Beautiful yoga clothes!
I have always been a Lululemon fan ever since I started yoga. But I have never owned a single piece of Lululemon. Why? First of all, a year back, Lululemon was not even available here in Singapore. During that time, I used to gawked at the cool stylish yoga tops and bottoms found at the website of Lululemon. And then I would go check out Ebay auctions for lululemon clothes and praying that the sellers would perhaps ship all the way to Singapore. But it was very expensive.
Beautiful.
Today’s class was a level 1 Power class. However, the moves are most graceful when the teacher integrates some taiji moves into yoga. A test of core muscles when you move ( or try to… ) gracefully or flow into the next pose. One obvious taiji move was the following :
1. Go into a squat where your thighs are parallel to the floor. ( yes this will build some strength into your quads )
2. Then swing right arm over head and the left up lower as your body move to the left side. repeat for the other side. Do this for a few sets.
Hanumanasana is a beautiful pose. It is basically a split but the story behind the pose is interesting.
I read this from Light On Yoga by Iyengar :
Hanuman is the name of a monkey general that has great strength and power. He was the one who rescued Sita, wife of Rama ( who is the reincarnation of Visnu ) as well as saving the life of Laksmana by using his magnificient leaps.
Many people struggle with this pose and often injure themselves while trying out. However, using rotation and engaging of your muscles will help to ease yourself into the pose slowly.
Today’s class was good especially after my long absense from yoga. We did this Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana, the anusara way. For the first time I was able to get pretty much close to it by using the anusara yoga principles. Lovely!
1. The leg on the floor can be either straight leg ( easiest ), bent leg ( like above ) or have the leg bent behind ( like the legs in supta virasana ).
2. Bring your to-be-extended-out leg behind the same shoulder. Try to move the leg as high up as possible. Meanwhile the hand of the same shoulder should be on the floor.
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