Simple Yoga Asanas To Start Your Yoga Journey on World Yoga Day

Yoga brings body and mind together to achieve alignment in life. Its three main aspects are movement, breathing, and meditation. Yoga Asana has many physical and mental health benefits, including flexibility, strength, emotional and physical balance, improved posture, and body awareness. 

Did you know? An āsana is a Sanskrit word that means a body posture. In English, it is called a Yoga posture or Yoga pose. It embodies a steady and comfortable posture. 

On this international yoga day, let’s meet the Yoga Influencers who teach all the basic Yoga Asanas, each with its own benefits:

TRIKONASANA (Triangle Pose) by Rishika Khandelwal @yoga.with.rishika

Rishika Khandelwal is a Yoga influencer and fitness freak. She loves dancing and is a choreographer. She teaches yoga asanas through her Reels, which are easy to learn. Riishika’s mission is to help people get STRONG and FLEXIBLE with bodyweight exercises, such as Yoga. 

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Trikonasana, a powerful yoga pose, relieves stiffness and enhances flexibility. This sideways bending pose can elongate the leg muscles, improving the strength of the thighs, calves, and legs. Its benefits extend to the back muscles of the thigh, known as hamstrings. Furthermore, making it a comprehensive exercise for the lower body.

Bhujangasan (Cobra Pose) by KumKum Patnaik @kumkumpattnaik

Kumkum Pattnaik is a Yoga practitioner. Flow with her as you learn the art of becoming a yogi. She believes that ‘The Present is All You Have.’ She also lifts weights at the gym. 

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Bhujangasana is a great stress reliever. Its benefits include strengthening the spine, improving flexibility, and stimulating abdominal organs for better digestion. It also helps open the chest and shoulders, improve posture, and relieve back pain. It also helps to strengthen core muscles and has a calming effect. 

To do Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose), lie face down with hands under shoulders. Inhale, lift your chest and straighten your arms slightly. Keep shoulders back and look upward. Hold for 15-30 seconds, then exhale and lower back down.

Uttanasana (Standing forward bend pose.) by Kruna Tyagi @karuna_tyagi123

Kruna Tyagi is a certified yoga trainer. She loves traveling and exploring nature. Wherever she goes, she likes to spend some time in nature with her Yogic Kriya. 

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Uttanasana is the go-to treatment for (or prevention of) back-related issues. It also enhances blood flow, lowers stress levels, builds hamstring muscles, and increases adaptability.

Stand straight, bend forward, and touch your feet. 

Baddha Konasana (Butterfly pose) by Somya Thakur @somya_yoga

Somya Thakur is a Certified International Yoga Trainer—RYT500 from Indore. RYT 500 means a yoga teacher has completed a 200-hour and 300-hour training. 

She is also a Certified Nutritionist. She teaches yoga through her content and also talks about its benefits. 

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Baddha Konasana’s benefits include activating the bladder’s urethra, controlling kidney issues, enhancing the digestive system, managing the menopause process, and relieving tiredness. This Yoga Asana is also called Butterfly Pose.

Dhanurasana (Bow Pose) by Siddhi Jain @_yoga_abhyasa_

Siddhi Jain is a yoga teacher who shares yoga and lifestyle tips. She is also a Spiritual Being Living A Human Life. Her way of teaching Yoga Asana is very simplified.

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Dhanurasana’s benefits include strengthening the back and abdominal muscles, improving blood circulation, adjusting hunched back and body posture, and managing diabetes, digestive ailments, and chest ailments.

Vajrasana (Thunderbolt Pose) by Ael @foldsbyael

Ael is a yoga instructor who loves exploring her lifestyle, infused with humor. Her content is all about yoga and its benefits. 

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Vajrasana is a seated pose in which you sit on your heels. However, with your hands resting on your thighs or knees. It helps improve digestion and relieves gas and bloating; it is an after-meal practice for better digestion. Other benefits are that it supports weight loss, relaxes the body, reduces bloating, constipation, and gas, controls diarrhea, calms pain due to fissures and piles, and calms the mind. 

These basic Yoga Asanas can be practiced by anyone and everyone easily. Every Yoga Asana has its own benefits, to improve your health and well-being. Follow these yoga influencers to help improve your Yoga practice on this World Yoga Day!