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Remembering the Good (Ways to Get Out of a Funk)

“Everyday in everyway I am getting closer” “I am the captain of my ship, the master of my destiny”   It is on my own accord that I have decided to take up an all-intensive yoga teacher program. I have decided to take a 7 AM Saturday – Thursday class. 

Asanas: The Bane of My Existence

I had always prided myself on being a good athlete.  I had good balance and coordination.  I have a lean, strong body.  I have built endurance and stamina through the years of various sport activities.  Being both a sprinter and a marathon runner I’ve both my fast twitch muscles and

Chakra Chart

CHAKRA LOCATION PLEXUS PURPOSE PETALS SENSE SOUND YOGA POSE YOGA POSE MULADHARA LOWER SPINAL COLUMN SACRAL EMITTING / REJECTING 4 SMELL LAM JANU SIRSANA A TADASANA SWADHISTHANA GENITALS PROSTRATE SELF-PHYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS 6 TASTE VAM JANU SIRSANA A PARIVRITTA TRIKONASANA MANIPURA NAVEL SOLAR PERSONAL GOAL SETTING 10 SIGHT RAM UTTHITA TRIKONASONA

Yoga and Breathing

Up until the early age of five, doctors had told my parents not to exercise or excite my younger brother as he has a very delicate respiratory system which made him prone to losing his breath and in search of an inhaler or other device to aid his breathing.  Riding

Ashtanga Yoga – What is?

3. Philosophy: What is Yoga especially Ashtanga Yoga? Asking any not practicing person or a beginner this question the most are connecting their mind with the physical practice of Yoga postures, the Asana, some more including the meditation or the breathing. A physical practicing student understands Ashtanga Yoga mostly as

Yamas

2. Choose any part from the Ashtanga Yoga (8 limbs) Shedding a light on the first step of the Raja Yoga = Yamas The first step of Raja Yoga , Yama, is standing for Restraints is standing at the beginning and incorporate the first step of reaching the mind and

Baddha Padmasana

Haende14 1. Anatomy: Choose any Asana and write about the joints, muscles and organs, system involved Baddha Padmasana Muscles and joints involved: There are various muscles groups in the legs that are affected when we sit in Padmasana. Since they are rarely stretched they remain stiff. One of the muscles

Yoga Yoga Yoga

I love googling things..so of course I googled the hell out of yoga. And read. As much as I could. One of the things that confused me was the different kinds of yoga..what’s hatha yoga? ashtanga? kundalini…etc etc. so many types of yoga classes, yoga denominations (for the lack of

The 8 Limbs of Raja Yoga – Asana

The 8 limbs of Yoga: Yamas, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi, are ordered so as to prepare you for the next limb (well, ‘cept for Samadhi). But I guess in reality, it doesn’t really work that mechanically like a video game…most of us don’t really complete each

Getting Into Ukatasana

The following sections give examples and explain how to help students get a feel of the pose, develop strength in the muscles used for the pose, get into the pose, get deeper into the pose, and props/variations that can be used. Getting Comfortable with the Pose For beginners especially, putting

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