Your Monthly Yoga Pose Bakasana Spring has sprung! Spring brings sunshine, rainbows, flowers, bees and birds. April’s yoga pose of the month is crow pose (sometimes called crane), or bakasana in Sanskrit. Crow pose is a pose of strength and stability. It is a pose that can challenge beginner and expert yogis. Crow pose is an excellent base for poses like headstand and … [Read more...]
Namaste with Natalia: Warrior Three
Your Monthly Yoga Pose Virabhadrasana III It is the third month of the year: March. A month named after Mars, the Roman god of war. We look forward to spring and festivals. The weather begins to change, and, in my opinion, it is the best time to be in Central Florida. For the third month, the month named after a Roman warrior, we will practice one of my favorite … [Read more...]
Namaste With Natalia: Reclined Bound Angle Pose
Your Monthly Yoga Pose Supta Baddah Konasana “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself you have built against it.” Rumi Rumi’s quote above is simply telling you to open your heart. Madonna sang it, “Open your heart to me, I hold the lock.” You, and only you, are responsible for how tight or closed … [Read more...]
Namaste with Natalia: Warrior 1
Your Monthly Yoga Pose Virabhadrasana I Warrior 1 is an essential yoga pose. It is part of Surya Namaskara B, or Sun Salutation B, which is a warmup linking breath and movement in Ashtanga, vinyasa, or power yoga. While there are three different “warrior” poses, warrior 1 brings a sense of power and strength to get your year off to a great start. … [Read more...]
Namaste with Natalia: Headstand – Salamba Sirsasana
Your Monthly Yoga Pose Headstand is one of the most important yogic asana. It teaches a change in perspective as well as how you feel about fear. B.K.S. Iyengar says, “The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid, then one gets the correct perspective, and one is not frightened anymore.” Going upside-down can be … [Read more...]