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Increase mobility in the hips and shoulders with this wide legged forward fold. Sanskrit Name: Upavisthta Konasana English Translation: Seated Angle Posture Drishti: Nose Upavishta - Seated Kona - Angle Asana - Posture How to: A Version Begin with the legs wide and hold the sides of the feet. On an exhale, fold for 5 breaths. Inhale and look up. Keep holding the feet as you exhale. On an inhale, sit up and lift the legs keeping the knees straight. Hold the sides of the feet with the hands. Look up for 5 breaths. B Version Begin laying on the back. Lift the legs overhead and hold the big toes with the first two fingers of each hand. Stretch the legs wide for 5 breaths. On an inhale, maintain hold of the toes and use core strength to roll all the way up using and down into a seat with the chest with the chest near the floor. Inhale and look up. Keep holding the feet as you exhale. Video Tutorial Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

How to: Begin in downward facing dog. Jump the legs around the arms. Cross the right heel over left and point the feet backward as you reach. the chest forward and rest the chin on the floor. There should be very little weight on the chin. After 5 breaths, come up on an inhale. Exhale. Challenge Exit the pose by pulling the legs back into Bakasana and then hopping back into Chaturanga. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana is a standing fold that increases hip and the shoulder mobility. How to: Begin in Samasthitih. Bring the right foot into half Padmasana by bringing the outside edge of the foot into the left hip crease. Reach the right hand behind your back to grab the right big toe or foot. If you are a beginner, have difficulty catching the foot, or have knee pain, remain standing here for 5 breaths. If your knee feels comfortable, fold on an exhale, reaching the left hand to the outside of the left foot. Allow the head to come all the way down. Hold for 5 breaths. After 5 breaths, straighten the arm and look up on an inhale. Remain here, and exhale. Stand up on an inhale, keeping hold of the foot. Exhale come back to Samasthitih. Repeat on the left side.

Sucking in your low belly helps with every forward fold. It stabilizes the core and is what helps you bring your fold a little deeper. Etymology Sanskrit Name: Baddha Konasana English Translation: Bound Angle Posture Drishti Nose Baddha - Bound Kona - Angle Asana - Posture How to: 1. Bring the feet together. Hold the outsides of the feet with your hands, opening the feet like a book and pressing the thumbs into the sole of the foot beneath the big toe joint. 2. Round the back, bringing the head to the feet. Strongly suck in the low belly. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Garbha Pindasana: Begin seated. Take the legs into padmasana or full lotus. If full lotus is not in your practice, just cross the legs and draw them toward the chest, hugging the legs around the arms. If the legs are in lotus, take the arms through the legs to the elbows. Hold the face with the hands for 5 or more breaths. Roll clockwise in a circle or forward and back, inhaling as you roll up, exhaling as you roll back. Allow 5-8 rolls to get you back to the center. Kukkutasana On your last roll up from Garbha Pindasana, on an inhale, lift up onto the hands and use your bandhas to stay lifted off the ground for 5 or more breaths. Christina Mills is the founder and editor of Liveology Yoga Studios & Magazine, and a student of Ashtanga yoga. Learn more about Christina and find her contact information here. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Gemini is the 3rd sign of the zodiac. The Previous Sign -> Taurus Dates: May 21 - June 21 Symbol: The Twins Element: Air Ruling Planet: Mercury Modality: Mutable Opposing Sign: Sagittarius The Next Sign -> Cancer Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Tortoise pose provides deep opening of the hips and chest. How to: Begin in downward dog. Jump the feet around the arms bringing the legs high up on the shoulders. Lower to the floor, and stretch the hands backward. Place the palms flat on the floor. Lift the heels and draw the legs in toward the shoulders. Hold for 5 breaths. Challenge Come into Supta Kurmasana by crossing the feet behind the head and binding the hands behind the back. Exit the pose the way you came in by lifting up. Pull the legs back into Bakasana and hop back into Chaturanga. Christina Mills is the founder and editor of Liveology Yoga Studios & Magazine, and a student of Ashtanga yoga. Learn more about Christina and find her contact information here. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

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Everyone's favorite asana. Rest. This pose traditionally comes as a restorative at the end of a yoga practice. Lay here for a few minutes to rest, reset the nervous system, and allow the effects of the practice to sink in fully. A yoga practice without rest is considered incomplete. In Ashtanga yoga, it is customary to turn around and face in the opposite direction from yoga practice. Even though this pose is commonly called Savasana in Western culture, Pattabhi Jois was clear that this pose is not Savasana because it is the act of no asana. Sharath Jois, the current paramguru of Ashtanga yoga, calls this pose Sukhasana. How to: Lay on your back with the arms by the sides and the palms up. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

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Halasana is a great way to relieve back pain, stretch the shoulders and spine, and calm the brain. Sanskrit Name: Halasana English Name: Plow Pose How to: Starting in shoulderstand, exhale as you bend at the hips and begin to send the toes overhead, maintaining straight legs. As the toes reach the floor, point the toes. Release the hands from the low back and clasp the fingers together. Press the uppers arms and hands down into the mat. Gently draw the chin away from the chest. Hold for 8 breaths. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Child's pose is a great position to rest in. Sanskrit Name: Balasana English Translation: Child's Pose Benefits Relaxing Restorative during asana practice Third Eye Chakra How to: Begin in tabletop on the hands and knees. Rest the hips down onto the feet. Let the knees be wide enough to allow the torso to fit through. Reach the arms forward with the palms down or backward with the palms up Rest. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Half boat pose is strengthening for the core and perfect for beginners to add to their daily routine. How to: Begin seated Lift the legs and extend the arms by the sides. Hold for 5 breaths. Repeat up to 5 times Challenge: Cross your legs and lift yourself up between each Navasana. Repeat up to 5 times. After the last time, jump back into Chaturanga. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

