12 Yoga Poses Suitable For Beginners

For those who are just getting started in yoga (which has many benefits), here are 12 poses that are suitable for beginners.

Note that they are listed alphabetically, and not in order of ease.

Crescent Lunge / Utthita Ashwa Sanchalanasana (1:21)

Dancer / Natarajasana (3:58)

Downward Facing Dog / Adho Mukha Svanasana (3:15)

Half Pigeon / Ardha Kapotasana (4:39)

Low Plank / Chaturanga Dandasana (1:08)

Mountain / Tadasana (1:52)

Plank / Kumbhakasana (3:25)

Seated Forward Bend / Paschimottanasana (3:26)

Tree / Vrksasana (1:41)

Triangle / Trikonasana (10:46)

Upward Facing Dog / Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (2:51)

Warrior II / Virabhadrasana II (3:38)

18 Basic Yoga Poses

This final video includes some of the above poses too, as well as others, but I’ve included it because it goes into a little more detail about the importance of adopting the correct posture:

Additional Resources

These are suggestions for those who wish to delve deeper into any of the above:

1. Find A Yoga Instructor (US only)
2. Online Yoga Courses
3. Yoga For Anxiety
4. Yoga For Kids
5. Yoga Mat