Mangesh Dhale
My Journey with Garud asana To be truthful, when I attempted Garudasana or Eagle Pose, the first time I attempted to practice it, I was a rat. I crossed my arms the wrong way, my leg supporting me was waving as a leaf in the breeze, and I had no doubt I did not appear …
Dhanur Asana I would be frank to really say that I had a very poor relationship with my back. Several years of stooping over a laptop had given me a backache, a dull pain that seemed to be a housemate. I did it all–ergonomics, spending money on chairs, heat pads, and even my old mattress. …
My First Foray into Arm Balance Yoga Poses: A Humbling Start I will not forget my first actual attempt at an arm balance. It was at a hectic studio, and the teacher was floating in Crow Pose as though gravity were an imaginary force. Instead, I stuck my hands, huddled my knees, and then I …
My Journey with the Pose Revolved Side Angle Pose The first time I got to see a person in full, beautiful Pose Revolved Side Angle Pose I was convinced that there is no chance that my body will ever be able to perform such a position. It was something of a human contrivance, a deep …
My Journey to Finding Calm: An Introduction to Restorative Yoga Poses I hit a wall. It was midweek afternoon and the ping of emails, my to-do list, and the anxiety-induced low grade humming had exhausted me. I was fatigued and wide-awares at once, never, indeed, able to rest even when I was at liberty. I …
Backbend Yoga Poses I would tell you that I was scared of backbend yoga poses all along. It was unnatural to think of bending back, scary. I would have had back pain down to my lower back most of the time, and the thought of placing even more stress in the lower back appeared to …
Vinyasa Flow Yoga for Intermediate Students I recall the very first time I entered an intermediate vinyasa flow class. I had been practicing yoga long enough, and I was at a dead end. The beginner classes were too slow, and the higher ones seemed like a foreign language. I found myself in the middle of …
My Journey: yoga for seniors to improve mobility To be completely frank, I remember a moment when I needed to move out of my favorite armchair and it seemed a significant logistic task. I would give a little groan, thrust with my arms, and feel my years in my knees and my lower back. My …
Beginner Friendly Yoga Routines 20 Minutes Let me be honest with you. Several years ago, it was unheard of me doing yoga. I imagined unnaturally flexible individuals in quiet and silent spaces, and that is the absolute opposite of my life: a chaotic tornado of deadline, screen-time, and being always on the move: go, go, …
Power Yoga Workout For Strength Building Let’s be real. I was not convinced by the phrase when I first heard it, which is power yoga workout to build strength. I imagined soft stretching and relaxing “oms”- not so much the sweat drenching muscle-quaving kind of exercise that I equated with building strength. I was a …