Whenever Bob does Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana (pronounced tree-AWN-guh moo-KA-eh-ka-paw-duh , POSH-ee -MO-tun-ASH-anna) his ankles complain bitterly. When Bob does Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana he places one shin on the floor with his foot next to his hip and his other leg is extended straight ahead. He needs a lot of flexibility in […]
Mark Darby demonstrates getting the arms in the correct alignment for Downward Facing Dog.
This is the moment that Bob has been looking forward to with mixed emotions. The class is about to do Downward Facing Dog. Today Bob is looking forward to doing the pose for the first time ever. In the past he has dreaded doing Downward Facing Dog. It has always caused him pain in his […]
A crow is a very intelligent bird. It knows how to hide food from other birds by simply dropping a leaf over the morsel and then waiting until the other birds leave before eating it. But show this bird a new shiny object and it will forget all about the food it has hidden and […]
Bob is shaking. His muscles are bulging. His face is red. His breath is really harsh. Any second now Bob is going to erupt like a volcano. Bob is trying way too hard to get into the yoga pose. He is in the Volcano Zone. What is the Volcano Zone The Volcano Zone is the […]
Bob is working on Paschimottanasana and his short hamstrings are preventing him from moving very far into the pose. His hands are only getting just beyond his knees. It does not matter what he does he can get no further. His yoga teacher tells him to embrace the crow and improvements will come. He tells […]
The car is way too close to the one in front of it. It is weaving back and forth trying to find an opening to pass. The horn sounds long and loud as the driver shakes his fist and shouts insults. Finally there is an opening and with a deafening roar the car swings into […]
It is a sunny day and Old Yeller just woke up. He lifts his hips to the sky and lowers his head towards the ground. There is a big grin on his face as he stretches the muscles in his back and legs. After a few breaths he lifts up and with a wag of […]
As Bob lowered his hips down to deepen the lunge portion of the Extended Side Angle pose and get a good stretch in his hips he noticed some discomfort in his knees. His yoga teacher told him that his hips are the cause of the pain in his knees and that he needed to protect […]
“Look at the triangle that I drew!” Alice’s nephew said as he ran up to her. Alice had a look at the triangle. One long side rising up from the base and another shorter side dropping straight down to the base. “It is called a Right Angle Triangle” he said. “It looks exactly like one […]
