Thoughts Provoked On Breathing
Asana: Connect the dots through three well known poses and see if you can’t bring a new point of view to not only the same old structure, but the connections themselves. Try Child’s Pose, to Down Dog, to reverse Vira II. How did you use breath? Feet? Back? Belly? Attitude? Drishti/focus? Was there anything new [...]
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Asana: Goddess Pose. Standing with legs wide, feet open out, take a breath and as you exhale, descend, bending knees, open thighs back, keeping knees over feet. Drop tailbone down, lift belly up and stay in pose for 10 breaths. You can do Pranayama/breath work here, and form beautiful mudras within which to contemplate life. [...]
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This is a pose easy for those with open hips. It’s a killer accomplishment for those without. It’s a simple pose of sitting and breathing your desire to become more hip-open, and it’s helpful if you can sit on padding. Sit tall, bringing L foot under R thigh, outside hip line. Stack R leg on [...]
Read more Agnistambhasana-Fire Log Pose
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Begin seated and draw the R foot in as high on inner L thigh as possible. If R hip is unhappy with this, place a pillow or block under R knee. You can also sit on a blanket or pillow to lift sitts bones, offering more mobility. Inhale, extending spine up, exhale release forward from [...]
Read more Janu Sirsasana-Head to Knee Pose
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Like Cat-Cow on all fours, check that shoulders are over wrists, hips over knees, then walk hands out. Take a breath and on exhale, pull hips back toward the heels, toes turned under. Keep arms straight, extending fingers wide. Forehead to floor, neck long and relaxed, enjoy. Make puppy noises if you feel like laughing. [...]
Read more Uttana Shishosana-Extended Puppy Pose
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This is a moderately difficult pose requiring arm and back strength before success. The easiest entry is to move to the wall with your mat, placing fingertips close to wall. Go into Adho Muhka Svanasana-Down Dog, lower arms into Dolphin, pressing into open palms, rotate hands and arms inward, with parallel elbows. It helps to [...]
Read more Pincha Mayurasana-Feathered Peacock Pose
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Setting up a strong preparation is 90% of accomplishing a back bend. Lie on back, bring feet in as close to buttocks as possible, place them parallel, hip width. Put a block between them to keep that parallel mindfulness in place. Place hand 3-4 inches from ears, fingers toward feet, forearms perpendicular to floor if [...]
Read more Urdhva Dhanurasana-UpWard Bow or Wheel Pose
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These poses are almost always done in conjunction- Cat Cow Asana, and is a gentle opening warm up for the day, or a class. Come to hands and knees, with knees below hips, and wrists under shoulders. Head is part of the spine and moves with it, not separate from. Don’t let shoulder blades sink [...]
Read more Bitilasana-Cow Pose & Marjaryasana-Cat Pose
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There are few instructions for this sublime pose (that we long for in the middle of a difficult class, or at the end of a long, hard day.) The only important thing is to be in a comfortable position, eyes closed, lying restfully on your back, so that you do not fuss with the body. [...]
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This is a pose we all love and know as, flipping your Dog. Enter from Adho Mukha Svanasana-Down Dog, lift R leg up and bend knee, keeping thigh and knee high. Bring weight onto L hand as R foot comes down behind L hip, as close to hip as possible. Knee can remain bent, but [...]
Read more Camatkarasana-Wild Thing Pose
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Asana: Ananda Balasana/Happy Baby. As you lie there, staring at the sky, feet and knees pulled back, tail bone pressing into the earth. Rock side to side and consider the Universe in which you find yourself . Let awareness flood the body for all that you are learning, all that you have to be happy [...]
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Asana: Create a pose with a friend. If you are feeling bold, one of you go into down dog, the other, place your hands across from your friend’s, go up into a handstand, bending your knees so your feet rest on the other’s back. You may need a third friend to spot and support. More [...]
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Asana: Tadasana/Stand Tall, Invoke Samasthiti. Become your own best Guardian at the Gate. You can bring hands into to Angeli Mudra and pay perfect attention to who, how and where your are, balancing perfectly on both feet: Tadasana is the physical pose invoking the ‘equal standing’ and perfect presence of Samastiti! This is a wonderful [...]
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Asana: Baddha Konasana/Cobbler’s Pose. Sit on the floor, drawing the feet closely into the groin, soles together, knees on, or toward floor. Lengthen spine, and gaze ahead, or close eyes. Hands can rest on knees, or come into any mudra desired. You can also lengthen spine up and over legs, and restore while stretching spine. Health [...]
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