Third Eye Yoga

For the lay person or yogi, the shoulder stand opens and strengthens the upper shoulder girdle and stretches the back of the neck. Since it is an inversion pose and nourishes the brain it offers a rich supply of blood and a flood of oxygen to the organs and upper body glands.

Mountain pose yoga improves your posture and body awareness strengthens your legs and establishes good alignment. Tadasana may not look like much but keeping your body active and aligned is hard work. You are not just standing in any old way.

The butterfly pose stretch targets your hips along with your groin inner thighs and knees. Loosening up these areas of the body and strengthening your back muscles can help to improve posture.

Benefits of tree pose yoga for woman.
Improves balance and stability in the legs.
Strengthens the ligaments and tendon of the feet.
Strengthens and tones the entire standing leg up to the buttocks.
Assists the body in establishing pelvic stability.
Strengthen the bones of the hips and legs due to the weight bearing nature of the pose.

Yoga has the potential to completely transform your body. It will straighten you out and correct your poor posture, leaving you with a more confident look. It's great for helping you lose weight thus gaining a leaner more toned figure. Yoga's muscle-building benefits may also leave you with a 6 pack of rock-solid abs.

Yoga was primarily practiced by religious ascetics who aimed to liberate themselves from the cycle of rebirth and death. ... It's ironic that this type of yoga is now seen as 'girly', because Hatha yoga was originally practiced by a militarized yogic order known as the Nath yogis.

Practicing yoga may also help you develop muscle tone and improve your metabolism. While restorative yoga isn't an especially physical type of yoga, it still helps in weight loss. One study found that restorative yoga was effective in helping overweight women to lose weight, including abdominal fat.

The name “8 Limbs” comes from the Sanskrit term Ashtanga and refers to the eight limbs of yoga: Yama (attitudes toward our environment), Niyama (attitudes toward ourselves), Asana (physical postures), Pranayama (restraint or expansion of the breath), Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), Dharana (concentration),