Healthy and beautiful Yogi Vibe

Ardha Uttanasana also commonly known as "Flat back pose", "Half Standing Forward Fold" or "Half Forward Bend" prepares the body for Uttanasana and Adho Mukha Svanasana because stretches, lengthens and rejuvenates the hamstrings, calves, spine and upper torso and therefore also improving our posture. This asana is often done in Sun salutations, as a transition between Uttanasana and Chaturanga Dandasana. Newbies on Yoga that find changeling to bend from the pelvis should practice this asana before attempting full Uttanasana, in order to prevent bending instead from the lumbar region, an unsafe action that could create compression on the vertebras. This pose will lengthen and strengthen our body in time and with patience and practice, is going to allow us to go deeper in our practice. Stand in Tadasana with the feet parallel - big toes touching together and heels slightly apart. Root down through all four corners of the feet. In...

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.