Here is a nice way to nourish your body after a bout of sitting (such as when spending time on the computer building your business). Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet on the floor. Hug one knee in and extend the other leg out long. Enjoy the felt sense of...
Adding weights to movement has many benefits for the body and mind. Clearly, it can contribute to upper body strength and a well-rounded practice. Placing “appropriate stress” on the joints with weights can protect them from injury. It improves...
A mudra is a gesture, mark, or seal, and in yoga it is common to use hand mudras to affect prana. Anjali mudra, or prayer hands in front of the heart, might be the most familiar mudra for many yogis. Practicing this mudra brings together the left and right hemispheres...
A yoga tool that can be helpful during the hubbub of a busy season is a breathing practice called apana vayu breathing. A vayu is a particular movement of energy in the system, and apana vayu as the energy of letting go. Apana moves downward and out, hence it is...
Do you know squat? Or as we call it in yoga, malasana? In the west, we don’t often squat to eat, pick things up, or use the restroom, and to our detriment. A strong lower body is necessary in most daily functional movements, thus contributing to quality of life....
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