It is not shameful to "steal" from animals

Starting from the 3rd century BC, India's Yoga Sutras began to circulate widely in China and the West. As a way of fitness for self-cultivation, rest and spiritual cultivation, yoga is widely accepted and welcomed. Yoga postures are a system of movements with strong self-regulating functions that people summarized through observing the living conditions of animals and plants.

There is also a record in China's "Zhuangzi": "Bears exercise and birds stretch, just for longevity." Later, the Five Animal Exercises performed by the great doctor Hua Tuo more vividly illustrated that animals can be regarded as mentors to humans in dealing with "health" issues. The contents of the Five Animal Exercises mainly include tiger exercise, deer exercise, bear exercise, ape exercise and bird exercise, and among the 84 yoga movements, more than 20 of them imitate animal movements.

King Pigeon Pose: From the side, look like a dove foraging for food, twisting the upper body and head.

Effects of the pose: Strengthen abdominal muscles, eliminate abdominal fat, make thighs longer and waist thinner. Prevent visceral sagging, improve gastrointestinal function, eliminate constipation and strengthen the back. It has a relaxing effect on the body and joints and is helpful for people who are timid, impulsive or nervous. This is a full-body exercise to improve physical fitness.

Downward Dog Pose: According to the Sanskrit translation, this pose is a stretch with the dog facing downward.

Benefits of the pose: eliminate fatigue, slow down heart rate, strengthen legs, enhance leg stretching, relieve stiffness in shoulder blades, relieve shoulder arthritis, relieve headaches, insomnia, back pain, and fatigue. This pose gently stimulates your nervous system, and regular practice of this pose can rejuvenate your entire body. It can also slim your legs!

Butterfly pose: It gets its name because the position of the legs resembles the wings of a butterfly, constantly opening and closing during the movement.

Effects of the pose: It promotes blood circulation in the pelvic area, helps open the hips, has a certain effect on the recovery and treatment of prostate diseases, and can also correct irregular menstruation. Practicing this posture regularly can also prevent women from having yellow complexion and spots.

Bird King Pose: In ancient Indian legends, the "Bird King" is the mount of the god Sita. This action was inspired by the bird king.

Effects of the pose: Bird King Pose is a difficult balancing pose. It not only exercises the body's balance, but also shapes the leg lines, improves concentration, and cultivates women's elegant aura.

Spider pose: The legs, upper arms, and lower arms and hands intersect behind the back, looking like a spider with many legs.

Effects of the posture: It is most effective for slimming down enlarged buttocks. It can also promote the secretion of ovarian hormones, thereby strengthening the breasts, tightening the abdomen, and beautifying the back and waist lines.

Locust pose: The Sanskrit translation is locust pose, and the movement of the legs lifting up is very similar to the legs of a locust.

Posture benefits: Locust pose can exercise the strength and flexibility of the back, shape the legs, and doing it regularly can relieve back pain.

Cobra pose: It gets its name because the body is crawling on the ground and the head is raised high like a cobra.

Effects of the pose: Cobra pose increases circulation, allowing the liver and kidneys to obtain more blood nourishment; it also improves the health of the respiratory system, endocrine system, digestive system and reproductive system. As the backbend deepens, it also strengthens the back muscles and helps restore flexibility to the spine.

Cow Face Pose: The back of this pose looks like an inverted cow's head, hence the name.

Effects of the pose: Cow Face Pose can open the shoulder joints while expanding the chest, making the arms more flexible, and enhancing the flexibility of the knees.

Lion pose: Like a lion roaring and biting, the face looks a bit ferocious, yet a bit funny.

Benefits of the pose: It stretches facial muscles, prevents and slows down the appearance of wrinkles; relieves discomfort in the ears, nose and throat; is beneficial to the eyes, thyroid gland and glands in the neck, eyes and ears; improves voice quality; helps overcome stuttering; stretches and strengthens the tongue and massages the larynx; enhances blood circulation in the throat to prevent colds; strengthens the lungs.