It is no secret that practicing yoga comes with some serious health benefits beyond bringing a sense of calm and restfulness to your daily life. Yoga poses help in everything from anxiety, depression, and stress, to reducing inflammation in the body and even reducing migraine symptoms, not to mention yoga’s antiaging benefits (facial yoga anyone?)!
That said, do you know which are the most popular yoga poses? The research team at a private UK rehab clinic, Delamere, took the time to analyze Google Search data in order to determine the most popular yoga poses in each country around the world.
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According to the research, the side plank has a Google search volume of 81,590, making it one of the most popular yoga poses around the world. The pose was a favorite in 29 countries, including Germany with 3,500 monthly searches and Italy with 6,400.
The Downward Dog comes in a close second in 40 countries around the world that were analyzed and have a total monthly Google search volume of 76,790. In the UK, this pose is the most popular with 11,000 searches, and in the US with 33,000.
See how other countries stacked up below!
Most Popular Yoga Poses Around the World
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Methodology: Taking a seed list of popular yoga positions, the research team used Google search data to determine where they are most popular around the world. A total of 75 countries were analyzed.
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