Standing Positions & Salutations

Trikonasana

Dans cette vidéo Agata va étape par étape à travers cette pose essentielle de la séquence debout Ashtanga.   This is a classic yoga pose which you will usually find in all ‘styles’ of hatha yoga; there are many variations on it but what we have come to appreciate at AYP is keeping a longer …

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YOUR Chaturanga Dandasana

Yoga asanas should not be forced, we are suppose to work on them step-by-step allowing our bodies to gradually develop the strength and flexibility needed to perform them.  Every asana cannot look the same for every individual.  To keep ‘ahimsa’ (nonharming) as one of the primary tenets of Ashtanga, we must adapt the pose to …

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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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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’équilibre sur une jambe ! L’équilibre sur les deux jambes est déjà assez difficile, et nous voilà qui essayons sur UNE seule jambe 🙂 Un bon projet !