Q&A: Which are the best yoga asanas for general health and overall fitness and toning up?and in what sequence?
Question by indys: Which are the best yoga asanas for general health and overall fitness and toning up?and in what sequence?
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Answer by Patrick M
one of the most common is a plank, cobra, down dog sequence. That will work your core, and you can step through into the runners pose, then the various warrior poses.
You can find various sequences anywhere. Either pick your favorite or do a variety. You’ll benefit more by doing several different routines.
I like to look for ideas on http://exercisetv.tv/ and http://www.tarastilesliving.com/
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I would strongly recommend Surya Namaskar (in English, ‘Sun Salutations’).
The pose sequence Patrick referred to in his answer may have been referring to are a section/sequence of asanas (poses) contained within Sun Salutations.
In my experience, the sequence for the poses he mentioned would be plank, Chaturanga Dandasana (often referred to as a ‘yoga push-up’), Upward dog, then back to Downward Dog.
You can find many sites, including demos on youtube, by doing web search on either phrase ‘Surya Namaskar’ or ‘Sun Salutations’.
Here’s just one: http://ashtangayoga.info/asana-vinyasa/surya-namaskara-a/index.html
Note there are quite a few variations to Surya Namaskar, so don’t be surprised to find pose sequences that differ slightly from one another.
I consider the sequence at above site to be the essential, core sequence.
You can add additional asanas at your discretion/liking.
Namaste’,
dwb
I suggest you take a look at http://yoga-experts.cjb.net/ it is a great yoga website with a lot of information and advice.
Hope this helps.