Utthita Hasta Padgangusthasa (http://www.yogabasics.com/standing-balancings/extended-hand-to-toe.html) (Extended Hand to Big Toe Pose (http://www.yogabasics.com/standing-balancings/extended-hand-to-toe.html)) is about staying connected to the foundation of ease…

pratyahara (http://www.yogabasics.com/learn/creating-inner-focus-with-pratyahara.html), what the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali define as sense withdrawal. From this place free of external distractions,…

Upavista Konasana (Seated Angle) (http://www.yogabasics.com/seated-yoga-poses/seated-angle.html) can teach us how to reach to the very edge of our limits through strength…

Purvottonasana (inclined plane pose) (http://www.yogabasics.com/core-strengthening-poses/inclined-plane.html) is an asana that opens us to that inner light. The light of the…

Pavritta Janu Sirsasana (http://www.yogabasics.com/seated-side-bends/revolved-head-to-knee.html) (revolved head to knee pose), we stretch ourselves to the limit of how we define ourselves…

Bakasana (http://www.yogabasics.com/core-strengthening-poses/crane.html) as the crane or the crow, its effect is one of transcendence. Rising above our perceived limitations and…

Sometimes our lives get twisted. We feel tied up in knots, constricted, bound up. Unsure of…

Ustrasana (http://www.yogabasics.com/backbending-poses/camel.html) (Camel pose) is a very beneficial pose because it brings us out of our daily habitual posture of…