Getting things in order for my #paywhatyoucan workshop tomorrow - mats provided by @MandukaYoga #Yoga #GiveBack #Donation
I’m No Skinny Minnie Yoga Teacher – But, Oh, How I Want To Be!
I LOVE this article!
“The problem is that yoga as a uber trend has filled the media landscape with glowing, lithe, muscular women clad in the tightest apparel imaginable. The rise of the super thin superstar yoga teacher to celebrity status compounds my dilemma. I worry that the gentle bump of my belly and the generous curve of my thighs will cause my students to see me as undisciplined and not a very serious yogi.” - DANIELLE PROHOM OLSON
Hanging with my BFF on my wedding day
Perfect angel overlook, watching over Machu Picchu
Don’t know who this is but l love the pose!
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Da Poetry Lounge: This Is Not A Trayvon Martin Poem by Donny Jackson
I accept in advance that I might be wrong about this. I bow to the last word of anyone who disagrees.
I am a black man in America. That has not always gone well. I have been told, “You’re out of your territory, nigger,” in Klan-rich Prince Georges County, Maryland, refused service at a restaurant…
Four-Limbed Staff Pose, Chatturanga Dandasana
How-To:
1. Perform Adho Mukha Svanasana, then Plank Pose. Firm your shoulder blades against your back ribs and press your tailbone toward your pubis.2. With an exhalation slowly lower your torso and legs to a few inches above and parallel to the floor. There’s a tendency in this pose for the lower back to sway toward the floor and the tailbone to poke up toward the ceiling. Throughout your stay in this position, keep the tailbone firmly in place and the legs very active and turned slightly inward. Draw the pubis toward the navel.
3. Keep the space between the shoulder blades broad. Don’t let the elbows splay out to the sides; hold them in by the sides of the torso and push them back toward the heels. Press the bases of the index fingers firmly to the floor. Lift the top of the sternum and your head to look forward.4. Chaturanga Dandasana is one of the positions in the Sun Salutation sequence. You can also practice this pose individually for anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds. Release with an exhalation. Either lay yourself lightly down onto the floor or push strongly back to Adho Mukha Svanasana, lifting through the top thighs and the tailbone.
Benefits:
This pose will strengthen your shoulders, arms, and wrists. It also causes you to engage your abdominal muscles and will strengthen your core. This pose will invigorate you, and fill you with power and confidence as you move through your vinyasa.(see previous “healing through yoga” entries here!)
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