For me, Yoga is not so much about postures, positions, and twisting like a pretzel as it is about how and who we want to be, particularly when stressful or uncomfortable situations arise. My Yoga teachers call this practice "Yoga Off the Mat." According to these teachers, it is through developing ...
Seeking a gentler life away from the fast paced lifestyle of Los Angeles, Mara Trafficante and Stuart Hanna of Mission Street Yoga found themselves raising a family, and a yoga studio, in a city that felt just right. They once lead lives working with film and corporate software, but the journey to self-discovery ...
Paripurna Navasana looks easy but is challenging. It develops core abdominal strength, of use to everyone who wants to have a good posture and prevent back pain. Athletes benefit from the abdominal and deep hip flexor strengthening. Also called “Boat Balance”, the pose requires balance on ...
Selecting My Style
So how did I decide which type was for me? Well, given my penchant for the moving quickly, I selected Ashtanga yoga. It was described as a vigorous style of yoga, which appealed to my – at the time – aerobic-oriented snobbery. Somehow, I roped my husband into going ...
Technique: Start the pose from Dandasana, the Staff Pose. Dandasana is the pose where one sits with an extended spine with the torso perpendicular to the floor and the legs together extended straight in front.
In Dandasana the pelvis should be perpendicular to the floor with the side hip bones ...
This pose is a deep resting pose and perfect for beginners. Balasana is similar to a deep forward bend but gentler. Balasana reminds us of our times as infants, and we have memory in our bodies of being in this position. It gives you a taste of the yielding involved in a forward bend and your attention ...
Technique: Sit on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of you. Reach back with each hand and move your buttock flesh backwards and out to the sides. This adjusts the angle of your pelvis. Place your palms on the floor next to the hips with your fingers facing toward the feet. Press down through ...
We think we are fit, but something is wrong, the world and everyone in it always seems a few minutes ahead of us. We feel exhausted, feelings of anxiety, lack of control and irritability rise within us and don't seem to fall back. Our minds and our ego reach into the future. If only we could just get ...
Karma Yoga
Karma Yoga is done with a joyful attitude, what one is best suited to do, in a peaceful fashion. It is in giving to others without expecting return. Karma yoga is spiritual action via selfless service where the person is called by their inner being to help another in need in a way. They don’t ...
Street survival is simply their way of life. Street Yoga offers a safe, honoring, and welcoming space of continuity and commitment absent in days and nights filled with struggle.” Lilly noted that yoga is not a high priority for homeless youth – survival is. “Lacking shelter, assets, ...
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