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How To Do the Fish Pose
You know those claims that eating fish will make you smarter and healthier? Well, the Fish Pose ups the ante: Traditional yoga texts call this pose "the destroyer of all diseases."
How To Do the Salute With Eight Limbs Pose
This pose refers to the "Eight Limbs of Yoga," the guiding principles for achieving a healthy and fulfilling life. Also, you're touching eight parts of your body to the mat.
How To Do the Tree Pose
A single banyan, India's national tree, can cover up to an acre or more. In other words, they're stable—which is what you should keep in mind when you're balancing on one leg in the Tree Pose.
How To Do the Extended Side Angle Pose
You could become a flight attendant and cram luggage into those overhead storage bins to get a good torso stretch. But we think the Extended Side Angle Pose is a little more practical.
How To Do the Warrior III Pose
The Warrior III Pose recreates the moment that the fierce Virabhadra chopped off the head of his master's enemy. If you could do battle balanced on one leg, maybe you'd have a pose named after you.
How To Do the Lion Pose
The Lion's Pose gives the muscles of the jaw, throat, eyes, and face a stretch that can ease problems like teeth grinding and clenched jaws. It's also excellent preparation for a KISS concert.
How To Do the Plow Pose
The Plow Pose is essentially a Noble Pose turned on its head—or rather, turned on your head.
How To Do the Shooting Bow Pose
This pose is exactly as it sounds—you'll be drawing back an imaginary arrow. We don't want to spoil the surprise, but you already have all the equipment built-in.
How To Do the Wide Legged Forward Bend
This is a variation of the Wide Legged Seated Forward Bend, but since you're standing for this one, you have a helpful partner — gravity.
How To Do a Noble Pose
You might recognize the Noble Pose as the dreaded "sit-and-reach" from your childhood gym class. But while that was an exercise in pre-pubescent humiliation, this is a time-honored and well-respected yoga posture. See the difference?
How To Do the Bound Angle Pose
This relatively simple pose might make you feel like a kid stretching before gym class, but that's not necessarily a bad thing—the more you do it, the better you can gauge your maturing yoga skills.
How To Do the Eagle Pose
You won't actually be able to fly in this pose, but you will improve your balance, strengthen your legs, and stretch your hips and shoulders.
How To Do the Four Limbed Staff Pose
Eventually, your calm and peaceful mind will relish the challenge that this pose presents your wrists and abdominal muscles. Until then, just be thankful it's not a one-limbed pose.
How To Do the Lunge Pose
The Lunge Pose will have you looking like a sprinter in the blocks, ready to take off. And after practicing it to build your lower body strength and stamina, you will be.