Mangesh Dhale
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 …
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 …