The Headstand often called the ‘king of asanas’. What has earned it that title is because to master it requires focus to your balance and alignment that heightens your sensitivity and stability and the strength and the willingness to literally turn yourself upside down. It’s a pose that requires courage
Yoga has many benefits. Most people know the wealth of physical benefits- improves flexibility, improves strength and stamina – but what about what it does to your insides? There’s a whole new area to explore when looking at the effect of yoga on your hormones. Each of the glands in
There are various health related benefits to yoga. The good news is that anti-aging is one of these benefits! I have in fact met some instructors whom I thought were in their 40’s, only for them to surprise me by telling me that they were in their 60’s! So, why
The practice of Asana is not just working out the body’s soft tissue; it is also not just stretching and strengthening muscles. Although body exercise do burn fat and build muscles. But Yoga, along with conscious breathing, exercises a complete system of the entire body changing the body from inside
We had our final exams today, it was a very intense and sweaty practice but fun at the same time. You can see everybody at their best alignment, drishti and pranayama. Everybody looked so graceful and beautiful with all the asanas. At some point, there were cards layed on the
After quite a few years of yoga practice, with various teachers that all agree on what is the perfect alignment in basic poses, you start to believe that these poses have no secret for you and you are craving for more challenges. It was therefore quite a shock when Master
Yoga is meant to be a comfortable position. But boy was I not comfortable with my legs in the air during a headstand! And soon my foot will have the desire to root themselves back to the ground. “Engage your arms, squeeze your chest tightly!” Paalu would instruct energetically to
Adhomukha Shvanasana or commonly known as downward dog is one of the most recognized yoga poses. Benefits of this asana include strengthening of the arms and shoulders and stretching out the gluteal muscles, hamstrings, calves and Achilles tendon. It also enhances blood circulation and brings energy back to the body
3) Remember To Breathe Knowing when to inhale and exhale can allow you to enter a pose more easily. For example when you are doing a forward fold, you exhale . When you exhale, the lungs empty, making the torso more compact, so there is less physical mass between your
There were many lessons I learnt from the teacher training course that brought my yoga practice, in particular my asana practice, to the next level. There are too many list but I would say these are my top 5: 1) The Significance of Warming Up I would say this is
