Important Yoga Poses

Here are some favorite moves to calm and comfort.

Magic Z movement

The next time you are awake at night, take a yoga mat: Research shows that ancient form of exercise can help reduce stress and prevent insomnia, aches and pains keep you tossing and turning. Closed his eyes and breathed in long, slow breathing can have a calming effect on the body, said Sara Ivanhoe teachers presented in VH1 Celebrity Rehab. "I could barely sleep because I'm a baby," she said. "One of the reasons I. In yoga because I wanted to learn to relax on command"

Fight Insomnia

Just keep Iyengar Yoga Inversions to send blood to the head, can help you send dreams. Supports soft standing wide-legged forward bend is easy to relax and even help their thoughts.

How to: Stand with hands on hips and feet about four feet, toes slightly up blocks or a short stack of books on the floor in front of you .. Deep breathing rotation; Exhale, fold forward and place your hands on the floor away from the shoulder, fingers spread. Increase the spine forward, the crown on the block, such as the head and neck is fully supported. Pull your shoulders off the ears and elbows hug (if you feel the hamstring stretch, lengthen the legs and lift the block.) Close your eyes. and you breathe slowly through your nose. Continue to five minutes, and then out of the pose slowly.

Note: If you have glaucoma or high blood pressure, keep honest attitude.

Treatment of headaches

By tapping the head, you can keep from falling asleep at night, but you do not always have to swallow a pill. This step, called the legs of the wall gently stretches muscles in the neck area (often tension headaches guilty) and relaxes you at the same time, a combination that can mitigate only a few minutes of your pain.

How to: Sit on one end of the mat with the right hip touching the wall. Sit down, turn to put on the mat and extend your legs up the wall; Butt should be almost touching the wall, and your feet should be together. Place your hands on your stomach or relax on the head of the mat. Close your eyes, relax your jaw and chin slightly. Breathe slowly and deeply in this position for 3-10 minutes.

Relieve back pain

Slide in the bed should be a peaceful experience, but many Americans suffer from chronic back pain, which they easily prevented through relaxation. He was lying on the tour, you get to ward off future problems and relief stretching up and building muscles and ligaments around the spine.

How to: Lie on your back on the mat, bend your legs and press your knees toward your chest. Keep your knees bent, knees together, in order to lower both knees to the mat on the left side. Keep your knees up with your left hand and gently turn to the right hand. Raise your right hand and look right; Take 5-15 breaths. Bring your knees and hands to the center and repeat on the right side. Stretch both sides of three times when you feel tension in the back.

Stress calm

Relaxing in one minute in a posture of a child are his mind and muscles a chance to escape the daily madness.

How to: Set to move on the heels with the inside of the legs and feet. Lean, lean body over the hips and the lower end of carpets. Extend your arms forward, palms down. Relax in the pose by extending the knees or elbows slightly bent, as we would like. Concentrate on your breathing under 7:56 counter for each inhale and exhale deeply and relaxing in a pose with each exhalation.