Healthy and beautiful Yogi Vibe

Mountain Pose, besides promoting balance and stability, also helps us to understand how to work the feet, legs, pelvis, torso, spine, chest and arms, being for this reason an asana that every beginner learn and we always come back to it in order to find focus, concentration and equilibrium in a clear and precise way, no matter what our level in yoga is. It's easy to see this relationship between balance and stability if we stand up with legs and feet joined together and when we close our eyes we observe that the weight of our body tends to float from one foot to another or from one heel to the top of the feet. This happens because our vision and balance are intrinsically connected. In every yoga asanas, it's essential a good and solid foundation so I will begin to explain some of the techniques that I have learned through my Iyengar yoga practice, with a special emphasis in the feet and legs, and in a second approach, about the chest and the arms. Keep in mind that Ta...

Source: "Yoga anatomy" written by    Leslie Kaminoff Tadasana, also called Samasthiti, is an asana that apparently seems so easy but really is full of nuances and subtleties, working all the body, balance and concentration, being this the reason why all the newbies in yoga, should practice this pose. This pose creates balance, height and extension, being, for this reason, a setting foundation for all standing poses and an important tool that allow us to progress into our practice.

Iyengar yoga school introduced props into the modern practice, on account of the correct alignment of the body and to allow all practitioners access the benefits of the postures regardless their body, mobility limitations, age, etc. For those that share the idea that props are for lazy people, let me tell you that you could not be farther from the truth.  One thing is certai n, physical and mental availability, frequent and consistent training, as well as willpower combine with the correct use of props is what's going to allow us to progress in our yoga practice and also breaking down barriers that in the beginning our body is not prepared or open to doing or even due to several other physical and mental factors. It's important to reinforce the idea that the main goal of the  yoga  accessories or props is to fill the lack of support, giving stability and at the same time the confidence and efficiency to the practitioner  in each posture.  ...

The way we stand says a lot about us. If we think that our evolution as human beings has designed  and created   to make us stand up, we can easily come to the conclusion that standing is something social and cultural connected to our activity and action as well as to our  survival,  self-sufficiency, and freedom. The way we walk and stand, during our life is influenced by the shape of our body, weight, our pelvis, knees and even the shoes we wear in our daily life, impacting the way we touch and approach the ground. The feet, so many times neglected and forgotten during the day, are essential in our day-to-day lives through movement. They have to be stable in order to support 100% of our body weight, and sometimes all this weight changes into one foot. That's why they are also  p rimordial in the yoga practice, we can not forget that a strong, mobile and stable foundation is accomplished if we not only have a clear conscience of our feet but also if the...