Staff Yoga Pose - Dandasana

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Type of yoga pose: seated.

Benefits: it helps to strengthen your legs and improve alignment.

This yoga pose is the basic seated pose. All the other poses originate from it.  

 

Extended Triangle Yoga Pose - Utthita Trikonasana

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Type of yoga pose: standing 

Benefits: the pose allows you to make your legs stronger. Besides that it stretches the groins, hamstrings, hips, opens your chest and shoulders. It can be helpful in relieving pain in your back.