Pose of the month

Fish Pose (Matsayasana) is one of the most powerful chest-expanding and anti-slumping asanas.

Child's Pose (or Balasana) is perhaps the best all-round relaxation asana - a versatile, centering pose that can be done as a stand-alone posture at the beginning or end of the class, or as a resting posture in between more dynamic asanas.

Standing forward bend (or Uttanasana) is one of the most important standing postures. It is strengthening, calming and invigorating all at once - and can be practised as a resting pose between a dynamic sequence, or as a stand-alone asana.

They say you shouldn't have favourites, but if I had to chose one yoga pose above the rest, Downward Facing Dog (or Adho Mukha Svanasana in Sanskrit) would win hands-down.

There are a handful of yoga postures no practice session should be without. Triangle pose, or Trikonasana in Sanskrit, is one of them - the King of the standing postures.