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.

2-22-10 Inner Thighs


We under-utilize our legs in so many yoga poses (and life in general!): we hang in our joints, we sink into our hips, and we selectively use the muscles that are already strong (and thus, probably, overused). Tonight's practice sought to find our inner thighs, and more importantly, tap into these muscles to improve our postures. Use your feet and legs to plug into the energy of the earth - tap into it! And if your legs are off the ground in an inversion, use the same musculature to engage them in the air. As they say in Wicked, "I think I'll try defying gravity"!
The quote from practice: "Re-examine all that you have been told...dismiss that which insults your soul." - Walt Whitman

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