This classical hatha yoga pose is considered the king of asanas for all the potential benefits it can offer. However, it needs to be attempted with humility! Only start working on it when the support of the asana is strong (ie: the arms, shoulder girdle and thoracic cage). IF you are ready here are …
Teaching and working towards this fairly advanced yoga pose. This ‘gate keeper’ pose can take weeks, months or years of calm, consistent practice. ‘Gate keepers’ is a term coined by Richard Freeman to denote the poses that keep us from going too far, too fast into the ashtanga yoga practice. If this is a …
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A great way to prepare for this bent knee forward bend pose to learn how to align the spine to encourage elongation of the spine, opening of the hip joint and maybe even useful if bending the knee is painful for some reason. In addition, when done this way it will not aggravate the sacroiliac joint either …
For some this pose can take years of slowly, slowly lengthening the inner lines of the legs. Here are a couple of quick tips to quicken the process.Remember we’re not actually trying to over externally rotate the leg in the hip socket. Pour certains cette posture peut prendre des années pour petit à petit étirer …
How to exit a pose when it finishes lying on the back?Generally we do a backward somersault called Chakrasana in Sanskrit as part of the Vinyasa before the next position in the series. It can be fun; bringing us back to the days of our childhood however, it needs to be done correctly so that …
Sometimes people call this Chair Pose but really the translation from Sanskrit is fierce or powerful. It’s a great name because it doesn’t look like much but if you try and do it correctly and hold it for awhile you’ll see how fierce it can be! Enjoy being powerful however, not in and obvious brute …
Finding the alignment in this revolved triangle pose. It’ll make you stronger in the legs and the core of the body! There are dozens of ways to approach adjusting every pose depending on what is needed. Here is an example of a couple for those of you teaching or even to get a better idea …
A little clip explaining….How to twist into this challenging pose in a way which keeps the shoulder girdle broad and open; avoiding crunching around the neck and the collar bones. And…How to help someone get into the pose by stabilizing them and using your hands to guide them into understanding the dynamics of the pose. …
This is one of the Teacher Trainee’s essays that I wanted to share with everyone. I think it is a well written and detailed description of Ashtanga Yoga that may be of interest to some of you. Thank you to Mia for allowing me to share her essay!! What is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga? Yoga in …
I’m happy to share these Wonderfully Written Essays from Stephanie because I think they will motivate and inspire others to find themselves on the path of Yoga! Thanks Stephanie for sharing!! ASHTANGA TEACHER TRAINING HOMEWORK By Stephanie Gasser What is Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga ? Ashtanga is a style of Classical Yoga from Mysore, India. It …