What are the elementary yoga poses?

Yoga is now a very popular sport. Many people like to practice yoga. Yoga can effectively prevent various diseases and is very beneficial for physical exercise. However, there are many people who are new to yoga and don’t know what the basic yoga poses are. If you don’t have a deep understanding of yoga, let me introduce some basic yoga poses to you! I hope this will be of some help to those who practice yoga.

Asana Teaching

Yoga pose type: Wind-blown tree pose

In yoga teaching, there is a standard commentary: "Reach the limits of your body." The greater the stretching, twisting, and bending, the better. Yoga poses that bend the spine backwards are exercise methods that violate the structure of the human body. If you force yourself to "reach the limit of your body", you will inevitably damage your spine.

Yoga pose type: Triangle pose

Those difficult yoga poses that bend the spine backwards are undoubtedly harmful to the spine. Some simple yoga poses, such as the backward bend at the beginning of Cobra Pose and Sun Salutation, can cause great damage to the spine when they put force backward on the spine. The spine should not be bent excessively to both sides. For example, yoga poses such as Wind-blown Tree Pose and Triangle Pose can also damage the spine.

Yoga pose type: Wheel pose

Yoga poses can cause both acute and chronic injuries to the spine. In acute cases, one must go to the hospital immediately. The damage to the spine, which starts from small steps and accumulates slowly, is hard to detect at first. By the time the pain becomes obvious, the situation is already very serious.

Yoga pose type: Crescent pose

Some people who are new to yoga may feel comfortable after practicing poses that bend the spine backward.

This kind of comfort is because when you first start practicing yoga, the damage to the spine is still relatively minor, and these yoga poses that bend the spine backwards can activate the stiff back muscles that are usually inactive, so practitioners will feel comfortable at the beginning. When you practice for a long time, damage to the spine accumulates and comfort turns into pain.

There are many things to pay attention to when practicing yoga. Short-term practice will not have any effect. If you want to achieve a certain goal through practicing yoga, you must persist. It is best to practice regularly. In addition, it is best to practice for about an hour a day. Too long time will cause fatigue. Beginners are advised to choose yoga that suits them according to their physical condition and the advice of their instructor.