Yoga Poses for Men

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The common joke is that the only motivation for a man to join a yoga class is the chance to ogle limber women in exquisite postures. But many will testify against such slander. Yoga is a veritable holistic science that not only boosts physical capacity to the maximum but also shines the light of the mind. Regardless of gender biases, yoga brings out the unique strong points in an individual by enhancing one’s meditative faculty through concentration upon breath. If core strength building, stamina enhancement, and self control is on the cards for a man, yoga is indispensable.

Here is to relate some yoga for men to get the practice started:

Child’s Pose

The simplicity and ease of this posture is going to be amusing for men who haven’t ever had the chance to think beyond hardcore gym lessons. The pose is meant to give your back a thorough respite and remove the hunch from your general posture, replacing with more uprightness. The body frame in a child’s pose allows complete relaxation to the mind and acts as effective for pain relief.

Benefits of the child’s pose as yoga for men is especially valuable for those suffering from first stages of arthritis and can feel the rigidness and pain creep up the hips. The pose is a good for giving a stretching push to the knees too.

child pose

 

How to Do

Start by kneeling with your knees open and bringing them closer to the shoulders. Make sure your toes are touching. Now, slowly hunch down to touch your forehead to the floor. Bring your hands forward with the fingers opened in a fan. Next, slide your hands behind, bringing them perpendicularly on the floor alongside your body. Hold the pose for over 3 minutes. Breath in deep and thorough with the nose as you lie there in peaceful stillness.

High Lunge

The high lunge can be a man’s favorite with great potential for fine tuning core muscles. The pose is at once power-building and thoroughly enjoyable, especially for those who like a good sweaty challenge to relaxing paced exercises. With high lunge, you can get back the power in your limbs and can bring your feet and toes in agile form too.

high lunge pose

How to Do

Concentrate how your fingertips clutch the floor as you put forward a foot in the lead. The toes must curl like you are about to set off in a race. The posture is performed with alignment as the key. The front knee should be perfectly in line with the second toe and, the body mustn’t waver when you are taking position. Check to keep your butt in line with your front knee as you bend slightly and form your thigh into an unwavering table-like flatness. Step back several degrees to get the flat thigh right. You can also use yoga blocks or a stack of books on the thigh to get this right. Now, hold down with pressure through the back of your heel and straighten your spine to the maximum. Regulate the degree by transitioning from 5 fingers of a fanned hand to 3 fingers and to 1, finally throwing your hands behind at the sides, forming your body into a cross. Also, make sure to draw your breath in, thus tucking your tummy and lengthening the spine. Take deep breath, as many as 5-20.

Crescent Pose

Akin to the core strength building high lunge, another yoga for men- the Crescent can be practiced as a hip flexor charging up extra strength and malleability. The pose works profoundly on the front of the legs, the hips, and lower back.

crescent pose for men

How to Do

Gear into position with the high lunge and have your hands reaching straight in the air. The torso must be unwaveringly straight, in “attention” mode. Root down toward the tailbone, suck your tummy inside and gain spine length, widening through the side of the ribs. This pose can be the most effective of all yoga stretches if you can hold the stance for 5 to 20 deep breaths and feel the sweat trickling.

Enriching your everyday exercise sessions with these fine tuning yoga stretch poses can give your body edge and degree of agility to die for. Go men!

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