In Anatomy of a Yoga Routine, Part 1 I covered the general architecture (gentle warmup, additional warmup, what I’ll call “flow,” counter-poses, and Savasana) and the warmup. In this second part of the series I’ll cover the flow, the collection…
Though I’ve only been practicing yoga for about ten months as I write this, I have developed some definite ideas about what I think a “good” yoga practice—i.e., individual yoga session, “routine,” or “flow,” let’s call it a “routine”—entails. This…
Back in very early September, I wrote about my headstand bench. It’s been very helpful in my yoga journey as I learn about balance, quiet, core, and stamina in an inversion. The bench allows me to stay upside down without…
Many yoga poses (asanas) are so-called balance poses. In one way or another, you’re balancing yourself in an at least slightly unusual way. This might be as simple as standing on your toes while bending your knees (a variant of…
Mats are a pretty simple thing. At least, I thought so when I started my practice. I had a thin, generic mat I’d purchased at a big box store several years ago. I bought it to use for some back…
In the beginning, my headstand was a near-disaster. It had been many years since I’d done a headstand. Probably 45 years, maybe more. It was the tripod headstand of a non-yogi, probably in gym class or maybe at summer camp.…
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