Tag: asana

A Path to Supta Virasana (Supine Hero Pose)

Many yogis struggle to find sattva (contentment and ease) in this reclining asana. Hence, why it is considered an intermediate pose and not taught until greater opening and flexibility have been achieved in the ankle, knee and hip joints. When…

Helen Maupin

The Yoga of Self-realization — Concentration

For all students determined to follow a spiritual path toward enlightenment, the first discipline Eknath Easwaran defines as a necessary ingredient is meditation. However, the practice of meditation not only involves such techniques as repeating a mantra but also requires…

Helen Maupin

Easing into Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow) — Part I

As children, our curiosity tends to overtake our fear and we relish turning ourselves upside down or over backward in order to explore new experiences. As we age, if we are not watchful, our fear can overtake our curiosity and…

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Easing into Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II Pose)

The Yoga Sutras outline a plan for living that flows from actionto knowledge to liberation. Rolf Gates & Katrina Kenison The Yoga Sutras are spiritual aphorisms threaded together as guides for yogis committed to practising the experiential science and philosophy…

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Shapeshifting with Yoga

On August 17, I teach my annual five-day yoga retreat. This whole-being intensive is meant to build capacity and release tension by tapping into every bodily system or sheath — physical, energetic, mental-emotional, spiritual including our bliss or joy. This…