Pranayama Breathing

• Mental relaxation
• Detoxification
• Works the nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems.

 Half Moon Pose

• Helps lower back pain, constipation, obesity of stomach, bronchi
  distress, scoliotic deformities, frozen shoulders.
• Works deltoid, trapezius, pectoralis major and hamstrings.
• Exercises the colon, pancreas and kidney.

Awkward Pose

• Helps to open pelvic area, alleves joint pain and arthritis of the knees,
  strengthens lower limbs, relieves sciatica, improves flexibility in toes and ankles.
• Works quadriceps and deltoids.

 Eagle Pose

• Strengthens lower extremities, joint mobility for hip girdle and all 12 major joints.
  By creating pressure in the joints and releasing allows fresh blood supply to flow in.
• Control of sexual energies, improves function of central nervous system.

Standing Head to Knee Pose

• Improves concentration, avoids sciatica by improving circulation and flexibility,
  reduces diabetes, strengthens back muscles and nerves.
• Works the muscular, skeletal, reproductive and digestive systems.

Standing Bow Pose

• Increases circulation to the heart and lungs.
• Improves elasticity of the spine by compressing the spine.
• Helps with lower back pain.
• Opens diaphragm and lungs.

Balancing Stick Pose

• Increases blood flow all over the body at the same time.
• Clears blockage in arteries
• Builds strength in lower extremities
• Works the pancreas, kidneys and spleen
• Works muscular, reproductive, nervous and circulatory systems.

 Separate Leg Stretching

• Helps constipation, abdominal obesity and hyperacidity.
• Increases circulation to the brain and adrenal glands.
• Good for small and large intestines.

 Triangle Pose

• Good for kidneys
• Helps chemical imbalances in the system.
• Helps colitis, constipation, hip and back pain, spondilitis, general mobility and menstrual disorders.
• Cardiovascular benefits
• Circulatory, digestive, immune, reproductive and muscular systems all worked.

Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee

• Helps abdominal obesity, diabetes, thyroid, blood sugar balance, pancreas and kidneys.
• Works endocrine, reproductive and digestive system.
• Works obiliques, iliopsoas, quads, deltoids, trapezius, biceps and triceps.

Tree Pose

• Creates hip and knee mobility
• Releases abdominal tension
• Helps inflammation of the lower back

 Toe Stand

• Creates balance in body and mind
• Strengthens stomach muscles.
• Helps with arthritis, knee problems or gout pain.
• Strengthens weak joints.

Dead Body Pose

• Improves circulation
• Teaches relaxation

Wind Removing Pose

• Helps constipation, flatulence and hyperacidity.
• Massages ascending colon, descending colon and transverse colon.

Sit Up

• Strengthens and tightens the abdomen
• Increases flexibility of the spine

 The Cobra Series of Postures

(Cobra, Locust, Full-Locust and Bow)

• Works to compress and open up the spine.
• Each posture works a specific section of the spine.
• Creates spinal changes, helps low back pain, scoliosis and cervical spondylosis.

 Fixed Firm

• Strengthens and improves flexibility of lower spine, knees and ankle joints.
• Helps to cure sciatica, gout and rheumatism in the legs.
• Helps varicose veins.
• Helps to cure and prevent hernia.

 Half Tortoise

• Provides maximum relaxation.
• Cures indigestion, constipation and flatulence.
• Stretches lower part of the lungs – good for emphysema and asthma.
• Helps diabetes.
• Increases blood flow to the brain, bringing mental clarity.

 Camel

• Strengthens muscles in the back and shoulders.
• Produces maximum compression of the spine, stimulating the nervous system.
• Improves flexibility of neck and spine.
• Relieves backache.
• Helps kypho-scolitic deformities.

Rabbit

• Stretches spine, maximum extension – opposite of Camel.
• Helps maintain mobility and elasticity of spine and back muscles.
• Nutures the nervous system, brings blood to the brain, helps cure depression.
• Helps diabetes.
• Helps with colds, sinus problems, chronic tonsillitis, sore throats and strep throat.
• Good for thyroid and parathyroid and larynx.

Head to Knee with Stretching

• Helps balance blood sugar level, especially good for diabetics.
• Good for the immune system, stimulates the thymus.
• Improves kidney function.
• Increases circulation to the liver and the spleen, pancreas, thyroid, thymus and intestines.

 Spine Twisting

• Only posture that twists spine from top to bottom at the same time.
• Improves flexibility of spine and hip joints.
• Helps prevent slipped discs.
• Increases circulation and nutrition to spinal nerves, veins and tissues.
• Helps sciatica.
• Improves digestion.

Kapalbhati Breathing

• Helps to rid body of toxins.
• Good for emphysema and other respiratory ailments.
• Strengthens, massages and increases circulation to the abdominal organs and muscles, including the diaphragm.
• Good against high blood pressure and good for the heart.