Introduction
We all know about yoga. Everyone can meditate. It is a good exercise that helps to unite the body and mind.
In today’s age, many people practice yoga as a couple. This helps in strengthening the relationship between the couple.
The practice of yoga works to build intimacy and trust better than any other.
While practicing yoga with your partner is a pleasant experience, it also works as a stress reliever.
Then you both can release stress and connect with each other. When a peaceful connection is established, it helps your relationship grow stronger and stronger.
What is intimate couple yoga called?
Two people doing yoga is called “AcroYoga” and is also called partner yoga. Helping to use each other’s weight, support, balance and resistance. Partners try to coordinate together in creative poses that require trust, communication and sensitivity to each other’s needs and abilities.
Benefits of yoga for you and your partner
One of the many benefits of doing yoga with your partners is building a healthy body image. You can improve your fitness and lose weight easily.
Doing yoga with a partner helps you build trust with each other. Among these, the verbal and non-verbal postures are more important. Helps you get to know and trust your partner. Let us read in this passage the following ten asanas on how to build intimacy and trust between partners.
10 YOGA POSES FOR COUPLES
If you do some stretching exercises or yoga with your partner, here are ten exercises you can start with your partner.
1. Temple Pose
This is the first pose in our sequence that helps open up your chest and shoulder areas. This is a great exercise for those who want to stretch their hamstrings. People with neck or back problems may find this exercise difficult.
Temple pose with partner
You stand up straight and face your partner with your feet hip-distance apart and your arms at your sides.
Extend your arms up and bring them forward touching your partner.
Slowly bend forward and hinge at the hips until you touch your partner’s hands as well as elbows. Your body should be at a 90° angle and keep your chest parallel to the floor.
Put equal weight on your partner and make a peak like a temple. Hold your breath in that position for five seconds. Walk towards each other to straighten the torso.
2. PARTNER BREATHING
In this pose you stay away from each other as you sit back and breathe together. Try sharing a breath in this pose.
Partner breathing with a partner
1.I sit with your back to your partner and cross your legs. Place your hands on your knees and feel connected to each other.
2. Inhale your breath and experience each breath.
3. Feel how your partner’s rib cage feels when breathing
4. Inhale where your partner exhales.
5. Stay engaged with your partner’s breath for five minutes. This is the way to connect and open your heart.
3. SEATED CENTERING/GROUNDING
Grounding and centering is a great way to start your yoga practice. Similar to partner breath, centering/grounding seeks to connect on spiritual levels. Mindfulness and meditation are important components of yoga practice.
Seat centering with partner
1.Face your partner and sit in a cross-legged position, if this position feels uncomfortable, take Khushi for support.
2. Keep your back straight and look into your partner’s eyes. Take a moment to look at each other.
3. Take ten deep breaths to deepen the connection. Hold your partner’s hand and take ten deep breaths and complete the exercise.
4. FORWARD FOLD POSE
This post is very stressful for your feet. It is a bit difficult to communicate from one person to another if they have the flexibility to do so. Take care of each other and so that the partner is not overstressed or hurt. Uses of this asana The purpose of the asana is to cultivate physical intimacy.
Forward Fold Pose with partner
1.Sit back to back with a partner. Bring your legs out in front of you and have your partner bend their knees to the floor and try to get their feet parallel to the floor.
2. Bend forward and tuck your hips and bring your hands to your knees.
3. Your partner will lean back supporting your back while you lean forward. Communication is used.
4. Hold the breath for five to six seconds. Return to starting position. So that the other person can stretch.
5. PARTNER WARRIOR I POSE
The front and back legs generate equal energy. Warrior pose helps you build strength. Warrior I involves building energy throughout the body from toes to toes. If you do this as a couple, it helps to add energy. It also tries to strengthen your relationship while inhaling and exhaling.
Partner Warrior
Stand shoulder to shoulder and face different directions. Touch your partner’s left shoulder with your right shoulder.
Keeping your right leg in a lunge position, be careful not to let your knee go past your toes. Bend your left leg to the side with your feet flat.
Make sure your partner’s knee doesn’t go past the toes. Let their left leg go into lunge.
Extend both arms to the ceiling in Yoddha One.
To strengthen the connection, gently arch your back and look up at the ceiling.
Have partners hold hands and hold breath for five seconds in this position.
Return to the starting position.
6. SEATED TWIST
Stretch your hips, knees, and the region between your spine and shoulders. Try to connect with your partner by showing your reflection. Use it to deepen the stretch, as in forward fold pose.
Seated twist with partner
Do a criss cross on the back and send straight into a sitting position.
One of you turns right in the direction your partner is facing.
Try to get your partner to reverse what you are doing and face your direction.
Hold this position for five to six breaths and then repeat it on the other side and rest a little before that.
7. SEATED CAT COW
This post works to stretch the spine, hips and core. It helps your chest and lungs to expand. Focusing on breathing there, trust your partner to use their support in your chest and upper back.
Cat cow sitting with partner
1.Sit cross-legged facing each other Touch your partner’s knee with your knee.
2.Come forward to grab each other’s hands and keep a firm grip leaving your shoulders down and back as well.
3.Hold this position for a few seconds while reaching your chest and arching your core while taking it easy.
4.As you exhale, tuck your chin into your chest and round your upper back. Spread your shoulders wide to get into daily cow parts.
5.Continue both positions together for ten rounds.
8. STANDING FORWARD FOLD
This is an easy move. It is done to lengthen the muscles on the bottom and back of the legs. Forward folding with a partner can be experienced together. To reduce stress
And it helps to focus on what is important in the relationship.
Standing forward fold with partner
1.Stand with your backs facing each other with an inch of space between you and your feet hip-distance apart.
2.Bring your arms overhead and inhale as you hinge at the hips to fold forward, bringing your chest up to your thighs.
3.Release your hands to place your hands on the floor.
4.Relax your neck to lock eyes with your partner and look down at your feet. You can reach out to your partner and hold their hands.
5.Stay in this position until you release. And afterward you return to the beginning position.
9. REVOLVED CHAIR
This pose is best done with a partner. Do as much stress in this pose as you can in the solo version. It helps in building trust and security with your partner. If moving away from each other, I can hold it. Stay connected to the movement and try to focus on your breath.
Revolve chair with partner
1.Stand face to face with me and keep a distance of one foot between you two.
2.Cross your arms, right, left, and hold each other’s right hands and place your feet hip-distance apart.
3. Keeping a firm grip, slowly lower yourself into the chair by bending your knees. Keep your shoulders straight and stacked on your hips
4.Rely on your partner to balance in that position and also extend both your left arms back, staying in a left twist position.
5. Hold this sit for five seconds for deep breathing. Get back to the beginning position and rehash on the opposite side.
10. BOAT POSE
This pose is very interesting and requires a lot of grip as well as strength. But as you work together, you’ll find that trusting each other makes this pose much easier.
Boat pose with partner
Sit across from your partner and keep a distance between the two of you.
Twist your knees and put your feet on the floor before you. And touch fingers with partner.
Bring the soles of your feet together with your partner’s feet, holding each other’s wrists and extending your arms towards each other.
Raise your legs to A-frame your partner’s legs. Hold the position for some time. What’s more, gradually cut your legs back down.
Do yoga as a couple starting today
Now we have told you ten yoga poses with a partner. You should practice it regularly.
As we mentioned, yoga for couples helps build intimacy and trust. It also provides physical benefits such as flexibility.