Yoga Mountain Pose

Series Summary

Yoga poses have become increasingly popular as a form of exercise and meditation. The focus of yoga is a holistic one, employing a broad range of practices which focus on a new way of living, thinking and being in the world. Aimed to unite the mind, the body, and the spirit, the health benefits of yoga are also great and varied. From relieving stress to strengthening and toning muscle, integrating yoga positions and exercises into your daily routine can be beneficial on many levels. If you are interested in starting a yoga routine, our expert yoga instructor is here to teach you a variety of basic standing yoga poses in this free yoga lesson video series. You will learn how to do the mountain pose, downward dog and a sun salutation routine. You will also learn how to do warrior one, two and three poses, reverse warrior pose and an extended side angle yoga pose. Finally, get a little more advanced with tips on how to do the triangle pose, tree pose and crow pose. If you want to learn some basic yoga poses, let our expert teach you everything you need to know before you move on to more advanced yoga poses.

Video Transcript

" To begin any standing series or any series of Asanism Yoga practice. You want to stand in or Tadasanal or Mountain Pose . So, typically you will stand either with your feet hip width apart or you can think of one foot ten toes, but normally when you are first starting out hip width apart is usually the most comfortable. Find a nice way to relax the knees not locked back, but no totally bent, in a nice standing posture. Let your shoulder blades drop down and back and let your ribs close and let all your vertebrae stack one on top of the other. Then you can take your hands and open your palms towards the front of the room, continue to let the shoulder blades hug your back. Take a nice breath in. Another way also to center throughout your practice is coming to the standing posture or Mountain Pose and letting your hands come to or your heart center and closing your eyes and just taking a moment to check in with yourself. If you find your muscles are tightening up or you are locking your knees, a good way to think of shifting your energy is figuring out where your energy is in your feet. Is it really far forward? Are you leaning all the way back on your heels? A good way to check yourself is to lift your toes up off the mat, so you are grounding down through the ball of your foot and your toes are lifted, so you lift your toes off the mat and find your weight evenly throughout your feet. Let your toes drop back down and also thinking of shooting energy back from your thigh bones. So it will slightly arch your back and then let your tail bone drop. So, what that will look like from the side is shoot the legs back, think of energy spiraling your legs around shooting back and then letting your tail bone drop down. So you get a nice relaxed feel in your legs. Shoulders drop down and back. You can lift your toes up and check where your weight is in your feet and then bring your hands to your heart center. Let your chin slightly drop and take a nice deep breathe. And that's Tadasana or Mountain Pose."