A yoga library of knowledge

Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose) is a low plank: you balance on your hands and toes with the elbows bent and the body held in one straight line, a few centimetres above the floor. It is the lowering move in every Sun Salutation, between Plank Pose and Upward-Facing Dog, so in a...

Posted on 26 Oct 2018

Yoga Asanas

Unusual Yoga Styles: Acro, Laughter, Goat, Nude Yoga and More

Unusual yoga styles are modern spin-offs that add something new to a yoga class: a partner, an animal, a hammock, a paddleboard, a drink, or no clothes at all. The best known are acro yoga, laughter yoga, goat yoga, aerial yoga, SUP yoga and nude yoga. Most of them are less than 30 years old,...

Posted on 23 Oct 2018

Yoga Traditions

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand): How to Do It Step by Step

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand) is an inversion in which you balance upside down on your hands, arms straight, with your body in one long line above your shoulders. The name means downward-facing tree. Most people learn it against a wall first and spend months, sometimes years, on the...

Posted on 22 Oct 2018

Yoga Asanas

Bhastrika Pranayama (Bellows Breath): How to Do It Step by Step

Bhastrika Pranayama (Bellows Breath) is a fast, forceful yoga breathing technique in which you pump the breath in and out through the nose with the belly, like a blacksmith working the bellows. A round of rapid breaths ends with one slow, deep breath and often a short breath hold. It is one of...

Posted on 20 Oct 2018

Pranayama Breathing

Utkatasana (Chair Pose): How to Do It Step by Step, Plus Variations

Utkatasana (Chair Pose) is a standing yoga pose in which you bend your knees and sit your hips back as if lowering onto an invisible chair, arms reaching up beside your ears. It works the fronts of the thighs, the glutes and the muscles along the spine, and it builds heat fast. Bikram yoga calls...

Posted on 04 Oct 2018

Yoga Asanas

A yoga library of knowledge

Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Unusual Yoga Styles: Acro, Laughter, Goat, Nude Yoga and More

Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Handstand): How to Do It Step by Step

Bhastrika Pranayama (Bellows Breath): How to Do It Step by Step

Utkatasana (Chair Pose): How to Do It Step by Step, Plus Variations

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