Headstand preparation with blocks at the wall — Five-Minute Yoga
Updated: 2010-05-31 18:54:47
And remember that in Iyengar yoga , shoulderstand always follows headstand, either directly, or later in the practice. Not ready for the full pose? Here's a safe, easy way to start working with it, without having to take your feet off ...

In our previous article we have written about cat pose, camel pose and several other yoga basic poses. Now, we provide you with information about another yoga pose, chair pose. Chair Pose (also known as Utakatasana) ...
My favourite radio show, Speaking of Faith (public radio’s conversation about religion, meaning, ethics and ideas) have rebroadcast their 2006 interview with the highly inspiring yoga teacher, Matthew Sanford. I believe the show will be broadcast on public radio in the US on Sunday morning (May 30), but it’s available on their website as well. [...]
the good news We all know the positive benefits of yoga, but it’s always good when scientific research supports this. The mainstream media has been all over a recent study which reveals that yoga helps cancer patients sleep better during treatment (YogaDork breaks it down here). According to the University of Rochester study, the people [...]
In classical hatha yoga lore, Headstand (Salamba Sirsanasa) and Shoulderstand (Salamba Sarvangasana) are known as the king and queen of the asanas. They are practiced in tandem and their benefits are supposedly mutually beneficial. Headstand is known as a pose that heats up the body, while Shoulderstand cools it down. I love Headstand (and all [...]
Man who is the crown and culmination of God’s creation, must not be like a frog which sinks below water and rises above water repeatedly. This human life is not a comparison to that of the frog. (From Nityananda’s “Chidakasha Gita”)
One of the most horrible things I ever saw was in a restaurant that had [...]
Come help Gus and I whittle our waists’ at Bootcamp Doga tonight at 7:00!
Prayer wheels have been used by Buddhists for praying, meditation, healing, purifying karma and protection from negativities.
Part 11 in the Commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, by Swami Nirmalananda Giri
Sutra 1:33. The mind becomes clarified by cultivating attitudes of friendliness [maitri], compassion [karuna], gladness [mudita] and indifference [upekshanam] respectively towards happiness [sukha], misery [dukha], virtue [punya] and vice [apunya].
Maitri is friendliness; friendship; love. Karuna is mercy; compassion; kindness. Mudita is complacency; [...]
Although in the the world of Yoga we use the Sanskrit word asana to mean pose, the literal translation is acually seat or sit. The word asana is tacked on to the end of almost every yoga pose in Sanskrit. Downward Facing Dog in the ancient yogic language of Sanskrit is Adho Mukha Svanasana, the word for forward bend in [...]
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