8 Benefits of Backbends in Yoga
The benefits of backbends in yoga are numerous. They are an essential part of a yoga practice. These poses will leave you feeling uplifted, energized, and open to new experiences.
Benefits of Backbends in Yoga
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9 Amazing Benefits of Sarpasana Yoga Pose
The sarpasana yoga pose is often overlooked. But with its many benefits, it has quickly become one of my favorite poses. In yoga, vinyasa style especially, we do a lot of pushing movements (chaturanga) but not...
Bedtime Yoga for Deep Sleep
This bedtime yoga for deep sleep routine is the perfect way to end your day. The five poses will help relieve stress, slow your body down, and activate your parasympathetic nervous system. Your parasympathetic nervous system...
Savasana Pronunciation & 10 Relaxing Savasana Techniques
Savasana Pronunciation
Many people are unsure of the savasana pronunciation. It is pronounced sha-VAH-suh-nuh and is a pose that you should be doing at the end of every yoga practice. It happens to be my...
Janushirasana Yoga Pose: Benefits & Modifications
Janushirasana yoga pose, or head to knee pose, is one of my favorites. It's a simple seated forward fold that has many benefits. When creating my own yoga sequences, it is almost always included.
How to...
11 Yoga Poses for Flexibility
These 11 Yoga poses for flexibility are great for beginners wanting to increase their flexibility. I often hear people say that they aren't flexible enough for yoga, but the truth is, we do yoga to become flexible!...
7 Seated Twisting Yoga Poses
These seated twisting yoga poses are organized by level of difficulty. However, each twist could be modified to vary the level of difficulty. I have given some tips for each of the poses to modify...
Comprehensive Guide to Dragonfly Yin Yoga Pose
Yin Yoga is the counterpart to Yang Yoga. Yin Yoga focuses on relaxing and lengthening the muscles, while Yang Yoga focuses on strengthening the muscles. Most yoga classes nowadays are Yang Yoga classes. Any...
So Many Chaturangas! Ultimate Guide to Help You Modify
In an average Vinyasa class, you will do more than a dozen Chaturangas, sometimes more. If you do an Ashtanga session, you will complete more than 80! But, they happen so quickly that the...
9 Awesome Benefits of Shirshasana Yoga Pose
There are many benefits of Shirshasana yoga pose or headstand. This advanced yoga pose is often referred to as the king yoga pose, partly because of the impressiveness of the pose, but also because...