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May 11, 2021

Build Strength and Improve Balance With This Challenging Standing Yoga Routine

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Strength and proper balance – these are two major goals of fitness enthusiasts. The right posture also helps in maintaining balance. However, how do you achieve these goals within a short time? Standing yoga poses are the perfect options for adding strength to your body. Create your standing yoga routine to make your legs and hands stronger.

Moreover, you may reduce the risk of several conditions, like cervical pain, thrombosis, and cardinal problems. Your hip muscles, hamstrings, and Achilles tendon will gain strength. Mostly, dancers, athletes, and kids prefer standing yoga. However, those who regularly do desk jobs will also get benefits from the yoga poses.

We have made a list of a few standing yoga poses.

Mountain pose

Your feet must be parallel to each other. Lift your toes slightly and spread them to activate your lower leg muscles. Bend a little in your knees to deal with the lower ab muscles. This yoga pose will help in toning abdominal muscles.

Angled crescent lunge

By stepping back on an angle, you can attain the crescent lunge pose. Make sure that your arms have reached across your body to make a twist. It is one of the poses to be added to your standing yoga routine.

Twisting lunge

With a lunge, you can pivot back and bring arms across the front part of your knees. You can lower and raise the back knee. While inhaling the oxygen, you have to stretch the spinal part.

Extended Hand to Toe Pose

It is an intermediate-level yoga pose to increase your focus and ensure better balance. Moreover, you can stimulate reproductive organs with this pose.

To do this yoga pose, you need to draw the left knee close to the belly. Then, let your left arm reach the thigh. Cross the arm over the ankle and grip the outer side of the left foot.

Half-moon pose

Beginners may try out this pose, as it not only develops mental focus but also helps in losing fat. You can stretch your thighs and ankles with this pose. It also helps to ease back pain.

Bend your standing leg, and do not lift the back leg. Move your body weight forward while using the arm for balance. Take some breaths in this position and let your legs become stable. Turn the outer thighs to keep up the knee direction. Follow these directions to avoid losing balance. Maintain a steady position of your leg while revolving your chest and shoulders.

This half-moon pose has several variations

  • Turn your trunk and abdomen upward and move your head to stare at the hands. It helps in checking your balance.
  • You may repeat the leg action by lowering down the pose. It is intended to make your legs stronger.

So, it is now easy for you to create a 10-minute standing yoga routine. You may also speak to your yoga trainer to learn more about standing poses. You do not need special tools for yoga.

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