How to Perform Yoga Postures Yoga can help a person in many different ways. It can help you to find balance, teach you a way of developing how to be calm and can also make your body elastic enough to be able to move to its maximum ability. A good yoga posture can also help you to build inner strength . Yoga is very relaxing and helps you to become more flexible and calm. Cobra Pose Lie down on your stomach with your legs and feet touching each other . Your palms should be planted on the floor below your shoulders with your fingers facing outwards. Start inhaling and lift the upper body by gradually lifting the head first followed by the chest . Remember to keep your shoulders down. Your pelvis and thighs should never leave the yoga mat. Breathe normally and hold your pose for about twenty five seconds . As you breathe, make sure that it is in even breaths all the way through your nose. Then go back to your starting location and repeat if desired. Ab Strengthening Posture St...