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Marichyasana A is a seated bound forward fold that helps to mobilize the spine and hips. Sanskrit Name: Marichyasana A English Translation: Marichi's Pose How to: Extend the left leg and stand on the right foot. Reach the right arm on the inside of the right knee. Internally rotate the shoulder and reach the hand down and around the back. Reach the left hand behind your back to meet the right. If the hands don’t meet yet, hold a towel between your hands. Hold for five breaths. Repeat on the other side. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

How to: Begin in Dandasana Place the left leg in half lotus, descending the entire side of the thigh to the floor. Place the right foot on the ground with the knee up. Twist the torso to the right, internally rotating and reaching the left arm on the outside of the right knee. Meet the left hand with the right behind the back. Hold for 5 breaths. Unwind yourself and repeat on the other side. Variations: Many people have difficulty binding the arms or getting the leg into lotus when they first come to this pose. If the arms are close to binding, grab a towel and hold it between the hands. If the arms seem far from binding, simply twist from the torsor and use the arm on the outside of the knee. If you try to place the leg in lotus and the knee is far off the ground, and there is tightness in the hip, simply place the foot on the floor instead. If you feel any pain in the knee, take the leg out of lotus immediately. Be careful as pushing in this posture can injure the knee. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Marichyasana C is a seated twist found in the Primary Series that mobilizes the hip and shoulder. How to: Begin in Dandasana Extend the left leg and stand on the right foot. Twist the torso to the right, internally rotating and reaching the left arm on the outside of the right knee. Meet the left hand with the right behind the back. Hold for 5 breaths. Unwind yourself and repeat on the other side. Variations: Many people have difficulty binding the arms when they first come to this pose. If the arms are close to binding, grab a towel and hold it between the hands. If the arms seem far from binding, simply twist from the torsor and use the arm on the outside of the knee. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Janu Sirsasana C is a challenging poses that increases flexibility in the feet and hips. Be careful in this pose to only go as far as the knee feels comfortable and painless. Sanskrit Name: Janu Sirsasana English Translation: Head to Knee Posture Janu - Knee Sirsa - Head Asana - Posture How to: Begin seated in Dandasana. Leave the left leg extended and use the hands to place the toes of the right food down onto the floor with the heel up and the sole of the foot touching the left inner thigh. At first, it can be difficult to put the foot into this position, so do the best that you can without forcing. Hold the left foot with both hands. If binding, make the right hand into a fist and hold with the left hand. Exhale as you fold keeping your eyes on the big toe of the left foot. Hold for 5 breaths. Inhale as you come up. Continue to hold the foot as you exhale. Repeat on the left side.

One of the most accessible and commonly practiced poses, Janu Sirsasana A increases hamstring and hip mobility. Etymology Sanskrit Name: Janu Sirsasana English Translation: Head to Knee Posture Janu - Knee Sirsa - Head Asana - Posture How to: Begin in Dandasana. Extend the left leg and bring the right foot into the left thigh. Hold the left foot with both hands. Fold on an exhale, looking at the big toe. Hold for 5 breaths. On an inhale look up. Keep holding the foot as you exhale. Repeat on the left side. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Etymology Sanskrit Name: Paschimattanasana English Translation: Intense Back of the Body Posture Paschima - Back of the Body, West Ut - Intense Asana - Posture How to: Sit in Dandasana with the legs extended and the feet together. Reach for the feet, holding the big toes. If you have difficulty reaching the toes, hold a towel around the feet to help. On an exhale, fold over the legs, looking toward the big toes. Hold for 5 breaths. After 5 breaths, look up and inhale. Keep hold of the feet as you exhale. To deepen, clasp the hands around the feet and repeat for 5 breaths.

Open the heart and strengthen the low back with this closing sequence pose. This pose traditionally comes after Matsyasana in the Ashtanga closing sequence. How to: Begin laying on the back or in Matsyasana. Arch the back bringing the top of the head to the floor. Lift the arms and place the palms together. Hold for 8 breaths. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

Dandasana is like a seated Samasthitih. It is point 0 for the seated postures in the Ashtanga practice. Benefits Helps to lengthen the spine Releases the back of the body, low back, glutes, hamstrings, calves How to: Sit with the legs extended and the feet together and flexed. Place the hands on either side of the hips. Straighten the back and look toward the toes. Hold for 5 breaths. Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!

You're a warrior. Remember that. Anyone who knows the true origins of yoga knows that yoga is anything but soft. Virabhadrasana, also known as Warrior pose, is named after Virabhadra when he drew his swords to take the head off Daksha, the father of his beloved. It's a long story... While yoga cultivates calm and hopefully non-violent energy, it also generates a confident inner strength that shines through this pose - the strength of the warrior. In Virabhadrasana B, we seek to balance this strong and powerful energy with pose and relaxed control. Drishti Middle finger of the outstretched hand How to: Step the right foot outward into a wide stance and place a 90 degree bend into the knee. Check that the heels are on the same line and that the back heel is at a about a 45 degree angle to the front foot. Extend the arms in both directions, pressing the arms down slightly, drawing the shoulders down from the ears. Externally rotate both thighs, opening the hips. The torso should be facing toward the side. Look down the middle finger of the right hand. Hold for 5 breaths. Repeat on the left side. Asana of the Ashtanga Primary Series Liveology, LLC is a yoga media company creating uplifting content for your whole life. Subscribe! Our subscriptions provide access to our full online library as well as access to digital issues of Liveology Yoga Magazine. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Sharing is caring. Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!