by insideyoga.org | Aug 26, 2019 | Tips & Advice
Five syllables that make every yoga student sigh and every yoga teacher feel like a drill instructor: ut-ka-ta-sa-na, an asana also known as Chair pose, Awkward Pose or Fierce pose. While your quads scream and your core muscles fire up, don’t forget to pay...
by insideyoga.org | Aug 14, 2019 | Tips & Advice
You can’t think of a single yoga class without Downward-Facing Dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana as it is called in Sanskrit. It is widely considered THE asana and even non-yogis will have heard of this pose. It’s not an easy asana, though,...
by insideyoga.org | Jul 8, 2019 | Tips & Advice
Let’s face it: Forward folds and backbends are big in yoga. You don’t have to attend many yoga classes to see fellow yogis pretzeling into a Standing Forward Fold (Uttanasana) and putting their nose between the knees. Or you may have the impression that...
by insideyoga.org | Jul 8, 2019 | Tips & Advice
One can hardly imagine a yoga class without at least one round of Surya Namaskar, or Sun Salutations, which is a composition of a variety of different asanas, allowing your body to move in all directions. However healthy the intention behind this practice, it can...
