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 [...]

What is Yoga?

The question “what is yoga?” seems easy to answer but it is not easy to explain all the meanings of it to a yoga beginner. Personally, I thought “yoga” was the unification of Mind, Body and Soul as perhaps most people would think – until the day master Satya (Miss Wei) explained it carefully in [...]

Virabhadrasana II

Asana and Anatomy: Virabhadrasana 2 Anatony: External rotation of the right hip (when turning the right foot out 90 degrees). Protraction and retraction of scapulae when arms are extended. Contract muscles: Right leg: Quadriceps femoris,  abductors, Glutes Maximus (both legs), tibialis anterior, iliopsoas, Tensor fasciae latae. Arms:  Stretch the Aterior Deltoid and contract the lateral [...]