The Extended Side Angle
Pose strengthens the legs whilst opening the side of the body and stimulates the abdominal organs.
Tree
pose strengthens your legs, flexes your angles and lengthens your spine.
This pose strengthens the legs and stretches the hips and the arms.
Not exact matches
Squat
pose through a pregnancy can be done to
strengthen the
legs and to create a beautiful stretch to open up the hips and the lower back
Trikonasana (triangle
pose) helps alleviate stress in the low back as well as stretch the
legs and waist while keeping energy up by
strengthening the
legs and core.
Boat
poses are a fun way to
strengthen the lower belly while stretching the shoulders,
legs, and back of the arms.
Many yoga
poses require you to balance on one
leg, which
strengthens the muscles that help stabilize the knee and hip.
This yoga
pose helps alleviate stress in the low back as well as stretch the
legs and waist while keeping energy up by
strengthening the
legs and core.
Holding your
legs up will still give you the amazing benefits and help
strengthen your core for the full
pose.
The warrior 2
pose benefits are very much like those provided by the Triangle
pose, along with the additional benefit of the
strengthening of the muscles of the thigh and
leg.
This
pose will increase your stamina, improve flexibility of the torso,
strengthen the ankles, feet and
legs, while elongating the spine and opening the hips.
The benefits of downward dog
pose include helping to release tension in the shoulders, align the spinal column, and
strengthen the
legs and arms.
Once you find balance in Half Moon
Pose, radiate and extend in all directions to
strengthen your
legs, hips, and core.
The pronators are
strengthened more by one -
legged standing
poses, especially Vrksasana, in which they help offset the tendency to overbalance toward the inner foot.
The supinators are
strengthened by almost every standing
pose, one -
legged and two -
legged alike.
The best way to
strengthen these crucial muscles is — you guessed it — to practice lots and lots of one -
legged standing
poses!
These are the two most important muscles to
strengthen to improve all of your one -
legged balancing
poses.
Though you may be familiar with these
poses, there is a lot of subtle detail you can bring to the alignment while also
strengthening your
legs and core and working on forward bending and back bending.
Anjaneyasana or the Low Lunge
Pose energises the body and
strengthens the muscles of the
legs, waist, shoulders and chest.
Tadasana or the «mountain
pose» is a
pose for
strengthening of arms and
legs.
Plank
pose teaches you to support your weight on your hands,
strengthens your core and
legs, and when done properly, it teaches you the correct alignment that you'll need later for Chaturanga Dandasana.
Not only will doing yoga
strengthen your whole body — some
poses are especially good for your
legs — but the stretches will help you lengthen your muscles and improve your flexibility.
Chaturanga Dandasana is an advanced
pose that
strengthens and tones your upper body, core, and
legs.
And what amazing timing as I have to look after our newborn little girl and have little to no time to cook;) My favorite
pose is reverse warrior because you get such an amazing stretch all through your side while
strengthening your
legs.
2) Mountain
Pose aka Parvatasana — To help
strengthens your muscles and nerves in your
legs and arms, and improve the circulation in your upper spine, try this yoga session.
Eka Pada Koundinyasana or the one -
legged pose of Sage Koundinya,
strengthens the arms, neck and wrists.
In addition to the upper - back work, I encourage all of my students to consistently practice standing
poses to
strengthen their
legs.
It stretches and
strengthens your
legs and ankles together with warrior III
pose.
This bent -
leg version is a good way to practicing balancing in Paripurna Navasana while also
strengthening the muscles you need for the
pose.
Practicing the prep
poses here and, eventually, the full expression of Malasana will help you regain this primary and essential movement, and help tone and
strengthen the
legs.
Stretch a bit on the floor, take a few warriors, or perhaps use our standing core -
strengthening sequence, flow through a sun salute or two, and then come back to the floor for a seated forward fold over extended
legs or a pigeon
pose before allowing yourself to relax right into Savasana.
Lord of the Dance (variation) This
pose stretches the shoulders, chest, thighs and groin,
strengthens the
legs and ankles, and improves balance.