Although we’re calling this pose salabhasana (sometimes written ‘shalabhasana’), in certain traditions it’s called belly-down navasana. I personally attribute this pose with helping me to heal a lifetime of back pain, which is, in fact, what brought me to yoga. In the beginning I could barely lift up off the ground, and couldn’t sustain the […]
Asana tip sheet #14 – Vasisthasana (side plank pose)
Vasisthasana, named after the great enlightened sage Vasistha, is a pose that brings humility. You can be totally rocking your practice on any given day, and then along comes vasisthasana. This pose can throw you for a loop if you aren’t getting along with your bandhas that day or your core is weak in general. […]
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 […]
