Mangesh Dhale
Introduction to Kukkutasana Kukkutasana is one of the yoga poses that attract attention immediately. After a few minutes of practicing it, I could understand the reasons why it is not only an arm balance to be respected but also feared. Kukkutasana is a sitting posture that puts a test of my strength, balance, patience, and …
Introduction to Utthita Padmasana One of such yoga poses that seems easy but requires the complete mastery is Utthita Padmasana. Firstly, when I tried it I understood how strong, patient, and focused it should be. This level seated arm-balance is a challenge to the core, arms, and mind simultaneously. How Utthita Padmasana is not only …
Introduction to Kshemasana Pose In my early years of yoga, I came across Kshemasana, and I figured I needed a yoga pose that would soothe my mind and bring back my feelings to the ground. After several minutes of rehearsing on it, I experienced a feeling of protection and comfort run through me. Kshemasana is …
My Journey with Samasana To be absolutely honest with you, I used to skip it. During all classes of yoga, when the instructor took us into the position called Samasana (or Corpse Pose), I would fidget, look at the clock, or even roll up my mat. I believed that the actual work was in hard …
My first yoga mat was something I remember unrolling. It was an incoherent sea of unknown-sounding names and apparently impossible turns. I was stiff and awkward and frankly frightened. I did not have to learn a headstand, I only had to have a solid and basic base. The yoga poses that I was looking to …
Yoga Poses for Beginners at Night I would spend time in bed, my mind going through the thoughts like a whirlwind in my head, as the clock ticked nearer to the morning. It seemed that my desire to get a good sleep at night had no end, until I learned a very simple secret, which …
Indoor yoga workout for beginners I recall that I rolled my very first yoga mat in my living room. I was so sweaty, stiff and I felt like I was making it a big deal. However, it was the introduction to the world of yoga with a shaky, indoor, beginner class that was the beginning …
Balance yoga poses for beginners I recall the initial experience I had with a balance yoga pose. My legs were stumbling, and my arms were stirring, and I fell over in a few seconds. I felt so uncoordinated! I believed that balance was something that one was born with. But I was wrong. I learned …
Cool-down yoga for beginners I recall the first attempt to actually work out. I strained and strained, I felt strong and then… I just stopped. I fell on the couch and buzzed with a strange combination of tiredness and nervous excitement. I was still in a racing state of mind and my muscles were tight. …
Yoga warm-up poses for beginners The yoga class was very memorable to me. I came in and watched people stooping in unimaginable positions and in my mind I thought, I never can do that. I was rolling out my mat with both excitement and the pure fear. My anxiety must have been felt by the …