{"id":2251,"date":"2025-01-28T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/?page_id=2251"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:03:29","slug":"most-weird-looking-yoga-poses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/promo\/en\/most-weird-looking-yoga-poses\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Weird-Looking Yoga Poses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yoga and its practice is all sorts of wonderful, but we have to admit that there are some poses that if you didn\u2019t understand or practice yoga, would look either painful, funny, or just plain weird. It\u2019s not all intimidating though! Far from it.<\/p>\n

Here are some weird-looking yoga poses that get our vote.<\/p>\n

Eight Angle Pose (a.k.a.\u00a0Astavakrasana)<\/h2>\n

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While we think this is one of the most fantastic arm balances you can do, you have to admit it also looks like an evil push-up that your fitness instructor would come up with just to make your life harder.<\/p>\n

Happy Baby Pose (a.k.a.\u00a0Ananda Balasana)<\/h2>\n

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Source:\u00a0i-will-not-stop.tumblr.com<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t have to say much on this because it\u2019s pretty clear even just from \u201cHappy Baby\u201d why this pose looks funny. If you ask us though, it really does look happy and just plain relaxing.<\/p>\n

Ear Pressure Pose (a.k.a Karnapidasana)<\/h2>\n

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It\u2019s the delicious back stretch with your butt in the air that (almost) always gets voted as a funny-looking yoga pose. Why? Because if not for yoga, why would anyone even get in this position?!<\/p>\n

Goddess Pose (a.k.a.\u00a0Utkata Konasana)<\/h2>\n

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A great hip opener that can easily be made theatrical by adding jazz hands.<\/p>\n

Embryo Pose (a.k.a.\u00a0Pindasana)<\/h2>\n

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Personally, I find this pose relaxing because it forces me to focus on my breathing. However, I also remember my sister walking in on me holding this pose and the only thing she said was: \u201cwhat the f*ck are you doing?!\u201d So\u2026.I guess it DOES look weird?<\/p>\n

Bound Lotus (a.k.a\u00a0Baddha Padmasana)<\/h2>\n

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Don\u2019t you hate it when you\u2019re meditating in Lotus and your big toes start itching like crazy? Better get into Baddha Padmasana and scratch \u2018em \u2013 said no one ever.<\/p>\n

Shoulder Pressing Pose (a.k.a.\u00a0Bhujapidasana)<\/h2>\n

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Another arm balancing pose that without the yoga perspective, kind of makes us look like frogs suspended in mid-air.<\/p>\n

Firefly Pose (a.k.a.\u00a0Tittibhasana)<\/h2>\n

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Source:\u00a0YogaTrail.com<\/p>\n

Okay, first of all, we recognize that this takes mad skills to practice and perform (as with most of the other poses on this list, really). That said, it\u2019s not that hard to imagine if everyone held Firefly and walked with their hands. Maybe a step up from crab walk?<\/p>\n

Legs Behind the Head Pose (a.k.a.\u00a0Dwi Pada Sirsasana)<\/h2>\n

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Source: Matt Champoux on Tumblr<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019s perfectly normal and commonplace to put your legs behind your head while you eat a cupcake.<\/p>\n

Yogic Sleep\/Sleeping Yogi Pose (a.k.a.\u00a0Yoga Nidrasana)<\/h2>\n

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Source:\u00a0Krista Shirley (The Yoga Shala) on Flickr<\/p>\n

Yogi Krista looks so serene in this picture that we almost forget she\u2019s folded her body into a size that would fit into a luggage. Okay maybe this one doesn\u2019t count as funny or weird, but it\u2019s definitely jaw-dropping and way out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n

Now yoga is obviously not about being able to transform into gravity-defying human pretzels\u2026but man, these poses sure make us want to reach that level of practice\u2014no matter how funny or weird we\u2019ll look to everyone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Yoga and its practice is all sorts of wonderful, but we have to admit that there are some poses that if you didn\u2019t understand or practice yoga, would look either painful, funny, or just plain weird. It\u2019s not all intimidating though! Far from it. Here are some weird-looking yoga poses that get our vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2264,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2251","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2265,"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2251\/revisions\/2265"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discoversphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}