seated yoga poses articles

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 ...

Translation: Pashima in the Sanskrit word means “west.” The word uttana translates to “intense stretch.” The yogis in early times supposedly would bow down to the sun rising in the east. ...

Translation: Trianga means three limbs or ...

Sukhasana is the basic cross-legged sitting posture which is excellent for meditation, pranayama (yogic breathing practice) and for the start of a yoga class. ...

Go means cow in Sanskrit. Mukha is “face” and asana is “pose”. Thus, Gomukhasana is also called Cow Face Pose. Some say that the crossed legs look like lips, and the elbows are the “ears” of the cow. You must have imagination to see this cow face. ...

Pronunciation: par-ee-VREET-tah JAH-noo ...

Pronunciation: (oo-puh-VEESH-tah cone-AWS-ahna)

Translation: In Sanskrit Upavistha means seated or sitting, Kona means angle and Asana means pose.  ...

Bound Angle Pose, also called Cobbler's Pose after the typical sitting position of Indian cobblers, is an excellent groin and hip-opener. ...

It's great when we can escape to a full hour of yoga, be it in a class or at home in front of a video, but let's face it, that's not always possible.  Enter Yoga in the Office, a series of simple but effective suggested positions to help stretch the wrists, neck, shoulders, back and ...

This is a set of instructions on how to properly perform the Ardha Padmasana (The Half Lotus) seated ...