We all have tricky ways of deflecting when positive things come our way. It can take practice to become a gracious receiver and Fish Pose is a really simple way to start. All month OWY teachers are exploring Receiving and Fish Pose!
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“In back-bending you extend yourself, literally and figuratively, by lifting your posture, raising your spirits and preparing yourself for action.” -Anatomy of Hatha Yoga p324 D. Coulter
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Chaturanga Dandasana is an important part of many systems of yoga, particularly vinyasa flow and Ashtanga.
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In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Everyone says “twist,” but for those with excellent mobility in their hips, this is not so much of a twist as it is a swivel... - H. David Coulter from The Anatomy of Yoga
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The Pelvis is like the body’s junk drawer. Whenever you don’t know what to do with a feeling or experience, you put it there.
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“From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. “-Jacques Yves Cousteau
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“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.”
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Meditation is often the last thing I get to in my practice and as such it often gets left off, so on Mondays I put meditation on the top of my practice list.
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This month as we focus on gratitude at OWY we are featuring a pose that represents the attitude of gratitude in a very deep way
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We love practicing this bow as a part of our sun salutations! It it a nice deep stretch for the shoulders and pulls the shoulder blades down the back in a very satisfying way.
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This month as we focus on transformation at OWY we are featuring a pose that represents the profound transformation of a seed growing into a tree
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I like to think of Eagle Pose as a self-hug... and it is so much more! Strengthening, stabilizing, focus building, shoulder and back-of-heart opening.
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