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The 7 Best Strength-Building Yoga Asanas for Beginners...

Yoga poses for beginners are a great way to develop muscle strength and stamina.

Whether you are looking to increase your core and arm strength or your body posture with yoga, these asanas for strength can work those tight muscles. However, to make the most of these poses and achieve the desired results, it is important to perform them correctly and consistently.

Vrikshasana / Tree Pose

Vrikshasana, done standing like a tree and maintaining balance, is a great asana for beginners. This asana helps in balancing. During the practice of this asana, you learn to balance the breath and also learn to balance the body on one leg. This asana helps in making you strong from the core.

To do this pose:

In this posture, first of all stand straight, then bring both your hands near the thighs.

Keeping the right knee bent, place it on the left thigh, and keep the left leg firmly on the ground during this time.

Keep the left leg straight and normalize the speed of breathing.

While inhaling slowly, raise both the hands upwards.

Make a posture of 'Namaskar' by taking both the hands up.

Keep an eye on an object from a distance and maintain balance.

Keep the spine straight. The body will remain strong as well as flexible.

Take deep breaths inwards, while exhaling, release the body.

Slowly bring the hands down.

Now put the right leg on the ground as well, and stand in the same way as you were standing before the posture.

Now repeat the same process with the left leg.

Warrior II (Virabhadrasana II)

Yoddha 2 pose is especially beneficial for those who run. Practicing this asana helps them a lot in warming up the muscles before running. It strengthens the core, legs, back and arms.
Due to this, the muscles of the thighs become stronger and the chances of getting injuries in them are also reduced. Along with this, the rate of recovery of injuries also increases.

To do this exercise:

For this asana, stand straight with your left leg forward and your right leg backward.

Keep the right leg bent at 90 degrees and your hip to the right.

Bend your left knee so that it comes over your left ankle, and keep your thigh as close and parallel to the ground as possible.

Keeping the shoulders resting on your hips, extend the left arm forward and the right arm backward. Keep the head facing forward.

Maintain this posture, and take four to five deep breaths in this position.

Do it the same way with the right leg.

Trikonasana

In Trikonasana, the body forms the shape of a triangle, hence it is named Trikonasana. By doing this asana, you can keep your bones strong. Apart from this, doing this yoga plays a big role in reducing back pain and reducing obesity.

To do this exercise:

First of all, stand straight and hold a brick each on both your hands.

Keeping your heels inward, extend your left foot outwards.

Both your heels should be in a straight line.

Breathe in and while bending your body at the hip, turn to the left and raise your right arm straight up.

In this posture, your head will be in line with your torso.

Relax your body while exhaling.

Plank Pose (Phalakasana)

This is an easy elementary level exercise to be done lying down. Plank pose, also known as Phalakasana in Sanskrit. While doing Phalakasana, the balance of the body has to be made on both the hands. Phalakasana is considered a part of Six Pack Yogasana. While doing this asana, pressure on the abdominal muscles starts in a few seconds. With its regular practice, the accumulated fat on the stomach can definitely be reduced.
This asana is one of the best exercises to strengthen the shoulders, lower back and abdominal muscles.

To do this pose:

Begin with Phalakasana with Uttanasana.

Straighten legs back, and tuck your toes.

Keep the body lifted on both the palms.

Spread the fingers of the hand and put the entire weight of the body on the toes.

Don't lock your elbows, and keep your hips in the correct position - neither too low nor too high.

Maintain this posture for a few seconds to a minute.

If unable to maintain this position, drop your knees for balance.

After this, come to Balasan and rest for some time.

Downward Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)

Downward-Facing Dog Yoga Pose is also one of the best poses for beginners. Downward facing dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) is symbolic of bending forward like a dog, hence it is called Adho Mukha Swan Asana. It helps to stretch the calves and hamstrings and also strengthens the legs and arms. It also helps in increasing strength in the external oblique abdominal muscles.

To do this pose:

Keeping your knees and hands on the floor, take the body from all four sides in a table position.

The back should be like the top of the table and both the arms and legs should be like the legs of the table.

Bend the toes, and push back with the hands. Simultaneously raise your hips, and straighten your legs.

Press the palms on the ground, strengthen it with the help of the shoulders. Keeping the throat tight, touch the ears with the arms.

Take long deep breaths, remain in the state of downward swan. Keep your eyes on the navel.

To come back, get back on your knees and hands.

Dolphin Pose (Ardha Pincha Mayurasana)

Dolphin pose is the most posture to strengthen the shoulders. In this posture, the body looks like a peacock munching on grains and on the other hand a diving dolphin fish, which is why it is known by both the names Ardha Pinch Mayurasana and Dolphin Pose. The pose may seem easy, it requires a lot of flexibility.

To do this pose:

First of all lie down on your stomach.

While inhaling, lift the body with the help of feet and hands.

The body will fall into a table-like shape.

While exhaling, lift the hips upwards.

Keep the elbows and knees tight.

The shoulders and arms should remain in a straight line during the practice of this asana.

The feet will be in line with the hips and the ankles will be on the outside.

Press the hands down towards the ground.

Try to stretch the neck, keep touching the ears, inner part of the hands.

Try to focus your eyes on the navel.

Stay in this position for a few seconds.

After that keep the knees on the ground.

Come back to the table position again.

Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)

Bhujangasana, widely known as Cobra Pose, is a backward bending pose. Which stretches the entire upper body and relieves back pain and stiffness in the shoulders. This is one of the best beginner-friendly strength-building yoga poses to ease upper body pain. This asana is done by lying on the ground and bending the back. While the head is in the position of the raised hood of the snake.

To do this exercise:

Begin the pose by lying on your stomach, resting your forehead on the mat and placing your hands under your shoulders. Make sure that your ankles keep touching each other.

Lift upper chest and shoulders off mat but without pressing into your hands.

Take the shoulders away from your ears, and keep looking straight or at the floor to avoid straining the neck.

To release this pose, lower your forehead back down, and inhale.

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