Your yoga mat will improve your balance and coordination. Most of us are not balanced, and therefore do much of what we do favoring one side of our body over another. For instance, we may be stronger on our right side and weaker on our left. With greater stability, there is less compensation.
Mountain Pose - Tadasana
Benefits: Improves posture, strengthens thighs
1. Stand with the toes touching
2. Lift up all your toes and let them fan out, then drop them down creating a wide solid base
3. Bring your weight evenly onto all four corners of both feet
4. Let the feet and the calves root down into the floor
5. Engage the quadriceps and draw them upward, causing your knee caps to rise
6. Rotate both thighs inward, creating a widening of the sit bones, and tuck your tailbone in between the sit bones
7. Draw in the belly
8. Relax the shoulders
9. The crown of the head rises toward the ceiling