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

There’s loads to like concerning the apply of yoga, however let’s face it: Some yoga poses can get fairly funky, to say the least. 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 manner too near different physique elements. And poses that just about contain not having a rib cage.

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

1. Ear Stress Pose (Karnapidasana)

At first look, ear stress pose, or knee-to-ear pose, type of seems like pet pose till you understand you need to be the other way up. Not like a few of these different poses, ear stress pose doesn’t should 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 you need to turn into the carry-on. We all know that is known 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 ft to go pose, however we’re unofficially calling it “I’m lacking just a few vertebra.” However hey, that is undoubtedly one strategy to stretch out after consuming an excessive amount of!

4. One-Armed Facet Crow (Parsva Bakasana)

Facet crow as a base with some type of loopy high leg contortion, this pose requires some subsequent degree glute/hamstring/hip flexor energy and adaptability, plus the added talent 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 evening pose once 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 expect they need to be named.)

6. Breakdancer Pose

This loopy riff on a headstand makes us query all the pieces about how the human physique strikes. We don’t actually know what’s taking place 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 turn into a bench. That might look nice in my front room!

8. Happiest Child Pose

Him: Flexibility is attractive.

Me:

However severely, props to this lady for smiling via 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 seems 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?”