YogaPeace on July 21st, 2007

Child’s pose, this is the yoga pose that allows you to rest in between poses. It is a resting pose that I welcome anytime during a strong yoga practice.

Balasanaas it is called in Sanskrit. The word “Bala” means child. This is an excellent beginner’s pose.

Step By Step :

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YogaPeace on July 18th, 2007

I have not felt this way for a long time – a torturous yoga class… arm balances and more. What’s worst? I was feeling tired and sleepy… Too much late nights I guess! ( been sleeping at unearthly hours of 4am… must revert back to normal human hours )

The class was all about strengthening the quads and activating the forearms. Furthermore, the classes by Heebs tend to move towards being able to feel the parts of your body, being aware of the movements.

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YogaPeace on July 15th, 2007

Hmmm…

Do you think yoga causes more pain in your body?

After I began practicing yoga more regularly ( almost everyday ), I realized that I always have some pain in the body. For example currently I have a pain in the left upper arm. Prior to this was a inner thigh muscle pain. I also remembered about 1 year plus back, when I was feverishly practicing 2-3 classes a day, I always woke up with an aching body.

Before my “yoga” life, I had not much pain in the body. Or perhaps I did not know about them as I did not get to use those parts or muscles… aha!

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Sivananda Yoga – teachings
Introduction to the Official Web site of the Internationa Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers. … Swami Sivananda Swami Vishnu- devananda. What is Yoga The 5 …
Source: www.sivananda.org

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YogaPeace on July 11th, 2007

I dunno why… but I have a urge to get a tattoo… why? I really do not know.

But I do realize that many people practicing yoga get tattoos! Here is a really cool site that I came across that has knuckle tattoos! Yeah, tattoos done on your kunckles… personally I don’t think I will be getting tattoos on my knuckles but they looked cool on the website :
http://www.knuckletattoos.com/category/knuckles/other/

And… I saw the most inspiring yogi today… Bo. It was amazing to see him “float” up from Crow (Bakasana), slowly into a full handstand. Beautiful and graceful and effortless… ( during several seconds, I thought he may fall but he did not!!! )

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