Breathing in Yoga

Series Summary

In these videos, you will get a basic introduction to yoga. Our yoga expert will show you some poses that you can do with no previous experience. These poses are a great way to relax and improve your flexibility level. You will see demonstrations of poses such as the cobra pose, the corpse pose, the mountain pose, the tree pose, the triangle pose, and many others. When combined, these beginner poses make for an excellent yoga workout.

Yoga is great for building flexibility. Did you know however, that it is also good for other parts of the body that you may not realize? The twisting pose, one of the poses in this set of videos, is very healthy for both your spine and your internal organs. The twisting motion actually massages your internal organs and is very helpful for digestion. In these videos you will learn the different poses, as well as how they benefit your body.

Video Transcript

" Hi, my name is Amy and I’m a yoga teacher at Yoga-Yoga in Austin, Texas. I’ve been teaching yoga full time for four years, and I’ve been practicing yoga for a little over four years. So, we’ll start by coming to sit cross-legged; you can pull your legs in as close as is comfortable for you. And we’ll start with full yoga breath. You can just close your eyes, allow your hands to rest on your legs, and take several breaths, allowing your belly button to move away from your spine as you inhale and as you exhale, gently pulling your belly button in back toward your spine. Let the shoulders relax down, let the jaw release, inhaling letting the belly button fluid away from the spine, exhaling gently letting the belly button back in toward the spine. Let the heart lift, shoulders drop and the jaw relax. Relax the eyes. And you can do this anywhere between two and three minutes, up to five minutes to prepare for your practice. "