One of the biggest problems people have when they start an Ashtanga based yoga practice is that it is impossible for them to do Chaturanga Dandasana. This is very bad news, because Chaturanga Dandasana is done a whole lot of times during one Ashtanga yoga practice. Chaturanga Dandasana requires a great deal of upper body […]
Imagine that every time you do a Sun Salute that your wrists hurt. You would quickly decide that you did not want to do Sun Salutes anymore. But Sun Salutes are an important part of your yoga practice. If you leave out the Sun Salutes you will be missing a lot of benefits that come […]
Imagine that you are Alice’s yoga mat. You can feel the weight of Alice pressing into you at various places over your surface as she goes through her yoga practice. Suddenly you realize that Alice has gone into down dog and that she will be holding that pose for awhile. You check out the pressure […]
“Ugh! Not another Sun Salute!” thought Alice. I really enjoy the flowing nature of a Sun Salute. How you move from one pose to the next in series as you breathe in and out. But there is one pose in the series that really bothers me. Every time I do Upward Facing Dog my neck […]
Doing 108 Sun Salutes in a row sounds like a really hard challenge but you will be surprised at how easy it actually is. Based on the name it is pretty obvious that you do 108 Sun Salutes. Is the Sun Salute in the 108 the sames as a regular Sun Salute. No it is […]
Exit to Tadasana (Mountain Pose) In the previous position Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Hand posture) you have your arms up over your head and you are gazing up towards your thumbs. Now we are going to finish the Sun Salute by exhaling lowering your arms down to your sides and gazing towards the horizon How to […]
Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Hand posture) This is the same position as Position 1 except that you are moving up from the floor rather than down towards the floor. In the previous position you had your hands on the floor and your chest and head were lowered down towards your legs. In this position you: inhale […]
Uttanasana (standing forward bend) This is the same position as Position 2 except that you enter it from the chest lifted positon rather than the hands up position. In the previous position you had your hands flat to the floor or on your shins and your chest and head were lifted away from your legs. […]
Jump forward and lift chest In the previous position you exhaled and lifted your hips up and lowered your shoulders down and moved into downward dog. In this positon you: inhale make a spring out of your legs bring the legs forward and bring the feet between the hands lift your chest and head while […]
Downward Facing Dog – Adho Mukha Shvanasana In the previous position your inhaled lifted the head and shoulders up and gazed towards the horizon. In this position, which is a forward bend, you: exhale roll back over your toes and bring your heels towards the floor. lift your hips towards the ceiling lower your head […]
