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Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose)
Parsva means side or plank; kona means angle; asana means posture. This asana is pronounced as paar-swa-konah-sanah, aka Extended Side Angle Pose. How to do Parsvakonasana: Stand straight with your legs about a meter-and-a-half apart. Inhale and stretch h ... -
Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-limbed staff pose)
Chatur means four; anga means limbs; Danda means staff (here, it refers to the spine of the body); asana means pose. It is pronounced as cha-thur-anga Dhan-daa-sana. This yoga pose is frequently practiced as part of the Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutation p ... -
Supta Baddha Konasana (Reclining Butterfly Pose)
Supta: Lying Down, Reclining, Baddha: Bound or Restrained, Kona: Angle, Asana: Pose or Posture This pose is pronounced as SOUP-tah BAH-dah cone-AHS-ana This pose instills a deep state of relaxation and is an amazing posture for stretching the hip and groi ... -
Pregnancy Yoga: Poses for the Third Trimester
Pregnancy is an incredibly special time in a woman’s life. Creating life and carrying another soul inside your body for nine months gives new meaning to your life, and might even be giving you strength to cheerfully bear the long list of complaints that p ... -
Pregnancy Yoga: Poses for the Second Trimester
The second trimester encompasses the glory days, or the so-called “honeymoon days”, of pregnancy. Your morning sickness has probably passed (or will do so soon), you may find yourself more energetic, and your belly is growing but hasn’t yet begun to hampe ... -
Pregnancy Yoga: Poses for the First Trimester
Learning that you are pregnant is a life-changing event. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement, but remember that health and wellness should be a top priority for expecting mothers. Your body is carrying and sustaining new life, and yoga is a wonde ... -
Child Pose (Shishuasana)
Shishu= child; asana= pose Pronounced- shishuh-asanah How to do Child Pose (Shishuasana) Sit on your heels. Keeping your hips on the heels, bend forward, and lower your forehead to the floor. Keep the arms alongside your body with hands on the floor, palm ... -
Gomukhasana (cow face pose)
(This posture is pronounced as: go-moo-KAHS-anna) A Sanskrit word, Gomukhasana literally translates into a cow face posture (go – cow, mukha – face, asana – pose). A seated yoga posture, Gomukhasana can be performed along with a set of different seated as ... -
How to do Tadasana (The Mountain Pose) Correctly
Tadasana Tada =mountain; Asana = Pose/Posture (This posture is Pronounced as: tah-daah-SUN-ah) Tadasana yoga or the Mountain Pose is suitable for all levels of yoga practitioners and is considered to be the foundation of all standing yoga postures. This p ... -
6 simple recipes to balance kapha imbalance
Do you sometimes feel a dip in physical energy? Or worried that your clothes are not fitting as well thanks to a sudden weight gain? Perhaps you have more of the earth element in you. As per Ayurveda, our body constitutes of five elements and three doshas ...
