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.

5-3 Core and 5-5 Glutes


After working on our glutes through this practice last week, I was sore! Guess I need to pay more attention to the areas I can't see back there. But, needless to say, strong glutes (HUGE muscles) lead to better alignment and more protected back. So get that "yoga butt" that you may have heard about.

Quote: "A lamp does not flicker in a place where no wind blows; so it is with a yogi who controls his mind, intellect and self, being absorbed in the spirit within him." -BKS Iyengar

More core work - by popular demand. It's always good to work on your core, and luckily, most yoga poses do just that, even if not labeled specifically for "core" work. Keep your abs pulled in and up (uddiyana bandha) to help with balance, posture, and alignment. You shouldn't feel these poses in your back!
Tonight's quote: "Enough is as good as a feast." - English proverb

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