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- Pranayama Breathing
- Mental relaxation
- Detoxification
- Works the nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems
- Half Moon
- Helps lower back pain, constipation, obesity of stomach, bronchi distress, scoliotic, deformities, frozen shoulders
- Works deltoid, trapezius, pectoralis major and hamstings
- Exercise the colon, pancreas and kidney
- Awkward Pose
- Helps to open pelvic area, alleves joint pain and arthritis of the knees, strengthens lower limbs, relieves sciatica, improves flexibility in toes and ankles
- Works quadriceps and deltoids
- Eagle
- Strengthens lower extremities, joint mobility for hip girdle and all 12 major joints. By creating pressure in the joints and releasing allows fresh blood supply to flow in.
- Control of sexual energies, improves function of central nervous system
- Standing Head to Knee
- Improves concentration, avoids sciatica by improving circulation and flexibility, reduces diabetes, strengthens back muscles and nerves
- Works the muscular, skeletal, reproductive and digestive systems
- Standing Bow
- Increases circulation to the heart and lungs
- Improves elasticity of the spine by compressing the spine
- Helps with lower back pain
- Opens diaphram and lungs
- Balancing Stick
- Increases blood flow all over the body at the same time
- Clears arteries
- Builds strength in lower extremities
- Works the pancreas, kidney and spleen
- Works muscular, reproductive, nervous, and circulatory system
- Separate Leg Stretching
- Helps for constipation, abdominal obesity and hyper-acidity
- Increases circulation to the brain and adrenal glands
- Good for small and large intestines
- Triangle
- Good for kidneys
- Helps chemical imbalances in the system
- Helps colitis constipation, hip and back pain, spondilitis, general mobility and menstrual disorders
- Cardiovascular benefits
- Works circulatory, digestive, immune and reproductive systems
- Standing Separated Leg Head to Knee
- Helps abdominal obesity, diabetes, thyroid, blood and sugar balance, pancreas and kidneys
- Works endocrine, reproductive, and digestive systems
- Works obliques, iliosoas, quads and deltoids, trapezius, biceps and triceps
- Tree Pose
- Creates hip and knee mobility
- Releases abdominal tension
- Helps inflammation of the lower back
- Toe Stand
- Creates balance in the body and the mind
- Strengthens stomach muscles
- Helps with arthritis, knee problems and gout pain
- Strengthens weak joints
- Savasana
- Wind Removing Pose
- Helps constipation, flatulence and hyper acidity
- Massages ascending colon, descending and transverse colon
- Sit up
The Cobra Series (Cobra, Locust, Full-Locust and Bow)
- Works to compress and open up the spine
- Each posture works a specific section of the spine
- Creates spinal changes, helps lower back pain, scoliosis and cervical spondylosis
- Cobra
- Locust
- Full-Locust
- Bow
- Fixed Firm
- Strengthens and improves flexibility of lower spine, knees and ankle joints
- Helps to cure sciatica, gout and rheumatism in the legs
- Helps varicose veins
- Helps to cure and prevent hernia
- Half Tortoise
- Provides maximum relaxation
- Cures indegestion, constipation and flatulence
- Stretches lower part of the lungs - good for emphysema and asthma
- Helps diabetes
- Camel
- Strengthens muscles in the back and shoulders
- Produces maximum compression of the spine, stimulating the nervous system
- Improves flexibility of the neck and spine
- Relieves backache
- Helps kypho-scolitic deformities
- Rabbit
- Stretches spine, maximum extension - opposite of Camel
- Helps maintain mobility and elasticity of spine and back muscles
- Nurtures the nervous system, brings blood to the brain, helps cure depression
- Helps diabetes
- Helps with colds, sinus problems, chronic tonsillitis, sore throats and strep throat
- Good for thyroid, parathyroid and larynx
- Head to Knee with Stretching
- Helps to balance blood sugar level, especially good for diabetes
- Good for the immune system, stimulates the thymus
- Improves kidney function
- Increases circulation to the liver and the spleen, pancreas, thyroid, thymus and intestines
- Spine Twisting
- Only posture that twists the spine from top to bottom at the same time
- Improves flexibility of spine and hip joints
- Helps prevent slip discs
- Increases circulation and nutrition to spinal nerves, veins and tissues
- Helps sciatica
- Improves digestion
- Helps tennis elbow
- Kapalbhati Breathing
- Helps to rid body of toxins
- Good for emphysema and other respiratory ailments
- Stengthens, massages and increases circulation to the abdominal organs and muscles, including the diaphram
- Good against high blood pressure and good for the heart
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