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Asana tip sheet #8 – Adho mukha svanasana

September 10, 2014 By Rupali Embry 5 Comments

Rupali rocks dog.

Downward-facing dog…just about everyone has an opinion about how it should be done! Just to be clear…this is OUR take on this pose coming from an Ashtanga perspective. If you study yoga within another tradition, such as Iyengar Yoga, then your stance might be longer than what’s shown here. There might also be other little […]

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Strong shoulders, strong mind

July 9, 2014 By Rupali Embry 6 Comments

Strong shoulders, strong mind

Oh yogi—why take the time to do shoulder strengtheners? On a purely physical level, strong healthy shoulders allow us to execute many fun asanas without injury to the shoulder structures that support them—poses like handstand, pincha mayurasana and chaturanga dandasana. Men, because of their strong shoulder muscles, often excel at these poses…once they build up […]

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