Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose
parivrtta = revolved janu = knee sirsa = head Revolved Side Angle Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Sit on the floor with your torso upright and your legs wide. Bend your Continue Reading
Fire Log Pose
Fire Log Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Sit on one edge of a thickly-folded blanket, knees bent, feet on the floor. Lightly shrug your shoulders up, strongly roll the heads of Continue Reading
Extended Puppy Pose
Extended Puppy Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions Come onto all fours. See that your shoulders are above your wrists and your hips are above your knees. Walk your hands forward a Continue Reading
Wide-Legged Forward Bend
(pra-sa-REE-tah pah-doh-tahn-AHS-anna) prasarita = stretched out, expanded, spread, with outstretched limbs pada = foot ut = intense tan = to stretch or extend (compare the Latin verb tendere, “to Continue Reading
Dolphin Pose
Dolphin Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions To start dolphin pose, come onto the floor on your hands and knees. Set your knees directly below your hips and your forearms on the Continue Reading
Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose
Legs Up The Wall Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions The pose described here is a passive, supported variation of the Shoulderstand-like Viparita Karani. For your support you’ll need one or Continue Reading
Corpse Pose
(shah-VAHS-anna) sava = corpse This pose is also called Mrtasana (pronounced mrit-TAHS-anna, mrta = death) Corpse Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions In Savasana it’s essential that the body be placed in Continue Reading
Reclining Hero Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions
Caution: Supta Virasana, the reclining variation of Virasana, is an intermediate pose. DO NOT perform this pose unless you can sit your buttocks relatively easily on the floor between Continue Reading
Plow Pose
(hah-LAHS-anna) hala = plow Plow Pose: Step-by-Step Instructions From Salamba Sarvangasana, exhale and bend from the hip joints to slowly lower your toes to the floor above and beyond Continue Reading
Downward-Facing Dog: Step-by-Step Instructions
Downward facing dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana, is the most iconic yoga postures around. Think of yoga, and you think of downward facing dog, or often simply called downward Continue Reading