After a long day nothing feels better then hitting your yoga mat and twisting your spine in different poses to give it a good stretch. One of those spinal twists I like best is the Reclined Spinal Twist Pose. This pose will stretch your back and glutes, and relaxes your…
Category: Yoga Asanas
A look into the whys and hows of yoga. Why each pose/asana helps your life in a different way.
Seated Forward Bend Pose is another pose that I use to get a good spinal stretch. It will also stretch your hamstrings. You can use it to tone your abdominal organs and for a healthy uro-genital system. One of the best benefits of this pose is its ability to calm…
Bridge Pose – Setu Bandhasana
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Bridge Pose is a pose that I use for a great stretch. It will stretch your spine while strengthening your glutes and hamstrings. Bridge Pose will also stimulate your lungs, thyroid and abdominal organs. By pushing blood flow to your head, it’s also calms your mind. So here’s how we…
Locust Pose – Salabasana
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Locust Pose is one I like to do when my body feels like it is tightening up. When paired with some other spine stretching, body twisting poses, it can be a nice full body stretch. It is also a great stress relieving pose. Here’s how it goes… Lie on your…
Lotus (Easy) Pose – Padmasana Asana
Posted in Meditation, and Yoga Asanas
This is the most common beginning pose yoga instructors will use to begin a class. It is also a preferred pose for meditation. Here is how to begin… Sit with your legs stretched in front of you. Bend your right leg and place your ankle on top of your left…
Stress hates my stomach! Like most females, stress can do a real number on my stomach. It will either bind me up or cut me loose, neither is my choice of how to spend my day! So let’s add a little Twisted Sage Pose to our morning routine to help…
Yoga Chair Pose To Detox
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Each yoga asana has a purpose. These aren’t random movements to see how twisted you can get your body, although there are some young yogis who take that as a challenge. For the rest of us with a little age behind us, yoga is a journey we are on to…
Being under self-quarantine can be stifling both mentally and physically, we need to stretch! Nothing will stretch your body quite like the powerful Eagle Pose. Don’t get caught up in making sure you look perfect, just feel your way through it. You will be all twisted up, but when you…