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Reading Time: 2 minutes Today’s Poses:  Fire Log and Reclining Bound Angle Pose Fire Log and Reclining Bound Angle Pose Fire Log and Reclining Bound Angle Pose offer numerous benefits. Try this with our Guided Yoga Video series. Fire Log Pose The Fire Log Pose stretches the outer hips intensely, particularly the piriformis, which is often the main culprit of sciatic pain. Agnistambhasana (fire …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Windshield wiper pose is a favorite amongst many who practice yoga. Aside from the many benefits it provides, it is a pose that just feels good! In fact, it is an excellent pose to do every day before you even get out of bed. It stretches your back after a long night’s sleep and slowly begins to energize you and help you wake up.
Unlike most yoga poses, the Tree Pose requires keeping our eyes open in order to maintain body balance. This posture replicates the graceful, steady stance of a tree.

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Seated Straddle is a good preparatory pose for most other seated bends and twists. It is also beneficial for the wide-legged standing poses.

A classic yoga posture, Knees-to-Chest Pose has many therapeutic benefits. Because it’s performed on your back, it is sometimes referred to as “Supine Knees-to-Chest Pose.”

Reading Time: 3 minutes Corpse pose gets its name from the recumbent posture of a dead body. It is a position of rest, and is usually practiced towards the end of a yoga session – a session that typically begins with activity and ends in rest; a space or pause when deep healing can take place.

Adho mukha svanasana posture replicates a dog bending forward, hence the name downward facing dog pose. This asana can be practiced by any beginner too and with all its benefits, one should include it as a part of daily yoga practice.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Conquering Breath is one technique that helps calm the mind and warm the body. When practicing Ujjayi, you fill your lungs, while slightly contracting your throat, and breathe through your nose.

Yoga breathing exercises, called “pranayama” in Sanskrit, are an important part of developing a yoga practice.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Hip flexibility is a common issue for many people today. Sitting for long periods can shorten and tighten the inner thighs, groin, and hip flexors — which can cause poor posture and back pain. Garland Pose is a hip-opening yoga posture that helps to lengthen and open the hips, creating more mobility for all of your daily activities.

The foundation of all standing poses, Mountain Pose makes a great starting position, resting pose, or tool to improve posture.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Balasana is the Sanskrit word for Child’s Pose. Although it is a very simple posture, its effects are profound. The gentle forward-folding motion allows one to tap into deep states of relaxation, as it triggers the rest-and-digest mode of our parasympathetic nervous system.

Eagle Pose brings the agility and sharpness of mind and the balancing of the wind by both wings in action are all mimicked by this unique asana.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Boat Pose builds core strength as well as relieving tension and lethargy. The core strength in the body can protect the lower back, but also refers us to our inner core. The inner core of the being takes us to the true journey of yoga, the exploration of our inner nature. So jump into the boat pose, and discover something about what yoga can truly reveal.

Bridge Pose is a very accurate description of the posture: Setu translates to “bridge”, and bandha to “joining”. Partial inversion and partial backbend, Setubandhasana is a unique combination of two of the main asana categories.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nadi Shodhana commonly referred to as alternate nostril breathing, is a simple but highly effective practice that cultivates a feeling of centered calm in the mind and body. It is clinically shown to have a beneficial effect on several cardiovascular parameters, harmonize the hemispheres of the brain, as well as the nervous system.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Head-to-Knee Pose (Janu Sirsasana) is an excellent stretch to relieve tight hamstrings, the muscles in the back of your thighs. If you tend to dislike doing a seated forward bend with both legs straight, this pose may come as a pleasant surprise. Taking your stretch one leg at a time allows you to go a lot deeper and feels so much better.

Natarajasana is an advanced balance pose that brings grace, peace of mind, and clarity. The pose is additionally a deep backbend that requires great strength in the entire front line of the body. The Front Line of the body extends from the quadriceps, through the hips, abdominals, chest, and even the front of the throat.