Welcome to Yogi Sticks!

Do you know your Gomukasana from your Adho Mukha Svanasana? Is your Vrksasana all it can be? And how do you feel about Supta Baddha Konasana? Do you know what I'm even talking about?

Sometimes the Sanskrit - however beautiful it sounds - is not very helpful. So, to encourage my students to expand their yoga practice into their home, I sketch the poses we practice during class on a chart and add the Sanskrit and common name. Hopefully, this is a useful tool to help them along in their yogic journey. I also troll the internet, books, and journals to find interesting articles about yoga and the yogic lifestyle.

1-20-10 Twists

Twists are great for releasing tension in your spine, opening the hips, and squeezing your body like a sponge.In his lovely book, Yoga: The Poetry of the Body, Rodney Yee explains to "feel how your feet and legs energize your spine and how the length of your spine is like a flower's stem extending into the blossoming of your chest" while in a twist. He goes on to write that we should, "mindfully walk from your tailbone to the crown of your head, observing how to create equanimity throughout your spine."

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