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.

4-14-10 Side Body (yes, again)

No, I never get tired of finding space along our side bodies (just in case you were wondering). I love that feeling you get when you stretch into places that have been "out back smoking and watching reality TV" , if you will. Picture your ribs as Venetian blinds and let them open to allow sunsine in - and give you a chance to dust them off! Aaaah, fresh air and clear light!

And by the way, how comfy was our supported twist during pranayam? Not to mention the newfound popularity of Queen's pose for savasana? Mmmmmm...I'm purring just thinking about it.

This weekend (tomorrow the 17th, actually), Judy is doing a workshop on the 5 Tibetans - a unique yoga practice of only 5 postures designed to optimize the spinning of your chakras, thereby rejuvenating the body. It's designed to take just a few minutes each day - and it's fun!
Judy is very knowledgable in the tradition and is a great workshop leader. Check out
www.yoga4all.com for details, and the postings for 2/3/2010 and 2/17/2010 on my blog (Chakras).

"He who has no wish to be happier is the happiest of men." - William R. Algers

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