Ashtanga Yoga Paris

Trikonasana

This is one of the more common hatha yoga poses; almost every tradition has a version of trikonasana – the triangle pose.  It’s an important pose to teach us how to be steady in our legs while lengthening the upper body to one side and maintaining elongation of the spine, focus of the mind and …

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Hanumanasana

Hanuman is the name of the one of the Indian Deities.  He is the monkey god and the most faithful devotee of Rama so he leapt from India to Sri Lanka to save Rama’s wife, Sita.   In the pose we are imitating this long leap by going into the splits 🙂   Take your …

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Titibhasana ~ Firefly

Hold on to your arms with the legs in this fun pose. The full position comes in second series but we can also use it as a challenging transition from bhujapidasana and supta kurmasana 🙂  Tenir sur les bras avec les jambes en l’air est une posture amusante Ă  faire.

Bakasana – The Crane or Crow Pose

A couple little tricks to work on this pose and jumping back. It’s a second series poses but it is also a transition option from bujapidasana and supta kurmasana.           Quelques petites astuces pour travailler sur cette posture et sauter vers l’arrière.

Utthita Hasta Padungustasana ~ Standing Balance Pose

Balancing on one foot!  It’s hard enough being balanced on two feet and here we are trying it on ONE foot 🙂 .  A great project! L’Ă©quilibre sur une jambe ! L’Ă©quilibre sur les deux jambes est dĂ©jĂ  assez difficile, et nous voilĂ  qui essayons sur UNE seule jambe 🙂 Un bon projet !