between your feet is slightly wider than a legs length.
  • Place your right hand to the floor, or block beside the right outer leg. Make sure that your right arm is in contact with your right outer knee.
  • Bring your left fingertips to the wall directly above your right foot. Your elbow is bent straight up towards the ceiling above.



All these postures for Iyengar Yoga practice have advanced versions for which you must get professional help. Namastday Yoga is the most trusted place to attend yoga classes. Due to the lockdown, their yoga centre is closed till 13th April 2020 (till further notice).

Keep an eye on their website https://www.namastday.com/ or call them at (310) 923-9922 after the scheduled lockdown to schedule your classes.

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