15 yoga poses to a beautiful bride!

On your wedding day, you want to be looking and feeling the best, right? Dear bride, yoga is your way to go. The yoga asanas we are about to tell you will benefit your body, mind and soul so that you feel and look radiant on your wedding day. They will also help you stay more present, allowing you to soak up every moment on your big day. So, schedule a yoga class or perform these yoga asanas at home, recommended by celebrity yoga expert Sunaina Rekhi.

Yoga for toning and losing weight
Your days of bingeing are coming up so make sure that your abs are tight and toned. These yoga poses are designed to help you tone your entire body so that you can wear your dresses with confidence.

• Bujangasana or cobra pose will help sculpt your core so that you look confident in your wedding day pictures.
• Adho mukho svanasana or downward facing dog pose will stretch and tone your back and shoulders while toning your hamstrings and calves.
• Vasishthasana or sage pose and ardha navasana or half boat pose will work on your oblique muscles and help trim your waist.
• Makara adho mukho svanasana or plank pose is excellent to tone your arms and say goodbye to your belly bulge.

Try to practice all these postures 3-4 times a week to get the desired results.

Yoga to get a flawless, glowing skin
One thing you definitely cannot give a miss is looking after your skin before your wedding day. Yoga can be a blessing for your skin. It can improve blood circulation and beat the stress levels giving you a flawless, glowing skin.

• Inverted poses like sirsasana or headstand and sarvangasana or shoulder stand will improve the blood flow to your face nourishing your skin.
• Bow pose or dhanurasana helps release toxins from the body and also clears your skin from acne and breakouts by releasing stress from your body.
• Hastapadotasana or standing forward bend can give an instant glow to your skin by improving the blood flow.
• Matsyasana or fish pose can be great to bring that natural glow to your skin and help beat anxiety and stress.

Perform these asanas in a series 3-4 times a week and make sure that you hold each of these postures for 20-25 seconds before you get to the next pose.

Yoga to beat pre-wedding stress 
Stressed if the decorators are doing the job right or can’t decide what wedding colours should you wear? Yoga can also be an excellent way to calm down a mind busy with crucial planning for the upcoming events. So flow through each of these powerful poses while breathing deeply.

• Paschimottanasana or seating forward bend will help release tension from your back and make you feel energised.
• Suptavirasana or reclined hero pose will give your entire body a great stretch. It is calming and relaxing for your whole system.
• Shavasana or corpse pose is great for relaxing your whole body, something that you are craving as a bride-to-be.

First go slow with the yoga poses and then you can pick up once you are comfortable getting into the asanas.

Tips:

• Find a clean and isolated place for your yoga practice.
• Invest in a yoga mat so that you don’t hurt your wrists and knees while performing the asanas.
• Perform some warm up poses like balasana or child’s pose and parvatasana or mountain pose before getting into the asanas.

You may also like to read:

• Brides-to-be follow these diet tips to get glowing skin before your wedding day
• 5 cosmetic treatments for brides-to-be

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