Back bends open the chest and the lung capacity. Upside-down poses invert how gravity works on the body. For example, in the king of all poses, the head stand works with the master gland and influences all other glands. And there are poses that concentrate on balance and twisting poses that keep the spine healthy and prevent disc problems. Correct form is a must to prevent injury.
Students begin with easy poses and progress to more difficult ones.
He studied yoga and systemized it into a number of steps, says Inge Spencer, who teaches yoga at the Coastal Georgia Center. Here are a few. Things like no stealing or covetousness, speaking the truth, cleanliness, not using more than you need, cultivating contentment. Each pose has a bliss built in. Each pose is named after something that gives you that type of feeling or sentiment.