Poses — yoga guides for beginners
Beginner yoga poses explained in stages — alignment, the common mistake, the easier version and how to know you are in the right place. No flexibility assumed.
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Yoga Poses for Flexibility: What Actually Changes Range
Why stretching harder does not work, how long a hold needs to be, and the six poses that give beginners the most range for the least risk.
Sun Salutation Step by Step: A Beginner Version That Works
The classic sequence broken into eight steps, with a knees-down version that removes the two moves beginners cannot yet do safely.
Warrior Poses for Beginners: I, II and the Knee Problem
The warriors build the leg strength everything else depends on. How to set up the feet, protect the front knee, and tell warrior I from warrior II.
Downward Dog for Beginners: Why It Hurts and How to Fix It
Sore wrists, tight hamstrings, heels nowhere near the floor. A step-by-step fix for the pose beginners meet in every class and dread in most of them.
Basic Yoga Poses for Beginners: The Only Eight You Need
Eight poses cover almost every beginner sequence. Learn these properly and you can follow any class — each with its alignment cue, common error and easier version.