15 Morning Yoga Poses For Beginners

Yoga is the perfect way to energize your mornings and revitalize your tired, groggy body. It’s not as intense as a full-on cardio workout, and can actually help with digestion and revving up your metabolism. Here are the best beginner friendly yoga moves to try in the AM.

1. Standing forward fold

this can be your first move. stand with your feed hip distance apart slightly bending your knees and gently folding forward with a relaxed neck, and weigh centered in the middle of each foot.

2. Child’s pose

This is a very simple pose that’s adaptable for all levels. Kneel and bring your chest down onto your thighs so your forehead touches the floor, lengthening arms to either side or stacking them under the forehead. Breath in slowly and let the ribs widen. As you exhale sink the buttocks back towards the heels, stretching your back.

3. Happy baby

Start on your back, resting you head either on a pillow or on the ground. Gently draw your knees into your chest, grabbing the outer edges of your feet and sticking elbows inside knees. Pull on your feet lightly as knees drop to each side of your torso.

4. Cat to cow

Starting on all fours with hands under shoulders and knees under hips, drop your belly and arch your spine, lifting your chest and lifting your tailbone as you inhale. When you exhale, curve your spine into the opposite position pressing the floor away, like an angry cat.

5. Downward dog

Place your palms on the mat or ground a bit wider than shoulder width, tucking the toes as your lift hips high into the air. The chest should move backwards the thighs while the arms remain straight and head strays relaxed. Roll your shoulder away from the knees, and keep hips high to keep your soles on the ground and get the full stretch.