The 26 Postures

1. Standing Deep Breathing

• Increases lung capacity and helps with breathing problems
• Helps with insomnia, nervousness, and irritability
• Good for heart and high blood pressure

2. Half Moon/Hands to Feet

• Gives quick energy and vitality
• Revitalizes liver, spleen, pancreas, and kidneys
• Corrects bad posture

3. Awkward Pose

• Increases hip joint flexibility and relieves muscular aches and cramps
• Increases circulation to knees and ankles
• Helps neuropathy

4. Eagle

• Improves flexibility of ankles knees, hips, wrists, elbows, and shoulders
• Relieves tension in neck and shoulders
• Improves sexual vitality and control

5. Standing Head to Knee

• Develops concentration, determination and patience
• Improves flexibility of sciatic nerve
• Good for diabetes

6. Standing Bow Pulling Pose

• Flushes out kidneys helping to eliminate toxins
• Improves sciatica
• Improves lower spine and relieves lower back pain

7. Balancing Stick

• Strengthens the heart muscle
• Improves circulation
• Increases lung capacity

8. Standing Separate Leg

• Stretching Helps and prevents sciatica
• Improves function of internal organs
• Brings blood to the brain

9. Triangle

• Improves every muscle, joint, tendon and internal organ
• Revitalizes nerves, veins, and tissues
• Improves crooked spines

10. Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee

• Helps manic depression
• Stretches, tones, and decongests the spinal column and nervous system
• Massages the pancreas, liver, gallbladder, kidneys, spleen, and intestines

11. Tree Hose

• Improves posture and balance
• Improves circulatory disorders
• Increases flexibility of ankles, knees, and hips

12. Toe Stand

• Develops focus and patience
• Good for the feet Helps with hemorrhoid problems

13. Dead Body Pose

• Helps high blood pressure
• Improves concentration
• Good for hypertension, nervousness, anxiety, and irritability

14. Wind Removing Pose

• Helps and prevents constipation and irritable bowel syndrome
• Improves flexibility of the hip joints and relieves lower back pain
• Stimulates the liver, small and large intestine, and spleen

15. Sit-up

• Strengthens and tightens the abdomen
• Increases flexibility of the spine, hamstrings, and sciatic nerve
• Improves vitality

16. Cobra Pose

• Increases spinal strength and flexibility, relieves low back pain
• Helps relieve stress as it improves function of kidneys and adrenals
• Good for diabetes

17. Locust Pose Same as Cobra

• Clears out cholesterol
• Improves wrist and elbow issues

18. Full Locust Pose Same as Cobra and Locust

• Massages internal organs
• Opens the chest

19. Bow Pose

• Combines all the benefits of Cobra, Locust, and Full Locust
• Good for diabetes
• Improves flexibility of hip and shoulder joints

20. Fixed Firm Pose

• Strengthens and improves flexibility of lower spine, knees, and ankles
• Good for sciatica and varicose veins
• Good prevention for hernia

21. Half Tortoise Pose

• Provides maximum relaxation
• Good for diabetes and anemia
• Massages heart, lungs, and coronary arteries

22. Camel Pose

• Good for osteoporosis
• Good for diabetes, high blood pressure, and bronchial spasms
• Good for constipation

23. Rabbit Pose

• Maintain mobility and elasticity of spine and back muscles
• Nurtures the nervous system, helps with depression
• Stimulates all glands and organs of the body

24. Head to Knee with Stretching Pose

• Helps balance blood sugar levels; good for diabetes
• Good for immune system Improves kidney function

25. Spine Twisting Pose

• Increases circulation and nutrition to spinal nerves, veins, and tissues
• Helps sciatica Improves digestion

26. Blowing in Firm Pose

• Improves oxygenation to the body, helps to rid it of toxins
• Energizes and revitalizes the body, brings mental clarity and alertness
• Good for digestive system

Final Dead Body Pose

• Teaches relaxation
• Increases feelings of gratitude
• Stimulates peacefulness