BALASANA (child’s pose)
BALASANA (child’s pose) is a basic resting pose that can be practiced in between poses whenever you need a break, as well as a forward bend that promotes turning your...
MARJARYASANA/BITILASANA (cat/cow pose)
MARJARYASANA/BITILASANA (cat/cow pose) is one of the most basic poses everyone learns in their first yoga class. It warms up the spine, connects us to our core, introduces us to...
DANDASANA (staff pose)
DANDASANA (staff pose) is a basic starting asana for all seated poses. It is our ‘seated tadasana’ so to speak and one of the most grounding poses, connecting us with...
SAVASANA (corpse pose)
SAVASANA (literally “corpse pose”), serves not only as the basic starting asana for all supine poses, but – most importantly – it is our final relaxation pose at the end...
TADASANA (mountain pose)
TADASANA (mountain pose) is arguably the most basic yoga pose. It is a basic starting asana for all standing and most balancing poses. It is one of the most grounding...
The meaning of NAMASTE
NAMASTE can be both a simple greeting and a sign of respect. It is a Sanskrit word that literally means “I bow” (namah) “to you” (te). One of the more...
The meaning of OM/AUM
OM/AUM is the primordial sound, the first sound from which the universe came into existence. The first vibration, also called the Nadam, was “unstruck,” meaning that it occurred where there...
