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.

12-20 Backbends


With the holiday schedule in full effect, I am slowly drowning in a to-do list. So I was unable to scan the drawings from practice Monday. However, here is a list of poses we did in case you'd like to access some hidden energy during the weekend (Backbends are energizing, you know!). Remember to strive to bend your entire back evenly, not just rely on your low back to move:

Supported Fish (Matsyendrasana)

Cat/Cow

Rocking Lunge (Anjanayasana)

Standing Camel (Utthita Ustrasana)

Sun Salutation A with Sphinx and Up-Dog

Half Bow/Half Locust

Pigeon

Reverse Table or Eastern Plank

Bridge (in Temple Mudra and lifted leg)

Camel (Ustrasana)

Full Wheel (Urdhva Dhanurasana)

Half Lord of the Fish twist (Marichiasana)

Happy Baby (Ananda Balasana)

Corpse (savasana)


The quote from Monday is a Japanese folk Zen saying: "Fish live in streams. Birds nest in trees. Human beings dwell in warm hearts."

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