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.

3-1-10 Vinyasa Flow

See, this is what happens when the yoga instructor can't decide on which part of the body to focus on, or even which pose to explore! We worked through a vinyasa flow class - so all our parts were treated to some lovin' kindness. "Vinyasa" just means a series of poses linked together with the breath - like the Sun Salutations. Remember to move at the speed of your breath, not the speed of your mind. If you start to become short of breath, back off the poses until the breath normalizes.

The quote from the practice: "When our minds are inflexible, we cannot see beyond where we are, and regrettably, we fail to realize where we could be going." -Aadil Palkhivala

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