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Step-12: Prayer pose – Tadasana

Exhale, straighten your body and bring the arms down. Step-11: Raised arms pose – Hasta Uttanasana

Step-11: Raised arms pose – Hasta Uttanasana

Inhale and lift your arms up and then to the back. Bring your biceps close to your ears. Try to stretch back your body as much as you can. Step 10: Hand to foot pose – Hasta Padasana                                     Step-12: Prayer pose – Tadasana

Step 10: Hand to foot pose – Hasta Padasana

Exhale and bend yourself forward from waist and remember to keep your spine straight. Then try to bring the hands down to the floor to your feet Step 9: Equestrian pose- Ashwa Sanchalanasana          Step-11: Raised arms pose – Hasta Uttanasana

Step 9: Equestrian pose- Ashwa Sanchalanasana

Inhale and push the left leg back to as far it can be. Bring the right knee to floor and slowly look up. Make sure that the right foot is exactly in between the palms. Step 8: Mountain pose – Parvatasana                            Step 10: Hand to foot pose – Hasta Padasana

Step 8: Mountain pose – Parvatasana

Exhale and lift the hips up and chest downwards into an ‘inverted V’ (/\) posture. Step 7: Cobra pose – Bhujangasana                               Step 9: Equestrian pose- Ashwa Sanchalanasana

Step 7: Cobra pose – Bhujangasana

Slide forward. Raise your chest up into a cobra pose. Bend your elbows and rest in this pose. Keep the shoulders away from ears. Try to look up Step 6: Salute with eight parts or points – Ashtanga Namaskara   Step 8: Mountain pose – Parvatasana

Step 6: Salute with eight parts or points – Ashtanga Namaskara

Slowly try to bring the knees down to floor and breathe out. Bring the hips back and move forward. Relax your chin and chest on the ground. The perfect way to work out this asana is to make sure that the eight body parts – the hands, the feet, the knees, chest and chin have to touch the ground. Step 5: Stick pose- Dandasana                                                          Step 7: Cobra pose – Bhujangasana

Step 5: Stick pose- Dandasana

Inhale and take your left leg back. Try to bring the whole body into a straight line. Put your arms straight to the floor. Step 4: Equestrian pose- Ashwa Sanchalanasana Step 6: Salute with eight parts or points – Ashtanga Namaskara

Step 4: Equestrian pose- Ashwa Sanchalanasana

Inhale and push the right leg back to as far it can be. Bring the left knee to floor and slowly look up. Make sure that the left foot is exactly in between the palms. Step 3: Hand to foot pose – Hasta Padasana                                              Step 5: Stick pose- Dandasana

Step 3: Hand to foot pose – Hasta Padasana

Exhale and bend yourself forward from waist and remember to keep your spine straight. Then try to bring the hands down to the floor to your feet. Step-2: Raised arms pose – Hasta Uttanasana             Step 4: Equestrian pose- Ashwa Sanchalanasana

Step-2: Raised arms pose – Hasta Uttanasana

Inhale and lift your arms up and then to the back. Bring your biceps close to your ears. Try to stretch back your body as much as you can. Step-1 Prayer pose pranamasana                                       Step 3: Hand to foot pose – Hasta Padasana

Step-1: Prayer pose – Pranamasana

Stand on your mat and bring your feet together. Distribute the weight on both the feet equally. Broaden your chest and try to relax on your shoulders. Inhale (breath in); lift your arms up from the sides. Now, exhale (breath out)and bring your palms together in prayer position straight in front of your chest. Step-2: Raised arms pose – Hasta Uttanasana

What is Yoga?

What is yoga, exactly? Is it just an exercise form? Is it a religion, a philosophy, an ideology? Or is it something else entirely? The word "yoga" literally means "union". In this article, Sadhguru offers the following yoga definition; essentially, "that which brings you to reality." Sadhguru:  Essentially in the tradition, once we attach the word “yoga” to anything, it indicates that it is a complete path by itself. We say  hatha yoga , but we will not say  asana yoga . Of course, if you come from the  United States, they say anything! The moment you attach the word “yoga,” it indicates it is a complete path by itself. If it is a complete path by itself, how should it be approached? If it was just a simple practice or an exercise, you could approach it one way. If it was an art form or just entertainment, it could be approached another way. I am using all these words because they are in usage in today’s world. People say “recreational yo