Mangesh Dhale
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 …
Yoga for Athletes to enhance performance I was of the opinion that yoga was all about chanting and the ability to bend over, something that was done by people who did not know the reality of actual training. I had a basic workout regimen: run faster, push harder, get heavier. Unless I felt sore I …
Find Your Flow: The Life-Changing Different Types of Yoga To tell the truth, my initial yoga session has been a nightmare. When I entered a room, I assumed that I could stretch and relax to some relaxing music, I found myself in the hell hole room, sweating to death, in an attempt to follow a …
Face Yoga to Reduce Face Fat: My Real-World Results I’ll be honest, I was skeptical. I thought face yoga was another internet craze when it was suggested that you could use face yoga to slim down facial fat. I would look in the mirror and see my formerly outlined jawbone beginning to grow softer, melting …
My Journey to a Stronger Center: Why Core Yoga Poses Changed Everything I will be frank, during most periods I believed that a great core was all about the acquisition of a six-pack. I would groan with endless crunches, and ask myself why I still felt pain on my lower back, and why my balance …
My Journey to Finding Tad Asana: More Than Just Standing I would think that I was simply bad at standing. Seriously. Several years of crouching over a laptop and scrolling through my phone had left my posture in a messy state. By noon, my lower back was sore, my shoulders were permanently bent forwards, and …
Hal Asana: My Journey to Unlocking a Happier Spine To tell the truth, I had a mess in my lower back. I had spent many hours in a hunched position over my laptop, and I was always experiencing the same kind of dull, aching pain that nothing improved. Stretches and heat pads would only temporarily …