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

There’s rather a lot to like concerning the observe of yoga, however let’s face it: Some yoga poses can get fairly funky, to say the least. You realize those we’re speaking about.

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

For the sake of a very good snort, we’ve determined to compile a number of the craziest, weirdest, most weird yoga poses we might discover. Namaste.

1. Ear Strain Pose (Karnapidasana)

At first look, ear strain pose, or knee-to-ear pose, sort of seems like pet pose till you understand you must be the other way up. Not like a few of these different poses, ear strain pose doesn’t should be mixed with the rest to look completely insane.

2. Yogic Sleep Pose (Yoganidrasana)

When airways say you’ll be able to take one carry-on, they don’t imply you must change into the carry-on. We all know that is known as the yogic sleep pose or yoganidrasana, however how is she wanting so peaceable when her LEG is behind her HEAD? So confused. A lot impressed.

3. Ft to Head Pose (Sirsa Padasana)

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

4. One-Armed Aspect Crow (Parsva Bakasana)

Aspect crow as a base with some sort of loopy high leg contortion, this pose requires some subsequent stage glute/hamstring/hip flexor power 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 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 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

This can be a variation on the lizard pose, if stated lizard was attempting to change into a bench. That will look nice in my lounge!

8. Happiest Child Pose

Him: Flexibility is attractive.

Me:

However significantly, props to this woman 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 components 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?”