lesson plans

First timer IntroHello my name is Huy. Welcome to this gentle yoga class. Hope you are all doing fine. any pain, any injury, any newcomer, anyone pregnant ?   5 Warm-upBreathing exercise : easy pose, belly breathing pawan muktasana 1 x10 toes clench / spread x10 plantarflex / dorsi x10 ankle rotation and reverse x10 [...]

Sarvangasana

Lie on back + Palms on ground facing down, extend arms beside the body Push on the palms (contract biceps, triceps, brachioradialis, transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis) + lift the two legs up using momentum (contract ilioposoas, pectineus) Extend legs above head + parallel to the ground   Flex elbows + Use hand to support your [...]

Kapala Bhati

Sit in easy pose Sit down + extend legs in front (dandasana) Flex knee to chest Rotate hips externally Supination of both feet External rotation of right knee (put right knee on left thigh) Back straight (erectus spinae muscles eccentric contraction) + hands on knees   Inhale Abdomen relaxes, diaphragm contracts (external intercoastal muscles contracts) [...]

Yoga business

To my surprise, Master Paalu talks about Yoga not only as a philosophy but also as a business, without any taboo regarding fees and money, market, business strategy and market trend. As many people, I thought about Yoga as a philosophy detached from all these materialistic concerns, that it should be free or on donation, [...]

Reconciling painting with my meditation practice

When we talked during TTC about the Patanjali sutra 1:28 “Tajjapah Tadartha Bavanam” (“Say Om / Do things with feelings and full dedication”), I thought about a painting that I did few years ago (below). When I paint, I try to paint with my heart. I dig deep into myself, into my inner feelings and [...]

How I became a vegetarian with Asanas, Ahimsa and Satya.

After a yoga class At the beginning yoga and daily life were two separate things for me. After practicing a yoga asanas class, I felt the need to eat a lot. My mind pattern was “you have worked out a lot, now you need to eat” (eg Aparigraha I guess). Class after class, during asanas, [...]