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Pose of the Month: Gomukasana

July 4th, 2010 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

Gomukasana (http://www.yogabasics.com/seated-hip-openers/cow-face-pose.html) (cow face yoga pose (http://www.yogabasics.com/seated-hip-openers/cow-face-pose.html)) is an incredible experience of physical heart opening and simultaneous rooting. Its…



Pose of the Month: Hanumanasana

May 3rd, 2010 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

Hanuman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman), the monkey king and loyal devotee to Lord Rama, who lept across the sea from India to Lanka…



Pose of the Month: Parvritta Parsvokonasana

March 16th, 2010 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

Parvritta Parsvakonasana (http://www.yogabasics.com/standing-twists/revolved-side-angle.html) (Revolved Side Angle Pose (http://www.yogabasics.com/standing-twists/revolved-side-angle.html)) is that the more we surrender into the experience, the more effortless…



Pose of the Month: Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana

February 13th, 2010 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

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…



Pose of the Month: Kurmasana

December 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

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,…



Pose of the Month: Upavistha Konasana

November 12th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

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…



Pose of the Month: Purvottanasana

September 4th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

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…



Pose of the Month: Parvritta Janu Sirsasana

June 29th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

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…



Pose of the Month: Bakasana

May 18th, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

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…



Pose of the Month: Parvritta Trikonasana

March 22nd, 2009 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

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