Tag: samadhi

Easing into Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow) — Part II

The aging process is most often marked by a spine that slumps forward. When our inner core and spine are no longer strong and flexible, we further demonstrate aging by hunching the shoulders up and forward. Both these misalignments are…

Helen Maupin

Freeing Your Heart Space with Yoga Actions

Last week my blog illustrated yoga actions and poses aimed at freeing physical and emotional tension held within your pelvic bowl. The yoga action utilized to ease this tension involved drawing breath into the back edge of the pelvic diaphragm.…

Helen Maupin

Freedom = Concentration + Absorption + Integration (Pelvis)

For humanity, freedom is a much sought-after state beginning early in childhood. Do you remember the first time you rode your two-wheel bicycle solo? The sense of accomplishment and independence was exhilarating. I still experience that rush of blissful joy…

Helen Maupin

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…