Asana Technique

Technique (Getting into the pose) 1. Sit with traight legs, feet together. Engage  thighs to open hamstrings. 2.   Bend the right knee and put the foot on the floor, with the heel as close to the right sitting bone as possible.  Keep the left leg strong and rotated slightly inward; ground the head of the [...]

Pranayama

    Breathing is a natural reflection of the people, but not everyone knows how to breathe to maximize the ability of the respiratory organs. Most of us breathe incorrectly, often bearting shortness and exhausted, should not fill the lungs. Many  studies have shown that that many of us use only one third or half the [...]

Lesson Plan

AIRM LESSION       After finishing the lession, practioner perform the correct Urdhva Mukha Paschimottanasana techniques  and combined with breathing TEACHING STEPS Order Content carried Time Teaching Methods Learning Methods 1 Introdution  – To continue making the acquaintance and to ask practitioners for healthy informations.     – To introduce main subjects of period. 3 min  - [...]

The three body

        According to yogashastras, we have three bodies. These three bodies consist of the physical body, astral or subtle body & the casual or super-subtle body. Throughout in the subtle body are energy channels through which our life-energy flows. By regular practice of yoga & pranayama we can keep our physical body under control [...]

Anatomy

Basic Joint Positions -The shoulders flex and abduct.   – The elbows extend. – The forearms pronate. – The wrists extend. – The hips extend, internally rotate, and adduct. – The knees extend. – The feet pronate. – The trunk extend. Muscles 1. Temporarily activate the hamstrings to extend the hips. The cue for this action [...]

Gunas

Isn’t it interesting when yoga teachers, students, food and  many other things are classified by 3 gunas: Sattvic, Rajasic and Tamasic.  Each category has its own nature, characteristics regardless it’s a human being or an object. Suddently for a second, i think that this universe comprises only human being, objects and  energy. Dont ask me [...]

Asana

“The yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas and makes it a FIT VEHICLE for the spirit. A soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly” – BKS Iyengar I didn’t really understand these beautiful words until I deepened myself in yoga practice lately. At this stage, [...]

Lesson Plan

Beginner class: Greeting: 5 minutes:  Greeting, ask if anyone has any medical history such as high blood pressure, hernia etc…. Pranayama: 5 minutes Anuloma viloma. Sitting Asanas: 10 minutes Neck, bend down and up, tilt side to side then hold, turn neck side to side then rotate 360 degrees (4 times each). Fold fingers and [...]

Am I fat??

Yamas means “Restrain”. Yamas is one of the 8 limbs. Yamas includes Ahimsa (non violence, non-injury), Satya (truthfulness), Brahmacharya (Chastity, sublimation of sexual energy), Asteya (non-stealing, non-covetedness), Aparigraha (non-accepting of gifts or bribes). It is not easy to restrain ourselves and reach perfection in the 5 points above. To achieve these slowly we need to [...]

Pranayama

I have been practicing yoga for almost 9 years and I have never known the deep meaning of the word “Pranayama” until the day my Master Paalu explained to us: “Prana” means life-force energy, “ayama” means” expand”. The meaning was explained so precisely. We know that breathing is so important for any single being…but in [...]