Sit on your knees in the Japanese style. Let your head fall back and reach your arms behind you, resting your hands on your ankles or on the floor. Continue reading “Y-18 Camel – Better with the guidance of a teacher”

This looks to be a simple position and it is; but it is very effective and useful as a way to relax and regenerate the body quickly. Whenever you are tired or upset and don’t have the time or ability to exercise or meditate, assume this position for 5 to 15 minutes and you will be totally refreshed. Continue reading “Y-37 Prayer Position”

This posture will require some strength in the arms as well as balance. Continue reading “Y-53 Peacock Pose”

BREATHING SALUTATION is very similar to the previous exercise. Continue reading “Y-03 Breathing Salutation”

With the legs spread about twice the width of the shoulders, bring your left arm straight up so that the inside touches your left ear. Keeping your body in a vertical plane (do not bend forward or backward), inhale and bend to your right side. Continue reading “Y-19 Sideward Bend”

Lie on your back with knees bent and feet near the buttocks. Take a deep breath and then exhale ALL of the air from your lungs by contracting the abdomen, ribs and chest. Then, while keeping the lungs empty, expand the ribs to the side and thus causing a vacuum that sucks the organs upward. Then push the abdomen out, and pull it in again, over and over until you feel the need to take an inhalation. Continue reading “Y-38 Abdominal Contractions”

From the relaxation position lift the arms so that they go straight out to your sides with the palms facing upward (so that you form a cross). Now without turning your hips or bending your knees, exhale bringing the right hand toward the left foot. It is not important to touch the foot but only to come as close as you can without forcing. Hold that position without breathing and then inhale coming back to the center. Continue reading “Y-54 Standing Torsion or Triangle Pose”

Assume the «relaxation pose» on your back – that is with the body relaxed as much as possible, eyes closed, legs straight (but not tensed), arms relaxed by your sides with the palms facing upward, and the head lying relaxed in straight alignment with the spine. The concentration is on the flow of breath with abdominal or full rhythmic breathing. Continue reading “Y-04 Wind Relieving Posture”

This posture may be made dynamically at first and then held as a static posture as one becomes more flexible. From the «relaxed standing position» with the feet together, clasp your hands behind your back (with the fingers interlocked so they are between the hands). Continue reading “Y-20 Backward and Forward Bend”

From the standing relaxation position, simultaneously bring your right arm straight up in front of you, as you inhale and come up onto your toes. Stretch upward while holding your breath. Now simultaneously exhale, lower the arm behind you and come down onto the heels. These movements should be slow and graceful. The eyes are open and concentrated on a point in front of you for greater balance. Continue reading “Y-39 Upward Stretch”