Don't get zapped by the term abdominal breathing. It is a simple breathing technique which you apply in yoga to breathe fully from your abdomen. This allows your body to stay fit.
Prasarita Padottanasana is the real yogic name of the standing straddle forward bend. It is a pose performed in a standing position and helps in the opening of hips and stretching of our hamstrings.
Tadasana is a yoga pose performed in a standing position. It is a balancing pose in which one's weight is entirely supported by one's toes. The pose can help you get rid of back pain, improve posture and strengthen thighs.
The basic concept of yoga is to unite the atman or individual soul with the Paramatman or the Universal Soul through Yogic training and exercise. By cleansing one's mind and controlling one's thought processes one can attain the state of salvation where the individual self is a part of the Divine Self.
The advent of Yoga can be traced back to 5000 years. Yoga is an ancient Indian body of knowledge. The Sanskrit meaning of the word Yoga is to unite or integrate.
