Best Yoga Asanas to Get Rid of Morning Stiffness and Muscle Tightness
By Lokmat Times Desk | Updated: August 29, 2025 22:27 IST2025-08-29T22:27:59+5:302025-08-29T22:27:59+5:30

When we get up in morning, we often experience body stiffness, tightness.
You also feel your neck, back, and waist feel stiff? This makes your body feel heavy. You don't feel enthusiastic about doing any work. If this has happened, some yoga poses can definitely be helpful for you. Let's see what they are.
Tadasan
The first exercise is Tadasana. To do Tadasana, stand straight. Interlock both your palms and then stretch them as much as you can. Lift your heels and rest your entire body weight on your toes. This will free up your back, arms, and shoulders.
Bhujangasana
The second exercise is Bhujangasana. This exercise is a great exercise for the spinal cord. It stretches and helps to loosen the back, waist, and neck.
Vrikshasana
The third exercise is Vrikshasana. To do it, bend your right leg at the knee and lift it up and place the sole of your right foot on the thigh of your left leg. Raise both your hands and join them together as if you are doing Namaskar. Doing this exercise not only frees up your shoulders and arms. But the hips and pelvic area also relaxes.
Pawanmuktasana
The fourth exercise is Pawanmuktasana. This reduces problems like gas, indigestion, acidity. The stomach gets cleansed. Due to this, you automatically start feeling fresh.
Balasana
It is also beneficial to do Balasana for a minute after waking up in the morning. This also loosens up the tense muscles and makes you feel relaxed instantly.