Yoga is believed to be the best way to keep your mind, body and soul healthy. Remember, yoga does not build your muscles, it only tones up your body and makes it more flexible. Just as any other exercise, you have to choose only those yoga postures that are ideal for you and suits best to you. To know this, it is always better to consult a yoga instructor. The basic goal of yoga is uniting the mind, body and soul. Yoga demands a certain mental concentration as well and to help you engage your mind, you will have to concentrate on your breathing.

Regular stretches will help in the flexibility of the muscles and frees the body. Stretching makes the muscles more strong and work efficiently as the blood circulation improves. The joints will work better and will operate to their maximum range. As they include breathing techniques and meditation mechanisms, yoga helps for the better functioning of the overall systems and not just flexibility of the body.

There are many types of yoga and choosing the right type is a bit tricky if you are not opting for the help of an instructor. The yoga poses to be learned as a beginner which can aid or supplement your knowledge from your yoga classes are as follows:

• The Sun Salutation [Surya Namaskara]: It is the core of yoga which involves 12 poses and is done as a warm up exercise before starting the yoga class. It involves timely movement along with rhythmic breathing.

• The Shoulder Stand [Sarvangasana]: It is a simple pose but a very important one for a beginner.
  
• The Corpse Pose [Shavaasana]: It is method of relaxation which is done after the yoga session is completed. It is done for about 15 minutes.
  

• Meditation and Pranayama: Meditation helps in improving concentration levels and Pranayama refers to a breathing technique which produces a large amount of energy.

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