International Yoga Day: 5 easy yoga poses for beginners

For many finding the time to take care of our health, is not always an easy task. However, hectic schedules and stressful days are precisely the reasons why we need to make more of an effort to incorporate new routines that will benefit the body and the mind.

Simple yoga routines can bring about big changes to our mental and physical health. According to the Yoga Journal, practicing yoga boosts your immunity, drops your blood pressure, lowers blood sugar, helps you sleep better, focus and relaxes you.
 
A study published in the journal European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, also discovered practicing yoga reduced the risk of heart disease.
 
To help you get started to reap the benefits, here are five easy poses anyone can do for a few minutes, even in the comfort of your home.
 
1. Mountain Pose

Benefits: Improves mental clarity and posture

2. Downward Facing Dog

Benefits: Improves circulation, digestion and decreases anxiety.

3. Warrior Pose

Benefits: Tones arms and legs, releases stress and increases stamina.

4. Upward Facing Dog

Benefits: Helps relieve mild depression, fatigue, therapeutic for asthma and improves posture.

5. Child’s Pose

Benefits: Lets you relax and breathe into your back; stretches the hips, thighs, and ankles; relieves back and neck pain. Helps alleviate stress and anxiety, Relieves neck and lower back pain, Calms the mind and body