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Vrksasana (Tree Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Vrksasana (Tree Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Vrksasana (Tree Pose) is a standing balance in yoga: you stand on one leg and place the sole of the other foot against the inner thigh or calf of the standing leg, with the knee turned out to the side. It trains balance, strengthens the standing foot, ankle and hip, and opens the inner thigh of...
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Ustrasana (Camel Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Ustrasana (Camel Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Ustrasana (Camel Pose) is a kneeling backbend in which you lift the chest, arch the upper back and reach your hands back to your heels, with the hips stacked over the knees. It stretches the whole front of the body, from the tops of the feet and the thighs to the hip flexors, belly, chest and...
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Abhyasa Meaning: Practice in the Yoga Sutras and How to Do It

Abhyasa Meaning: Practice in the Yoga Sutras and How to Do It

Abhyasa (Sanskrit: अभ्यास) means "practice": steady, repeated effort over a long time. In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, abhyasa is one of the two means of stilling the mind, paired with vairagya, non-attachment. Patanjali defines it as the effort to stay steady, and says it takes...
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Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose) is a backbend done lying on your back: the feet stay on the floor, the hips lift, and the body makes a bridge from the shoulders to the knees. It works the glutes and the backs of the legs while it opens the front of the hips and the chest. Most beginners...
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The 5 Niyamas of Yoga: Meaning and How to Practise Them

The 5 Niyamas of Yoga: Meaning and How to Practise Them

Yoga Practice
Yoga Challenges for Beginners: How to Pick One and Finish It

Yoga Challenges for Beginners: How to Pick One and Finish It

Yoga Practice
The 5 Yamas of Yoga: Meaning, Sutras and How to Practise Them

The 5 Yamas of Yoga: Meaning, Sutras and How to Practise Them

Yoga Lingo
Krishnamacharya: Who He Was and the Yoga Styles of His Lineage

Krishnamacharya: Who He Was and the Yoga Styles of His Lineage

Yoga Traditions
Asana: The Third of the 8 Limbs of Yoga Explained

Asana: The Third of the 8 Limbs of Yoga Explained

Yoga Philosophy
Mula Bandha Benefits: What the Root Lock Does and What It Does Not

Mula Bandha Benefits: What the Root Lock Does and What It Does Not

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Balasana (Child's Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Balasana (Child's Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Lion's Breath (Simha Mudra): How to Do It Step by Step

Lion's Breath (Simha Mudra): How to Do It Step by Step

Pranayama Breathing