Halasana Your Monthly Yoga Pose A stretch known to most is a seated forward fold, legs outstretched and hands holding the feet or reaching toward them. Plow pose, or halasana, is nearly the same posture, only with a different relationship to gravity. The legs are above the body, and the back is connected to the mat. Plow pose has many benefits, and unlike supported … [Read more...]
Namaste With Natalia: Supported Shoulder Stand
Salamba sarvangasana Your Monthly Yoga Pose Supported shoulder stand, or salamba sarvangasana, is a common and traditional inversion practiced in yoga classes. It is one of the most accessible inversions as it has a large base of the upper back and upper arms. Salamba means with support, sarva means all, and anga means limb. Salamba sarvangasana is the shoulder stand with … [Read more...]
Namaste With Natalia: Triangle and Revolved Triangle
Photos by Kelly Rodriguez We are three months into 2022. A quarter of the year is about to fly by, and in my opinion, the best month in Florida has arrived. Extended triangle pose and revolved triangle pose for the third month, March 2022! Triangles are the strongest shapes geometrically. In yoga, utthita trikonasana, or extended triangle pose, is a quintessential yoga … [Read more...]
Namaste With Natalia: Big-Toe Posture and Hand-Under-Foot Posture
Padangusthasana and Padahastasana Your Monthly Yoga Pose Our hands and feet are how we touch the world. Our hands feel the world while our feet feel the earth we walk upon. Connecting the two brings about a whole body circuit of energy. A quick Sanskirt translation:“Pada” means foot, “angustha” means big toe, and “hasta” means hands. Hence, big-toe or … [Read more...]
Namaste With Natalia: Flying Split
Eka Pada Koudinyasana II Your Monthly Yoga Pose Eka means one. Pada means leg or foot. Koudinya is the name of a sage who predicted the birth of Siddhartha Guatama and who had faith and belief in the teachings of Siddhartha even when they strayed from his very own teachings. This posture is a posture of balance and leverage more than pure strength. This posture … [Read more...]
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