These poses will open up your whole body, increase blood flow, and make you feel stronger in no time.
This pose—one of the most common in yoga—is an excellent morning stretch. You'll open up the shoulders, hamstrings, and calves as well as the arches of your feet. Down dogs also help to strengthen your shoulders and upper back.
This restorative yoga pose is a great shoulder opener and can be used to rest in between more difficult positions. Come back to it any time—but don’t idle. You want to feel like you're reaching out toward the opposite end of the room for maximum benefits.
If you want flexible hips and strong legs, lunge positions are where it’s at. High lunge and Warrior 1 are especially good for opening the front of the hip flexors as well as the shoulders.
This standing pose stretches your hips, hamstrings, calves, chest, shoulders and your spine. It's also great for strengthening your knees, quads, and ankles.
This pose is known for increasing strength and stamina, particularly in the legs and arms. Fun fact: All of the warrior poses (or Virabhadrasana in Sanskrit) is named after an incarnation of the Hindu deity, Shiva.