Doing yoga is an unbelievable method to calm your thoughts, physique, and spirit. Its record of advantages runs a mile lengthy, and contains weight reduction, higher sleep, improved reminiscence, elevated flexibility and power, and even decreased signs of tension and stress.
There’s so much to like concerning the apply of yoga, however let’s face it: Some yoga poses can get fairly funky, to say the least. You already know those we’re speaking about.
Poses that embody backbends in ways in which no again ought to ever bend. Poses the place sure physique elements are positioned method too near different physique elements. And poses that just about contain not having a rib cage.
For the sake of a superb chuckle, we’ve determined to compile a few of the craziest, weirdest, most weird yoga poses we might discover. Namaste.
1. Ear Strain Pose (Karnapidasana)
At first look, ear stress pose, or knee-to-ear pose, form of appears like pet pose till you notice you need to be the wrong way up. In contrast to a few of these different poses, ear stress pose doesn’t have to be mixed with the rest to look completely insane.
2. Yogic Sleep Pose (Yoganidrasana)
When airways say you may take one carry-on, they don’t imply you need to develop into the carry-on. We all know that is referred to as the yogic sleep pose or yoganidrasana, however how is she trying so peaceable when her LEG is behind her HEAD? So confused. A lot impressed.
3. Toes to Head Pose (Sirsa Padasana)
Formally, this one’s a variation of sirsa padasana, or toes to go pose, however we’re unofficially calling it “I’m lacking just a few vertebra.” However hey, that is undoubtedly one method to stretch out after consuming an excessive amount of!
4. One-Armed Facet Crow (Parsva Bakasana)
Facet crow as a base with some form of loopy high leg contortion, this pose requires some subsequent degree glute/hamstring/hip flexor power and adaptability, plus the added talent to defy the bodily legal guidelines of the human physique.
5. Scorpion Pose (Vrschikasana)
Why accept doing scorpion pose in your forearms when you are able to do it in your HANDS? Often known as our go-to Saturday night time pose once we’re ready for our meals to be delivered. It’s chill.
(Disclaimer: The remainder of these poses don’t have official names, however right here’s what we predict they need to be named.)
6. Breakdancer Pose
This loopy riff on a headstand makes us query all the things about how the human physique strikes. We don’t actually know what’s occurring right here, however we do know we’d die attempting it.
7. Lizard Bench Pose
It is a variation on the lizard pose, if mentioned lizard was attempting to develop into a bench. That might look nice in my lounge!
8. Happiest Child Pose
Him: Flexibility is horny.
Me:
However severely, props to this woman for smiling via this ridiculousness. Additionally, the place’s her torso?
9. Human Pretzel Pose
Half lotus pose variation, half yoga knot, half madness. Is there actually ever a necessity for all of your physique elements to be that shut to one another?
10. Bow and Arrow Pose
Two phrases: ouch and ouch. This pose appears prefer it took years to grasp, and the blessing of a yoga god to rearrange how your hips work. His physique says, “I can do something,” however his face says, “Why am I like this?”
