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Ananda Balasana (Happy Baby Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Ananda Balasana (Happy Baby Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Ananda Balasana (Happy Baby Pose) is a yoga pose done lying on your back: you bend your knees toward your armpits, hold the outsides of your feet with the soles facing the ceiling, and draw the knees down toward the floor. It stretches the inner thighs, the groin and the back of the hips, and it...
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Janu Sirsasana (Head-to-Knee Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Janu Sirsasana (Head-to-Knee Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Janu Sirsasana (Head-to-Knee Forward Bend) is a seated forward fold over one straight leg, with the other knee bent and the sole of that foot against the inner thigh. It stretches the back of the straight leg and the back along the spine, one side at a time. You fold from the hips toward the...
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Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II): How to Do It Step by Step

Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II): How to Do It Step by Step

Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II) is a standing yoga pose with the legs wide apart, the front knee bent over the ankle, the back leg straight and the arms stretched out at shoulder height, gaze over the front hand. It works the front thigh and the hips and opens the inner thigh of the back leg. The...
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Amrita Meaning: The Nectar of Immortality in Yoga and Hindu Texts

Amrita Meaning: The Nectar of Immortality in Yoga and Hindu Texts

Amrita (Sanskrit: अमृत, amṛta; Hindi: amrit) means "immortal" and, by extension, "the nectar of immortality". In Hindu stories it is the drink that makes the gods deathless. In yoga texts it is also the name for a subtle nectar said to drip from the head during deep practice, and in...
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