How to get into virabhadrasana II

Although it looks that warrior II is a very simple pose, to pose it in a correct alignment and hold for 2 to 3 minutes, is a very hard work. Because each muscle and joint below the waist, around the shoulders, around upper back and upper arms is keenly engaged in this posture. Strengthen muscles: [...]

Yoga and Psoas Major

Psoas Major Psoas major is a polyarticular muscle, which runs inside body from lower back bone to its forward inward downward direction, front inner thigh bone, by crossing over pelvis. On its way, Psoas major combinds with Iliacus to form Iliopsoas. Actions of Psoas major are flexion and external rotation of the hip joint. Since [...]

Lesson plans for beginners (first timer in yoga

Plan 1 1. Ask the students if any of them have injuries or health problems. Also ask them how long they have been practicing yoga or what type of yoga. 2. Ask students to sit in any comfortable cross leg position, and chant three oms. 3. Guide students to breathe deeply from their both nostrils. [...]

Yoga Lesson plan for beginners plan 2

1. Ask the students if any of them have injuries or health problems. Also ask them how long they have been practicing yoga or what type of yoga. 2. Ask students to sit in any comfortable cross leg position, and chant three oms. 3. Guide students to breathe deeply from their both nostrils. (1 minute) [...]

Mixed brown rice salad

Ingredients 4 cups of cooked mixed brown rice 1 pack of deep fried tofu (tau kwa) 220g, chopped into 8mm cubes 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped 1 pack of small asparagus chopped into 1cm long 1 tomato chopped into 8mm cubes Rocket salad about 80g as much as you like Salt, pepper, olive oil, [...]

My personal experience of santosha

Daily practice of asanas will even change your desire to deirelessness. That’s how I became a vegetarian. My body had changed internally by practicing asanas for about two years. It gradually became harder for me to digest meat, followed by shell fish, clams and fish properly. It was strange for the first time because I [...]

My story of sirsasana

Everybody likes to try upsidedown, well almost everybody. I also wanted to come up. When I first tried to come up to sirsasana 1 from the position; head down, knee up and on tip toes, my elbows kept rising up. The teacher watched me and told my shoulders were too tight to even straighten the [...]

What makes a great yoga teacher (Reply to Paalu’s blog)

They say a good yoga teacher will transform you to the next level. I finally understand their words now. In my 3 years and a few months of yoga experience at one of big major commercial studios, it had not come until 7 months ago that I met a really good teacher. Until then yoga [...]

Psoas major

Psoas major is a polyarticular muscle, which runs inside body from lower back bone to its forward inward downward direction, front inner thigh bone, by crossing over pelvis. On its way, Psoas major combinds with Iliacus to form Iliopsoas. Actions of Psoas major are flexion and external rotation of the hip joint. Since it is [...]

Yoga Intermediate class plan 2 (75 minutes)

1. Kapalabhati. 20times 3 rounds 2. Tadasana. Take deep10 ujjayi breaths. 3. Inhale arms up exhale uttanasana. Inhale half way up exhale bring right leg back, come up to high launch. Both arms up and bring them back opening shoulders in each inhalation, sink down from the hips in each exhalation. Breathe five times here. [...]