What are the basic yoga movements for men?

In real life, practicing yoga is a way of physical health care. Long-term practice of yoga can not only achieve the effect of body shaping, but also make the body healthier and enhance body resistance. Not only women but also men can practice yoga. There are many ways for men to practice yoga. First, you need to start practicing from the basics. You can practice some basic movements, such as butterfly pose, or squat pose, etc.

Posture 1: Prayer

How to do it: Stand up straight with your feet together. Put your hands together in front of your chest. Relax your whole body. Regulate your breathing.

Benefits: Creates a state of concentration and tranquility in preparation for the upcoming practice.

Posture 2: Extended arms (arms raised upwards)

How to do it: Raise your upper arms above your head, arms shoulder-width apart. Tilt your head and upper body back slightly.

Breathing: Inhale as you raise your arms.

Benefits: Stretches the abdominal organs, thereby eliminating excess fat and improving digestion. Exercises the arm and shoulder muscles. Strengthens the spinal nerves and opens the lungs.

How to do it: Bend forward until your hands or fingers touch either side of your feet, or the ground in front of your feet. Use your forehead to touch your legs, but don't strain them. Keep your knees straight.

Breathing: Exhale as you bend forward. In the final position, try to contract your abdomen and exhale as much as possible.

Benefits: Helps eliminate or prevent stomach or abdominal diseases, reduce excess abdominal fat, improve digestion, help eliminate constipation, make the spine soft, and strengthen the spinal nerves.

Posture 4: Riding

How to do it: Extend your right leg as far back as possible. Bend your left leg at the same time, but keep your left foot in place. Keep your arms straight and in place. At the end of the movement, your weight should be supported by your hands, left foot, right knee, and right toes. In the final position, your head should be tilted back, your back arched, and your gaze upward.

Benefits: Massages the abdominal organs and improves their mobility. Strengthens the leg muscles and achieves neural balance.

Pose 5: Mountain Pose

How to do it: Straighten your legs and put your feet together, lean forward with your buttocks in the air and your head lowered so that it is between your arms. Your body should form the two sides of a triangle. In the final position, your legs and arms should be straight, and in this position, try to keep your heels on the ground.

Breathing: Exhale as you straighten your legs and bend your torso.

Benefits: Strengthens nerves and muscles in arms and legs. Bends spine in opposite direction to previous pose, thus further aiding spinal flexibility. Strengthens spinal nerves and supplies them with fresh blood.