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Best Yoga Mat Review Guide

Best Yoga Mat Review Guide

The Best Yoga Mats of 2019What are the best yoga mats today?  Whether you're just getting started or have been practicing yoga for years, you need to have the right mat to work on. There are many options out there, so it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the choices. We set out to...
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Yogateket Reviews
Trikonasana and Variations of Triangle Pose

Trikonasana and Variations of Triangle Pose

Extended - Revolved - Bound - Bikram The name comes from the Sanskrit words utthita (उत्थित), "extended", trikona (त्रिकोण) "triangle" and asana (आसन) "posture" or "seat".   Trikonasana, or the Triangle pose, is a standing yoga pose...
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Yoga Asanas
Essential Yoga Poses for Beginners

Essential Yoga Poses for Beginners

When just starting yoga, you may be tempted to leap right into the most visually impressive postures and try to impress your friends with the scorpion or the peacock pose. However, you will only hurt yourself if you don’t know what you’re doing. There are yoga poses for beginners...
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Yoga Asanas
Glutes and Yoga

Glutes and Yoga

Glutes Anatomy  The glutes are located behind the pelvic girdle and consist of three muscle layers: the gluteus medius, the gluteus maximus, and the gluteus minimus.  Gluteus Medius The gluteus medius is responsible for abduction (moving the leg away from the body's midline),...
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Essential Yoga Body Parts
Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana - Extended Hand To Big Toe Pose

Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana - Extended Hand To Big Toe Pose

Utthita Hasta Padangustasana is a standing pose practiced in almost all forms of modern yoga. This pose requires the yogi to engage their core and most of the muscles in the body and therefore it has many benefits. Utthita Hasta Padangustasana is derived from the following Sanskrit words;...
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Yoga Asanas