FITNESS YOGA
The practice of Hatha Yoga can help you build strength, resilience and focus and ultimately transform your body and life. If you are looking to deepen your journey in the practice of yoga, the disciplined practice of hatha yoga will open the door to a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around you.

Yoga Postures to Enhance Flexibility, Strength and Endurance
At Shri Thorat Yogashala, we believe in the power of yoga to help deepen your connection with yourself and others, increase physical strength and endurance while stretching the mind and body. In this blog post, we’ll be exploring some of our favorite yoga postures that will help you strengthen your body while also improving your flexibility. Each posture has unique benefits that can help you reach a deeper level of physical and mental harmony. So get ready to learn how you can enhance your strength and flexibility with some invigorating yoga postures!
Warming Up With Anaerobic Movements
Anaerobic movements are a great way to activate targeted muscle groups for specific stretches or poses—allowing for greater flexibility and strength when doing yoga postures. In fact, research suggests that regular aerobic exercise combined with stretching can have positive effects on endurance and overall physical performance.
Standing Poses for Improving Balance
One of the key benefits of yoga is to improve your balance, and standing poses are especially beneficial for that! Start off your yoga session by working on your foundation of balance with some standing poses. These poses engage all the muscles in your legs and core, helping focus on strengthening and coordination.
Seated Poses for Enhancing Flexibility
Seated poses are a great place to start when looking to enhance flexibility, strength and endurance. Whether you're a beginner or advanced in your practice, taking a few moments everyday to practice seated yoga poses can help improve your overall well-being.
Improving Posture
Yogasanas help improve posture by strengthening and stretching the muscles that support the spine, neck and shoulders. Additionally, by focusing on alignment you'll begin to understand how body weight is distributed throughout the body. This understanding can lead to increased flexibility in the spine and other joints.
Inversions
Handstand: an advanced posture that is perfect for building the arm, shoulder and core strength needed for other basic postures.
Headstand: considered one of the most important yoga postures due to its ability to stimulate all areas of the body by reversing gravity’s downward flow on your body and providing increased oxygen intake during inhalation while inverted.
Forearm Stand (or Pincha Mayurasana): a powerful forward bend that opens up the shoulders while strengthening and toning them at the same time
These poses will help increase strength, flexibility and endurance significantly if done correctly—which is why it is important to be prepared both mentally and physically before attempting any of these poses! With practice comes mastery—so don’t be discouraged if you don’t get these postures right away!
Restorative Poses: A Series of Relaxing Exercises
Restorative poses are often thought of as being a passive yoga practice - they do not require much energy, and mostly involve practicing various postures while lying or sitting in a comfortable position. But, this doesn't mean they are easy (or boring!). They require mindfulness and focus to do correctly, as well as deep breathing exercises.
Whether you’re a beginner or a regular practitioner of yoga, or if you just want to try something new in your exercise routine, taking up a series of yoga postures can be a great way to build flexibility, strength, balance, and endurance.