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.

BKS Iyengar

Many of the postures I bring to practice are from an "Iyengar style", named (suitably) after BKS Iyengar. The Iyengar practice focuses on holding poses longer in order to find the correct alignment. It also uses props extensively to help the body find alignment, and when this alignment occurs, freedom follows. Click on this link to find out more about this amazing yogi.


Local libraries and bookstores also have books by Mr. Iyengar, including the classic "Light on Yoga". In fact, the studio (Yoga 4 All) has a copy you are able to check out, too.

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