."Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana: Step by Step1. Stand with your feet together, heels and toes touching, and arms by your side. Bring your palms together, fingers interlaced, with only the index fingers released and extended. Inhale, bring your arms straight up so

As we mentioned in our previous blog, the second set of Tree is actually a different pose altogether, but you pick up the posture where you left off with Tree. Toe Stand (Padangustasana in Sanskrit- you really should be fluent by now) requires

is very common for runners, and strengthening these joints, which can take ground reaction forces of up to 1.5 times your body weight each time your foot hits the ground.''Because the posture is broken down into three parts, with two sets to each posture

.'Pranayama breathing: step by step1. To begin the posture, stand with your feet together, toes and heels touching. Contract your quads and stand up tall with your shoulders relaxed. 2. Interlock your fingers and place your knuckles under your chin. Keep your knuckles

Alexandra Rees is a qualified sport and exercise scientist, ex-club runner and Bikram yoga devotee of six years, who can now touch her toes with sickening ease.Like Kerry McCarthy, who in our first blog admitted that he thought yoga was solely

't really compete with Kerry's last blog - this pose won't make you dynamite in the sack. However, it will give you thighs of steel and quite possibly knees so durable you can take the physio off speed-dial.This pose is all about learning to use your leg