Chair Twists - Iyengar Yoga for Beginners

Chair Twists - Iyengar Yoga for Beginners. 20 minute yoga practice. Twists are great yoga poses for health and wellbeing. They make the spine more flexible and tone the paraspinal muscles, they massage the internal organs like the liver and kidneys, and they stimulate the digestive system and the immune system. Unless there is a health problem which means that twists are contra-indicated, (if you are not sure, go to an Iyengar Yoga teacher local to you and ask), then you should be including twists in your daily yoga practice. Twists for beginners (with a chair) Bharadvajasana - 3 ways on chair Marichayasana 1 - back hand to chair Marichyasana 3 - back hand to chair Bharadvajasana 2 – in baddha konasana If you look on our channel's playlists, we have plenty of videos if you want more general Iyengar yoga classes for beginners, or yoga for a stiffer body. For those who are more experienced, we have a playlist of poses and sequences for Intermediate Yoga students. The poses we cover in this video are: Chair twists Parivrtta Trikonasana Marichyasana 1 - seated twist Marichyasana 3 Sukhasana - Simple cross twists The equipment you might need for this yoga sequence are: yoga mat 1 x yoga chair (or kitchen/dining chair) 2 x foam pads 1 x yoga brick Yoga is not just to increase your flexibility, strength and the general tone of your body; it has the capacity to free your mind, improve your wellbeing and increase your mental resilience. This free online yoga classes can be practiced at home; although we would always suggest you find a qualified Iyengar Yoga teacher near to you so you can attend a class. This sequence will help to tone and improve strength and mobility in the legs and hips. Subscribe to our channel; if you opt for notifications, you will be advised as new videos are launched. We will be posting videos for all levels but if you have never done yoga before or you want to re-visit some of the basics - then start here! Get out your mat and build the foundation of your own yoga practice with this 40 minute home yoga video. Enjoy! Stay connected~ For more structured classes: http://myyogatutor.com/ For booking face to face classes: http://www.iyengar-yoga.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaidstoneYogaCentre/ Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/MaidstoneYogaCentre/ For our ebook, "Yoga for the Stiffer Body": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Stiffer-Body-Inspirational-Accessible-ebook/dp/B01IYO67M8 Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/craddock1310 Subscribe to our channel; if you opt for notifications, you will be advised as new videos are launched. We will be posting videos for all levels but if you have never done yoga before or you want to re-visit some of the basics - then start here! Get out your mat and build the foundation of your own yoga practice with this 1 minute home yoga video. Enjoy! Stay connected~ For more structured classes: http://myyogatutor.com/ For booking face to face classes: http://www.iyengar-yoga.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaidstoneYogaCentre/ Twitter: https://www.facebook.com/MaidstoneYogaCentre/ For our ebook, "Yoga for the Stiffer Body": https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Stiffer-Body-Inspirational-Accessible-ebook/dp/B01IYO67M8 Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/craddock1310