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.

3-17-10 Upper Back and Chest


Happy (belated) Leprechaun Day!
Tonight's practice included several strength building movements. While not actual traditional poses, the movements we worked through are building blocks to a deeper practice and to better posture. Several postures were from Doug Swenson - his wonderful website is in the "Favorites" links on the right (Do Yoga). He has a Twitter account, too, with quotes and thoughts much like the ones I use at the end of practice.

Speaking of which, here's the quote from tonight: "Do what you can now. Tomorrow you will do what you can tomorrow." - Aadil Pahlkivala

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