Doing yoga is an unbelievable option to calm your thoughts, physique, and spirit. Its listing of advantages runs a mile lengthy, and contains weight reduction, higher sleep, improved reminiscence, elevated flexibility and energy, and even decreased signs of hysteria and stress.

There’s quite a bit to like in regards to the apply of yoga, however let’s face it: Some yoga poses can get fairly funky, to say the least. You already know those we’re speaking about.

Poses that embody backbends in ways in which no again ought to ever bend. Poses the place sure physique elements are positioned means too near different physique elements. And poses that just about contain not having a rib cage.

For the sake of a superb snigger, we’ve determined to compile a few of the craziest, weirdest, most weird yoga poses we may discover. Namaste.

1. Ear Strain Pose (Karnapidasana)

At first look, ear stress pose, or knee-to-ear pose, form of appears to be like like pet pose till you notice it’s important to be the other way up. Not like a few of these different poses, ear stress pose doesn’t must be mixed with the rest to look completely insane.

2. Yogic Sleep Pose (Yoganidrasana)

When airways say you possibly can take one carry-on, they don’t imply it’s important to grow to be the carry-on. We all know that is referred to as the yogic sleep pose or yoganidrasana, however how is she trying so peaceable when her LEG is behind her HEAD? So confused. A lot impressed.

3. Toes to Head Pose (Sirsa Padasana)

Formally, this one’s a variation of sirsa padasana, or toes to move pose, however we’re unofficially calling it “I’m lacking a number of vertebra.” However hey, that is undoubtedly one option to stretch out after consuming an excessive amount of!

4. One-Armed Aspect Crow (Parsva Bakasana)

Aspect crow as a base with some form of loopy prime leg contortion, this pose requires some subsequent stage glute/hamstring/hip flexor energy and adaptability, plus the added ability to defy the bodily legal guidelines of the human physique.

5. Scorpion Pose (Vrschikasana)

Why accept doing scorpion pose in your forearms when you are able to do it in your HANDS? Also referred to as our go-to Saturday night time pose after we’re ready for our meals to be delivered. It’s chill.

(Disclaimer: The remainder of these poses don’t have official names, however right here’s what we predict they need to be named.)

6. Breakdancer Pose

This loopy riff on a headstand makes us query all the things about how the human physique strikes. We don’t actually know what’s occurring right here, however we do know we’d die attempting it.

7. Lizard Bench Pose

It is a variation on the lizard pose, if mentioned lizard was attempting to grow to be a bench. That may look nice in my lounge!

8. Happiest Child Pose

Him: Flexibility is attractive.

Me:

However significantly, props to this lady for smiling by this ridiculousness. Additionally, the place’s her torso?

9. Human Pretzel Pose

Half lotus pose variation, half yoga knot, half madness. Is there actually ever a necessity for all of your physique elements to be that shut to one another?

10. Bow and Arrow Pose

Two phrases: ouch and ouch. This pose appears to be like prefer it took years to grasp, and the blessing of a yoga god to rearrange how your hips work. His physique says, “I can do something,” however his face says, “Why am I like this?”