STANDING POSES

1. Eagle Pose (Garudasana)

 Meaning -  Garuda = the mythic "king of the birds," the vehicle  of  Vishnu     

Duration - 15-30secs

Eagle Pose

Steps

1.  Stand straight and balance your weight on both feet. This is very important to gain stability
2. Cross your right hand under your left in front of your torso and your right leg over your left. Twist it as much as you can.
3. Focus on your drisiti in the front and hold on for 15-30 seconds. 
4. Repeat for the same length of time with reversing the hand/leg 

Triangle Pose (without block)

2. Triangle Pose(Trikonasana)

Meaning - (utthita = extended, trikona = three angle or triangle)
Duration - 30secs – 1 min

Steps

1. Spread your feet and turn your right feet 90’ facing sideways
2. Hold a block on your right hand and bend slowly on the sideways till the block touches the floor(the block should be placed on the back of your feet)
3. Look up and stretch your left hand up. Feel the stretch and repeat the same with turning the left feet 90 deg

3.Tree Pose(Vrksasana)

Meaning - vrksa = tree

Duration - 30secs – 1 min

Steps

1. Lock your left knee straight      
2. Hold your right feet up and balance with left thigh. Bend the right feet as much as you can    
3. Stretch your arms up and hold on to this pose for few seconds. Make sure to focus on dristi in front of you. The surprising fact is you will not be able to close your eyes with this pose. If you can, then you can be officially called as 'yogi'
4. Repeat the same with other leg.




Tree Pose