Enliven your days with the benefits of yoga. Discover poses to complement your mood, calm your mind and achieve balance in your body.

Lie flat on your back. Inhale as you bring the right knee to the chest and the left arm overhead to the ground. Exhale and return to the starting position. Switch legs and arms. Continue this alternating movement for 1 to 3 minutes while taking deep, powerful breaths. Keep the energy flowing from the inside out.

Sit cross-legged or in a chair with feet flat. Close right nostril with right hand and inhale slowly and deeply through left nostril. Then close left nostril to exhale slowly through right. Inhale through right nostril, then close it to exhale through left. Repeat for a few minutes at 4 to 6 breaths per minute. Calm and steady breath is the key to a steady mind.

This posture relaxes the female reproductive organs and benefits the menstrual cycle. Lie on back, bring knees to chest and hold them snugly. Relax in this position, breathing long and deep for 1 to 3 minutes. Enjoy the feeling of comfort as your body returns to its natural state of balance.

On your hands and knees with your back parallel to floor, inhale as you lift your head. Exhale as you arch your spine upward and relax your head down. Breathe through nose and flex slowly and gradually. Continue 1 to 3 minutes. Unwind and feel the tension in your muscles melt away.