8 yoga movements to shape and delay aging

Let yoga help you turn back time

Many women start practicing yoga because they want to relieve stress, but they can stick with it because it makes them feel younger and indeed looks younger. Yoga is different from traditional exercise in that it combines improved blood circulation, body balance, flexibility and strength training with meditation such as deep breathing. Some people call yoga "facial surgery that does not require a knife."

Practicing the following yoga postures in order to shape your body and help you clear away the traces of time. Three times a week will give you the most benefits.

Props: Several pillows, a wall, and a yoga mat.

Breathing: Let your breath guide you into and through each yoga pose, maintaining the pace at a relaxed state. Take a deep breath through your nose and imagine having a wide elastic bandage around your waist. As you inhale, expand the bandage in all directions-front, back, left, and right. As you exhale, pull the bandage back.

1. Moving meditation

Effect: Warm joints and muscles

A. Stand with your feet together, toes forward, and knees slightly bent. The arms hang down naturally and the palms face inward. Chest your chest out and move your shoulders back and down. Look straight ahead and take a deep breath for one minute.

B. Inhale, lift your arms, palms up, and reach the top of your head. Exhale, bend forward, stretch your arms out, and touch your calves, feet, or the floor. Hold on for 15 seconds. Inhale, lift your body up and raise your arms above your head; exhale, return your arms to your sides. Repeat Action B three times.

2. Warrior Second Form

Effect: Strengthen and stretch legs, buttocks, abdomen and arms

Keep your feet open, your right foot points to one side, your left foot forward, and your left foot slightly inward. Keep your body facing forward. Exhale and bend your right knee. Inhale and lift your arms to your sides. Turn your head to the right and hold for 15 to 30 seconds.

3. Soldier's Second Form and Side Corner Form

Effect: Strengthen and stretch legs, buttocks, abdomen and arms

Starting from the warrior's second stance, exhale, place your right forearm on your right thigh, and raise your left arm above your head. Look at the sky and hold on for 15 to 30 seconds. Inhale and return to Warrior Second Form. Exhale, change the left leg below, and repeat the warrior's second stance and side corner stance on the left side.