There are 7 major chakras in the human body, aligning with the spinal cord, plus another 4 minor chakras in the arms. A chakra, or wheel in Sanskrit, is a rapidly-rotating disc which emits energy and a certain frequency, moving in a up-down spiralling motion rather than being fixed. These are found
The last 10-11 weeks flew by just like that. I still remember the first morning I had to peel myself out of bed for the first class. I was still coping with jet lag as I had just returned from a 5-month study programme at Copenhagen. Further, I was never
When I was first introduced to the eight limbs of raja yoga/ashtanga yoga in class, I found that the first limb, Yama, seems to be similar to the Ten Commandments. So I went to read up more about it. Yama refers to the disappearance of all suppression. It describes five moral restrains
Origin: Inside the pelvis from the sacrum. Insertion: Tip of the greater trochanter on the proximal femur. Action: Externally rotates and abducts the hip. Contraction of the piriformis tilts the pelvis backward. The piriformis regulates joint movement and lends stability to the sacrum, which is necessary when we walk or
The four paths of yoga are all directed to different approaches of life. But despite this, they all lead to the same end path; the union with Brahman and true wisdom. Swami Sivananda taught that as humans we all have these four elements; intellect, heart, body and mind. To have
About a year ago is when I first had my experience in yoga. It was the summer after my first year of college and I decided to go to a Sivananda Ashram in Kerala, India for about 10 days. Before then my yoga was limited to occasional yoga classes at
Sirsa = head The headstand was one of the more earlier poses I worked on when I first started practicing yoga. There’s something fun about inversions in general, but to fully conquer and to work on my headstand is one of my biggest goals. There are many physical and
Before this course I had a very basic understanding of our muscles and bones; I knew what they had taught me in school but never had the chance to connect what I learned in a book to what I learned with my body in yoga. The illiopsoas, one of the
I started to practice yoga more seriously as a way of dealing with alot of major life events happening within a very short period of time. It was a space where I could calm my eternal monkey mind, find focus and feel my damaged body mending. I was even developing a sense of
A review of the Yoga Sutra If you have attended any yoga classes or courses, you have probably heard about the Yoga Sutras. I’m not so familiar with the text so her is a short review! Acording to Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati Yoga means union & sutra means thread: Yoga means union of the parts of ourselves,
