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.

1-10 Flexibility and 1-12 Sciatic Stretches

The sciatic nerve gets on our nerves quite often! There is a quote from Doug Keller's website that says 5 percent of the adult population in the US suffers from sciatica, and you have a 40 percent probability of experiencing it in your lifetime. His website is a treasure trove of information on biology, poses, and all things sciatic!

Quote: "After the verb 'to love', 'to help' is the most beautiful verb in the world." -Bertha Von Suttner
Most of us found yoga when looking for increased flexibility - and we sure notice when we haven't been practicing. This practice was a general set of poses to get the blood moving to all of our joints - even ones we've forgotten about!
Judith Lasater provided this quote: "Each of us has a dharma: a purpose, something to contribute to life. Perhaps happiness is the state that we feel when we find what it is that we can contribute with joy to the world."

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous11/14/2011

    Thanks for the sciatica stretches. I hope they work. I love the stick people!

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