yoga poses articles

It is a wonderful pose to open the upper back and a good preparation for more advanced backbends like Urdhva ...

This is a foundational seated posture.  It is used for pranayama and meditation and for stretching out tight quadriceps muscles, opening tight ankles and providing therapy for heel pain and ...

This past week, I have been emphasizing "compassion" in my classes. Of course, when we think of compassion, we usually get caught in thinking of us (the fortunate) helping others (the unfortunate). In fact, when we begin to try to "help others," we soon find that compassionate action (karuna) necessitates working with ...

Dandasana is the starting posture for seated poses much like Tadasana (the mountain pose) is the starting posture for standing poses. In this pose, your alignment is similar to Tadasana in that, when the pose is viewed from the side, your ear is above the shoulder which is above the side of your ...

This pose is a variation of Adho Mukha Svanasana , the downward facing dog ...

Translation: Parigha is the bar that shuts a gate, so Parighasana is Gate Pose, deriving from Sanskrit. This pose is considered a lateral side stretch which opens and stretches the side ...

A sequence is the order in which things are arranged, the pattern that is created by the logical flow of pieces to create a whole. Sequencing is the art of creating a sequence, deciding not only which specific asanas should be practiced during a class or home practice but the order in which they should be ...

Because I didn’t have nearly enough on my plate, I decided to devote the month of February to a 30-day yoga challenge, which consists of practicing Bikram’s 90-minute moving meditation each day for 30 days in a ...

Translation: Ananta is the name of the thousand-headed serpent upon which legendary deity Vishnu rests at the bottom of the primordial ocean. Ananta is also a name for Vishnu himself. While he sleeps a lotus grows from his navel. In that lotus is born Brahma, the Creator of the universe. The pose imitates the stalk growing from the navel with the extended leg in that position. ...

Translation: In Sanskrit, Ubhaya means both. Pada is foot, angustha is the big toe. Asana means pose. Thus Ubhaya Padangusthasana is translated to Both Big Toe Pose. It is a seated posture in which both toes are held while balancing on the ...