Tag Archives: Injury free yoga

How to avoid the Bowed-Leg Menace in your Sun Salute

Bob has just returned from enjoying his first long ride in months. As he dismounts and pats his horse, he realise that his legs fell stiff and strange. It feels as though his knees are bowed outwards with a large gap between them, just like a caricature of a cowboy in an old Western. Fortunately […]

How to take the first step into space; lift off in Navasana

The rocket lifted off briefly and then fell over. The next rocket did not even get off the ground. There were a lot of rocket launches that failed in the early days of space flight according to the documentary that Alice was watching. Over time as they got better at building them the rocket launches […]

Why you should talk to your yoga teacher

“Come on, I will introduce you to my teacher.” Alice said to Elizabeth as they entered the yoga studio. Alice’s teacher was there talking to a few other students as they entered. Elizabeth needs to talk to her teacher about many different things at different times: Before class After class During class This is Elizabeth’s […]

How to work with your tuning fork arms in Utkatasana

The tuning fork hit the edge of the counter hard. Bob watched as the arms vibrated rapidly back and forth. He could hear the perfect “C” note that it created. “I’ll take it.” Said Bob to the salesman. Bob was looking for a gift for his nephew’s birthday. The tuning fork was perfect. Bob’s yoga […]

How to have a healthy heart; do more yoga

“Alice, I need more aerobic activity in my life if I want to stay healthy and avoid a heart attack!” Elizabeth recently read an article in the Readers Digest that got her thinking about her lifestyle. The article was talking about the benefits of aerobic exercise on the health of your body. The article said […]

Why Aparigrapha is the best way to start your yoga practice

Looking around the yoga practice room you can easily spot the new people.   It has nothing to do with the brand new and trendy yoga clothes that they have bought from the up scale yoga clothing store.   The real telling point is how hard they are struggling at their yoga poses. Bob for […]

How to increase your hip flexibility: look to the number four

Bob is working on being able to do Padmasana the full lotus pose. But Bob has a problem. He has limited flexibility in his hip and thigh joint.  Padmasana requires a lot of external rotation of the thigh. When Bob brings his ankles on top of his thighs his knees are way up in the […]