Tag Archives: yoga posture

Head Balance

In Light on Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar the King of all asanas is Salamba Sirsasana known as Fully Supported Head Pose (also known informally as head balance). There are several different variations of headstand depicted in Light on Yoga.  This yoga posture requires knowledge on how to achieve correct muscular skeletal alignment in the yoga …

Yoga Student

Are you a student of yoga? Many people are intrigued by yoga because of its bountiful health benefits. When I first read Light on Yoga I was attracted to reading the “Effects” section of all the yoga pose descriptions. It was not until many years later that I learned to read and re-read the method …

Balance

Yoga standing poses give us the stability and strength needed for yogic success. The family of  standing yoga asanas are yoga gateway poses to continue onto yoga inversions and yoga back bends.  Standing yoga posture shows us the many ways we can can carry ourselves. These yoga poses can correct deformities and imbalances in our …