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Child's Pose
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Alleviates head, neck and chest pain
Opens the pelvic floor, hips, and low back
Stretches ankles, knees, and hips |
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Cat/ Cow
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Increases spinal flexibility
Opens the lower back and abdominal cavity
Aids digestion
Opens the chest, throat, and shoulders
Increases circulation
Stimulates thyroid and parathyroid function
Therapeutic for mild carpel tunnel, tendonitis, sciatica, and low back injury
Energizes the mind
Reduces stress
Relieves mild depressiona and anxiety |
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Downward Facing Dog
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Improves Digestion
Relieves insomnia, menstrual and menopausal discomfort, and low back pain
Strengthens the arms, legs, and torso
Stretches the palms, chest, back, hamstrings, calves, and feet
Energizes the body
Improves focus
Develops willpower
Stimulates the mind
Relieves stress and anxiety |
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Improves posture
Stimulates the circulatory, digestive, and lymphatic systems
Opens the chest, shoulders, and throat
Lengthens the spine and increases spinal flexibility
Strengthens the lower back, shoulders and legs
Reduces fatigue
Energizes the mind
Relieves mild depression and anxiety
Reduces stress |
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Mountain
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Aligns the spine
Tones the abs and buttocks
Opens the chest
Improves posture
Strencthens the arches, ankles, knees, and thighs
Improves focus
Develops willpower
Reduces anxiety |
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Triangle
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Improves digestion and circulation
Helps relieve menopausal discomfort
Relieves sciatica
Stretches the arches, calves, hamstrings, and groin
Opens the throat, chest, shoulders, hips
Lengthens the spine
Stabilizes and strengthens the legs and torso
Increases muscular endurance
Builds focus
Develops willpower
Stimulates the mind
Relieves stress |
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Standing Intense Spread Leg Pose
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Strengthens the feet, ankles, knees, inner thighs, and lower back
Improves digestion and circulation
Tones abdominal cavity
Reduces minor backache
Relieves headache and sinusitus
Builds focus
Develops willpower
Calms the mind
Reduces stress and anxiety |
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Remedies flat feet
Strengthens the arches, ankles, calves, and thighs
Lengthens the spine
Improves balance
Opens the shoulders, chest, thighs, and hips
Improves circulation
Calms the mind
Cultivates poise and focus |
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Gentle Spinal Twist
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Improves digestion and circulation
Reduces backache, neck pain, and sciatica
Stretches and strengthens the spine, shoulders, and hips
Relieves menstrual discomfort
Stimulates the lymphatic system
Relieves stress, depression and anxiety |
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Tones abs
Increases circulation
Opens the chest
Strengthens legs, torso, arms, and spine
Improves muscular endurance of legs and lumbar spine
Creates focus
Reduces stress |
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Relieves jaw tension
Exercises the facial muscles
Improves blood flow to the brain
Increases circulation to the eyes and throat
Clears nasal and ear passages
Releives sinusitis
Increases lung capacity
Relieves dry or sore throat |
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Strengthens the legs, butt, back, abs, shoulders, arms, and wrists
Improves circulation and digestion
Relieves minor tendonitus and fatigue
Energizes the body
Builds core strength
Improves concentration
Develops focus |
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Improves flexibility in the spine and shoulders
Stimulates the nervous system
Aids digestion
Opens the chest, neck, and shoulders
Stimulates the thyroid and parathyroid glands
Increases lung capacity
Releives menstrual and menopausal discomfort
Relieves high blood pressure, asthma, and sinusitis
Reduces fatigue
Energizes the mind
Relieves depression and anxiety
Reduces stress |
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Crescent
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Increase flexibility of the spine, arms, and rib cage
Stimulates the liver, kidney, and spleen
Realign your spinal column
Aid the lungs to take in more oxygen |
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Knees to Chest
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Stretches the spine and shoulders
Improves digestion
Massages the abdominal organs and back
Relieves lower back pain
Opens the hips
Relieves stress |
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Energizes the spine
Massages the spine
Relaxes the nervous system
Improves the connection between the nervous system and the other parts of the body.
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Stretches the thighs, hamstrings, and calves
Creates proper engagement of the hamstrings
Improves digestion
Massages the abs
Stimulates the colon, liver, and kidneys
Opens the pelvic region
Stimulates the reproductive and digestive systems
Soothes the nervous system
Develops mental focus
Calms the mind |
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Legs up the Wall
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Relieves fatigue in the legs and feet
Prevents edema and varicose veins
Soothes the nervous system
Relieves backache, headache, and insomnia
Relieves arthritis
Alleviates urinary and respiratory disorders
Increases circulation
Calms the mind
Relieves depression, stress, and anxiety |
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Lowers blood pressure
Relaxes and rejuvenates the body
Reduces fatigue
Reduces stress, depression, anxiety and insomnia
Calms and centers the mind
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Easy Meditation Pose
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Opens the hips
Increases knee flexibility
Prevents osteoporosis and arthritis
Tones abdominal organs
Promotes proper digestive functions
Focuses the mind
Reduces stress
Brings mental clarity |
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Opens the hips, abdominal cavity, chest and throat
Stretches the hip flexors
Aids digestion
Relieves asthma
Improves posture
Strengthens the upper back, neck and shoulders
Energizes the mind
Relieves mild depression and anxiety
Reduces stress |
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Stretches the thighs, torso, chest, shoulders and throat
Strengthens the legs, pelvis, and lower back
Opens the hips and hip flexors
Aids digestion
Stimulates circulation
Increases spinal flexibility
Improves posture
Energizes the mind
Relieves depression and anxiety
Relieves stress |
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Warrior One
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Strengthens the arches, ankles, knees and thighs
Stretches the hips and shoulders
Broadens the chest
Stimulates digestion and circulation
Increases muscular endurance
Relieves sciatica
Builds focus
Develops willpower
Stimulates the mind |
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Warrior Two
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Strengthens the arches, ankles, knees and thighs
Stretches the hips and shoulders
Broadens the chest
Increases lung capacity
Stimulates digestion and circulation
Enhances muscular endurance
Lengthens the spine
Builds focus
Develops willpower
Stimulates the mind |
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Lengthens the spine
Strengthens the feel, ankles, calves, knees and thighs
Opens the chest
Stimulates the digestive,circulatory and reproductive systems
Builds focus
Develops willpower
Stimulates the mind
Reduces stress |
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Assists in relieving backache
Stimulates the thyroid and parathyroid glands
Stretches the shoulders
Strengthens the spine
Alleviates insomnia
Releives menopausal discomfort
Calms the mind
Reduces mild stress and anxiety |
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