“The last time I tried Paschimottanasana I pulled my hamstrings and it took a couple of weeks for them to heal.” thought Alice “I hope this new technique works.” Alice inhales and lifts her torso slightly. Exhaling she lowers her torso again. With each breath she takes Alice is moving away from and towards her […]
The Lighthouse stands tall on the point of land shining its powerful light out to sea protecting the ships from the dangerous rocks nearby. Bob’s yoga teacher tells him that he needs to use the Lighthouse Technique to protect his back and improve his forward folds. Bob is working on Paschimottanasana one of many forward […]
The fence was new once, but now it is getting to be quite old. The paint is faded and peeling in many places, but the sure sign of the age of the fence is how much it is leaning to the side. There are parts of it that have fallen completely down to the ground […]
Bob is walking on the side of the road. He is walking back and forth, back and forth beside his car. He is about 2 hours into a 4 hour drive. His backside is so sore he can not sit down any longer. A couple of weeks ago Bob was doing his yoga practise and […]
Watch as the golfer is about to putt for a birdie on the 18th hole. If he sinks this putt he will win the tournament. Does he look around at all of the people watching? Is he distracted or is he focused on what he is doing? You can develop the same focus with your […]
Alice is attempting to do Paschimottanasana, which is a simple forward fold. Her back is in a big curve like a bow and her hips are tipped way back behind her. Her back is curved almost in a half circle. This is not good. This will put a lot of pressure and stress on her […]
Have you ever watched your teacher demonstrate this pose. They bring their heel casually into their hip, lower their knee to the floor and fold forward with ease. Why is it that when you attempt this pose that your folded knee starts to hurt as your draw your foot up your leg towards your hip. […]
Alice walks around the corner of the cathedral and then she sees it. She stops and looks closely at the tower. It has been leaning like that for over 800 years and it has not fallen down. The leaning tower of Pisa reminds Alice of the the problem that she has when she does Triang […]
Bob is struggling to reach his feet in Pashimottasana. Bob’s head has almost disappeared into his shoulders. He has lifted his shoulder blades a long way up towards his ears in his attempt to reach his feet with his hands. He looks an awful lot like a turtle. Later Bob is complaining about how sore […]
Bob winced when he saw it. Bob was at the garden store and he was looking at hanging baskets of flowers for sale. The hanging baskets reminded him of the yoga pose Uttanasana. Whenever Bob attempted Uttanasana he looked like a hanging basket of flowers. He would fold forward and his arms would hang […]
