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Try These 6 Couples Yoga Poses to Strengthen Your Relationship

One of the fundamental values of a relationship is connection. Partner yoga, or yoga where you practice the poses with another person, is an amazing (and fun!) way to strengthen your relationship.

The basic definition of yoga, coincidentally, means union. Relationships, much like yoga, are a practice that constantly unfolds before our eyes. We learn, we change, and we grow.
 

Partner yoga is an amazing (and fun!) way to strengthen your relationship.

 
It is when the mind, body, and spirit unite that we feel this progression within both yoga and our relationships. To deepen our practices in both, we must open our minds to new feelings, thoughts, and actions.

In a modern world where we are so technologically based, it is extra important that we continue to have true, human-based connections, such as the essence of touch.
 
 

Here Are 6 Partner Yoga Poses That Are Sure to Strengthen Your Relationship:

Grab your loved one and try these six partner yoga poses to deepen the connection the two of you share. Find a sense of safety, trust, laughter, playfulness, and unconditional love.
 

1. Seated Spinal Twist

 
yoga Seated Spinal Twist

 
Twisting postures work to detoxify the body, aid in digestion, and promote a healthy spine and back. In a Seated Spinal Twist, you work to lengthen the space between your vertebrae to promote energy. When we slump, our energy levels drop, which can affect our mood and how we communicate with others emotionally.

How it Strengthens Your Relationship: To find a positive flow in life and with your partner, you must first rid the body of unwanted blockages. Getting into this partner yoga posture with your partner makes for an even deeper twist, “ringing” both bodies out and making space together.
 

 
 

2. Boat Pose

 
yoga boat pose

 
This pose is all about strengthening the core. Your core strength is key for the rest of your body to thrive, since it connects your upper and lower torso. It also houses your vital organs and protects your nervous system.

How it Strengthens Your Relationship: We must also strengthen our emotional core to promote an environment of positivity, connectivity, and innermost wellbeing.

Doing this partner yoga pose with your partner allows you to work even harder as you straighten your legs, press the soles of your feet into each other’s, and create a line of powerful energy throughout your bodies. Elongating your arms to interlock with your partner’s will give you a stretch from your shoulders to your fingertips.
 

3. Tree Pose

 
yoga Tree Pose

 
Balancing postures require a lot of grounding and focus within the mind and spirit to allow the body to become still. Tree Pose symbolizes the roots of our nature. We stand tall in the world by connecting to that which holds us up. Many variations of this posture work to further deepen that idea of connection.

How it Strengthens Your Relationship: In relationships, both people must participate equally to maintain balance, and same goes for double Tree Pose.

To make it work, both people must press their hips evenly into one another. You can wrap your arms around each other’s waists and bring your palms together in a prayer position to express your connection and trust for one another.
 

4. Warrior I

 
yoga Warrior I

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Warrior Poses require an equal amount of energy to be distributed between our front and back legs. We create a force field of energy from our heels and our toes all the way up to our fingertips. Warrior I opens the hips to release negative, unwanted emotions bogging us down, while our lifted arms raise our spirits.

How it Strengthens Your Relationship: In this backbend variation, you and your partner get to experience a juicy heart opener that expands your line of compassion to one another. Dropping your head back to relax your neck allows the ego to surrender.

Holding hands connects the line of energy between the two of you, and promotes an even deeper connection as you inhale and exhale with control.
 

5. Rag Doll Pose

 
Yoga Rag Doll Pose

 
Letting go to go deeper in life and in yoga can be difficult when our ego gets in the way. Yoga teachers constantly remind their students to release their head and neck and use their breath to allow them to fold further into the earth.

How it Strengthens Your Relationship: With double Rag Doll Pose, you get to experience that release together, using each other’s bodies to stretch deeper. Poses where you can look into each other’s eyes are extremely powerful. And with this one, you get a shift in perspective of the world and your partner.
 

 
 

6. Double Child’s Pose

 

Double Childs Pose

 
Child’s Pose is a resting, restorative posture that helps us surrender both physically and mentally. It creates space in the body and calms the mind.

How it Strengthens Your Relationship: Restore you relationship and allow yourself to melt into your partner. This is a perfect partner yoga pose to end to a practice together.
 
 

Practice These Partner Yoga Poses to Strengthen Your Relationship

Because the essence of a connection is at the basis of both relationships and yoga, it only makes sense that combining the two provides a great way for couples to deepen their relationships and their yoga discipline.

With partner yoga, you can get into positions where breathing and moving together is essential. This union will help you better communicate with one another by using words of encouragement and expressions of trust.
 
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