- Tadasana(Palm Tree Pose) helps in stretching of muscles and nerves, strengths to toes and useful in increasing children height.
- Katichakrasana (Lumbar-Wheel Posture) makes the waist slim and supple, good for respiratory disorders.
- Trikonasana (Triangle Posture) eases backache, strengthens buttocks, good for lungs.
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- Parsvakonasana (Lateral angle posture) is good for heart muscles and improves digestion.
- Vrksasana (Tree Posture) tones up leg muscles, helps to cure rheumatic pain and numbness problems.
- Garudasana (Eagle Posture) extremely useful in enlargement of testicles.
- Padmasana (Lotus Posture) induces calmness and tranquillity, relieves constipation, improves concentration and memory.
- Siddhasana helps to check sensuality and attain celibacy, ensure the passage of prana.
- Vajrasana (Thunderbolt Posture) strengthens thigh muscles and calf muscles; provides flexibility to spine.
- Bhadrasana (Gracious Posture) helps to facilitate easy child birth.
- Simhasana (Lion Posture) is a good exercise for eyes and throat; regulates the functioning of Thyroids.
- Gomukhasana (Cow’s Face Posture) is useful in arthritis and dry piles, good for frozen shoulders, neck pain and cervical spondylitis.
- Vakrasana (Twisting Posture) is helpful in constipation and dyspepesia, stimulates pancreasn thereby helpful in diabetes.
- Ardhamatsyendrasana is beneficial for adrenal glands, kidneys, relieve constipation, corrects stooping shoulders and good for diabetic patients.
- Guptasana (Secret Posture) is useful in seminal incontinence, regulates controlling sexual hyper-excitability and awaken Kundalinisakti.
- Goraksasana is useful for ano-rectal disorders and piles.
- Pascimottanasana (Posterior-stretch posture) reduces the possibilities of sciatica, eases from constipation, obesity, dyspepsia and seminal weakness
- Ustrasana (Camel Posture) good for defective eyesight, helps to reduce fat over abdomen.
- Yogasana (Yoga Posture) helps to give radiant look to the body and develops concentration.
- Suptavajrasana (Lying Thunderbolt Posture) useful in case of sciatica, and relieves backache.
- Sasankasana (Hare Posture) good for sexual disorders.
- Mandukasana( Frog Posture) helps to eliminate poisonous gases of the abdomen and cures flatulence.
- Makarasana (Crocodile Posture) good for asthma, dyspepsia and makes the spine flexible.
- Bhujangasana (Cobra Posture) good for muscles of the back, can relocate slipped disc, tones the ovaries and uterus.
- Salabhasana (Locust Posture) massages abdominal organs, relieves constipation and improves digestion.
- Dhanurasana (Bow Posture) decongests the entire abdominal region and its organs, good for diabetic patients, stimulates and regulates the thyroid and adrenal glands.
- Uttanapadasana (Raised Feet Posture) balances the navel centre.
- Halasana (Plough Posture) is beneficial in cases of dyspepsia, constipation, diabetes, piles and throat related disorders.
- Pawanamuktasana (Anti-flatus Posture) helps to eliminate toxic gases from abdomen, losses fat from the abdominal area.
- Matsyasana (Fish Posture) gives excellent massage to the abdominal organs, good for throat diseases and helps to makes the spine resilient.
- Chakrasana (Wheel Posture) delay old age, makes the vertebral column resilient and supple.
- Savasana ( Corpse Posture) helps to overcome psychological disorders, manages high blood pressure, cardiac diseases and anxiety disorders.
- Viparitakarni (Reverse Posture) helps in preventing hair fall, increases mental alertness, and balances the functioning of thyroid.
- Sarvangasana (All Limbs Posture) is anti-aging; prevent early greying of hair, good for endocrine problems.
- Setubandhasana (Bridge Formation Posture) massages the colon, tones up the reproductive organs.
- Sirsasana (Head Stand Posture) enhances blood circulation to head region thereby good for memory, improves concentration power, and regulates the functioning of endocrine and pineal glands.
- Utthita Padmasana (Uplifted Lotus Posture) combat muscular weakness, makes upper arm strengthen.
- Naukasana (Boat Posture) helps to reduce fat in the waist region, beneficial for gastric problems.
- Kukkutasana (Cockerel Posture) strengthens arms, shoulders and elbows.
- Bakasana (Crane Posture) balances the body, and increases concentration.
- Mayurasana (Peacock Posture) good for treating defective eyes, beneficial for diabetes and lungs.
- Natarajasana (Lord of the Dance Posture) improves concentration, strengthens the muscles of legs and arms.
Benefits of Yoga Poses, Postures and Yogasana