Yoga means relaxation and sports, inner peace and sweaty gym. You don´t need neither a specific place, nor special equipment for the respective exercises. With a simple sleeping mat and comfortable clothing you can complete all yoga exercises at home. We show you six basic positions, succeed the beginners in yoga.
Sun Salution
A typical warm-up exercise in yoga is the sun salutation. The many changing positions attach all areas of the body and so prepare the muscles on the asanas (yoga exercises).
- Take both hands in front of the chest and exhale
- Inhalation, thereby stretch both arms up, merge shoulders and shoulder blades, tighten the butt
- Exhale, bend your upper body down and touch the floor with your hands
- Inhalation, thereby stretch the left leg back and place your foot. Straighten the right leg, raise upper body
- Stop breathing and also take the second leg to the back. The arms are pushed through the whole time
- Exhale, while forehead and chest are touching the ground
- Inhalation while lifting the upper body
- Exhale and come up with the pelvis, pressing the heel on the floor, the arms are pushed through
- Inhalation, by placing the right foot forward, loosen the arms off the floor and stretch backwards
- Breathe out and move with the left foot forward, straighten the legs, the hands on the floor
- Stretch inhalation, both arms above the head
- Exhale while both arms are on the hips lead to repeat this first sun salutation while straighten the right leg backwards. Complete exercise three times to warm up the muscles.
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