Yoga For Women
The Gokilasana Secret to Ultimate Flexibility The first time I heard of Gokilasana, I remember. It was exotic and threatening. Being a person who spent many hours in a bent position over a desk, my back was adjacent to a careless, hard wood, and my joints were not better. I was seeking such a pose …
Master Utthita Padmasana Now! I recall the initial occasion when I encountered a person in Utthita Padmasana or Extended Lotus Pose. How calm was the way they sat, so easily erect, and my hips were sorely crying in empathy. I believed my body could never be able to attain such a shape. However, having gone …
The Padmasana Position I have thought that stillness is a myth. My head was a Web browser with numerous tabs open, and my body squirmed. Then, I discovered Padmasana. This was no ordinary yoga pose, and it was the key to a deeper state of calm I did not realize I could enter. In case …
Your Secret to Kurmasana My first encounter with a picture of Kurmasana, or Tortoise Pose, happened. The practitioner was hunkered down, arms and legs crossed like a turtle into its shell. It was inconceivably calm and at the same time offensive. My first efforts were not that graceful; I looked more like a drowning starfish …
An Introduction to the 4 Types of Yoga My initial yoga session was a fiasco. I entered a room where I thought I would enjoy some stretching and soothing music only to realize that I was sweating buckets in a room with temperatures of 105 degrees, and could barely keep up with a series of …
Life-Changing Padmasana Benefits I recall how I first spotted someone sitting calmly in Lotus Pose, otherwise known as Padmasana. It appeared to be a physical task that could not be performed by anything but a handful of the most qualified yogis. I had never supposed that I would have it as my anchor one day. …
How a Simple Mantra Transformed My yoga yoga yogeshwaraya I recollect that I sat on my yoga mat and felt like a complete fraud. I was in a downward dog position, yet my mind was a million miles away, it was running through a to-do-list, it was recounting a stressful work discussion, and it was …
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 …
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 …
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 …