Asana Articles
A Fine Balance: Build toward a safe and confident handstand by applying the principles of persevering practice and non-attachment.
Advanced Adjustments: One of the most powerful tools for yoga teachers is kinesthetic empathy—the ability to feel how a student feels in a posture.
Agni Sara: Building Core Strength.
Agni Sara: Video Practice: Combining elements of pranayama and asana training, the practice of agni sara is quintessential hatha yoga.
Apana Vayu: The Anchoring Breath: Activate and direct downward-flowing energy for confidence, strength, and a grounded sense of purpose.
Arjuna's Bow: Embody the spirit of a warrior with a heart-opening sequence that builds courage, stamina, and grace.
Asana for Sahasrara Energy: Connecting your individual awareness with infinite consciousness.
Back to Basics: Toning the Pelvic Floor: Toning and activating the pelvic floor
Baddha Konasana: Bound-Angle Pose
Befriending the Belly: At best an IBS episode can be uncomfortable; at worst it’s debilitating and embarrassing. Thankfully, yoga offers some simple solutions.
Better Backbends: Do you tuck your tailbone in backbending poses? Discover a smarter way to keep your back safe—and get a deeper opening.
Beyond Duality: From that [effortlessness in asana and fixing the mind on the infinite], [one attains] freedom from the dvandvas (pairs of opposites). Tato dvandvanabhighatah; — Yoga Sutra 2.48
Divine Expression: Discover inner grace with a heart-opening sequence that evokes the ancient dance of Shiva.
Easy Does It: Prevent or heal injury during asana practice with seven easy tips.
Easy on the Eyes: Tame wild thoughts and deepen your awareness with drishti, a gazing technique for focusing the mind.
Effortless Being: By relaxing effort and fixing the mind on the infinite [asana is perfected]. Prayatna-shaithilya-ananta-samaapattibhyaam—Yoga Sutras 2.47
Emotional and Physical Stability: A Firm Foundation : The pelvis is the body's foundation. This part of your body needs nourishment as well as strengthening.
Engaged Expansion: Find stability and freedom in vishvamitrasana by embracing the inherent unity at the heart of opposition.
Exquisite Bondage: Establishing stability in your practice creates more freedom in your life.
Fatigue Relief: The Four Bs (bolsters, blankets, blocks, and belts) help open the body to deep relaxation.
Guided Relaxation: An audio practice with Sandra Anderson.
Handstand Tutorial: Watch a video tutorial on how to build toward a safe and confident handstand by applying the principles of persevering practice and non-attachment.
Healing Yoga Comes to America: In 1976, yoga legend T.K.V. Desikachar opened a healing center in India. Now his “American daughter” is creating the first U.S. offshoot.
Keeping Blood Pressure in Check: Reduce hypertension with this sequence of gentle stress-relieving poses.
Legend of the Spinal Twist: The secret to mastering the half-spinal twist lies in the wisdom of the Yoga Sutra: when you can hold this pose with complete stillness and ease, your mind can withdraw into the infinite space within your body. Here’s how.
Lunar Power: Honor the nurturing energy of the divine feminine with this meditative moon salutation.
Marma Therapy for Bunions: When it comes to the problem of bunions two power points in the body play a pivotal role.
Poses for Strong Abs: Abdominal exercies to strengthen your core and support a healthy, pain-free back.
Prana Vayu: The Breath of Life: Awaken the source of vitality and inspiration by activating the first of the five vayus.
Ready, Set, Stretch!: Revolutionize your stretching habits and keep your muscles safe with three simple steps.
Relief with a Twist: Soothe your nerves and quiet your mind by relaxing into this restorative posture.
Righting The Balance of Emotional Wellbeing: By engaging every aspect of our being, yoga teaches us how to lift ourselves out of depression and move toward a deeper sense of self.
Root Lock : The ancient art of directing energy.
Samana Vayu: The Breath of Balance: Unite upward- and downward-flowing energies at the navel center to awaken and enhance the prana of transformation.
Shavasana: Corpse Pose.
So Long, Sore Shoulders!: Arm-strengthening poses protect the shoulders—if you do them correctly. Discover a common cause of sore shoulders and start finding relief today.
Soothe Your Sciatica: These seven simple poses target the tight muscle that often causes sciatic pain.
Surya Namaskara: A spiritual master shows you how to use the body to worship the source of life and awaken your inner healing force.
Tantra Therapy: Weaving Health and Spirituality: Tantra’s diverse approaches to health are as subtle and esoteric as they are powerful. Here, five advanced practices give you direct access to an unbounded pool of vital energy essential to tantric healing.
The Elusive Psoas: Learn how to skillfully stretch and strengthen this mysterious muscle and find a new sense of balance and freedom in your practice.
The Language of Touch: Sometimes actions speak louder than words. Find out how a teacher’s learned hands can help you discover the alchemy of alignment.
The Path to Silence: How five simple yoga practices can bring you lasting peace of mind.
The Third Chakra: Build strength and stability in your asana practice by focusing on the "city of jewels," or the third chakra.
Turning Inward: How to deepen your subtle awareness.
Udana Vayu: The Breath of Ascent: Harness the power of this upward-moving energy to express your truth, expand your awareness, and raise your consciousness.
Vinyasa Flow with Mark Stephens: Audio article.
Vyana Vayu: The Breath of Integration: Nurture the expansive aspect of your life force and distribute healing energy throughout the mind and body.
Warrior 33: Against all odds, NBA star and Olympic gold medalist Alonzo Mourning beat a deadly disease, bounced back to a championship season, and founded a charity. His secret weapon? Yoga.
Wrist Relief: Stabilize the shoulders and upper back to free your smaller joints from the strain of repetitive movement.
Yoga Break!: Got five minutes? Our office asana routine will quiet your mind and relieve muscle tension.
Yoga for Chronic Pain: The best way to unlearn chronic stress and pain responses is to give the mind and body healthier responses to practice.
Yoga Therapy for Your Arches: Sick of sore feet? The aches and pains caused by weak or fallen arches become less easy to ignore as we age. Try our simple asana tips to soothe your soles. No arch support required!
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