Sentences with phrase «standing poses»

In yoga, there are many standing poses.

Carlson recommends focusing on twisting poses and pumping actions in other poses to wring out excess kapha, and strong standing poses that help build strength in the legs, ankles, and feet.

While not traditional in the strictest sense, the more modern additions to the yoga pose canon — such as backbends and standing poses — confer benefits that can help us balance modern maladies, such as those accrued from all - day sitting.

Part 2: Standing Hip Opening — Standing poses provide a rare combination of strength and openness in the lower body that can be difficult to access in other families of postures.

Upavistha Konasana is a good preparation for most of the seated forward bends and twists, as well as the wide - leg standing poses.

Standing poses, arm balances, and inversions — poses that require muscular action to protect the structural integrity of the body — can't be done as yin poses.

From breathing to inversions to standing poses this title shows you how specific muscles respond to the movements of the joints; how alterations of a pose can enhance or reduce effectiveness and how the spine breathing and body position are all fundamentally linked.

Many yoga students like to warm up with asanas that infuse the muscles with blood, like standing poses, Sun Salutations, or inversions.

The series will begin with breathing and sun salutations and gradually incorporate standing poses, seated poses, balancing poses and inversions.

Most of the standing poses are appropriate preparations for this challenging standing twist, especially Parivrtta Trikonasana.

The standing poses, especially if you hold them for several long breaths, build strength in your hamstrings, quadriceps, and abs.

You may have noticed that Janu Sirsasana is similar to several standing poses, such as Vrksasana (Tree Pose).

You'll be less stable in the standing poses with socks — so take those suckers off!

Uttanasana can be used as a resting position between the standing poses.

Attempt more difficult standing poses, twisting, back bending and forward bending postures, as well as some breathing techniques.

In addition to the upper - back work, I encourage all of my students to consistently practice standing poses to strengthen their legs.

Yin is a yoga practice that is done all on the mat without any standing poses, and is supported with props to allow the individual to relax into each stretch that releases bound - up tension.

Typically, the Sunrise Yoga practice starts with a few moments of seated breath work, followed by sun salutations to warm up the body and an ever - changing sequence of postures including standing poses, hip openers, shoulder openers, inversions, twists, forwardbends, and / or backbends.

When one thinks of a brhmana practice that is supposed to build and energize the system, it is easy to conjure images of sun salutations, challenging standing poses and fast -LSB-...]

presenter Rolf Gates originally based his sequencing on opening the five lines of the body in order (as presented in Tom Myer's Anatomy Trains), organizing his classes into seven chapters: (1) centering, (2) warm - ups, (3) standing poses, (4) balancing poses, (5) backbends and inversions, (6) finishing poses, (7) Savasana.

From the power yoga contingent's attachment to 6 + standing poses on one side to the case for knee - bending in uttanasana — I applaud this comprehensive analysis.

Standing poses with external rotation can not safely be practiced with the pelvis «squared» to the long side of the mat, or else SI joints (and knees!)

Participants preferred the warm - up and low - intensity offerings (stable sedentary poses, breathing and stretching exercises) to the higher intensity standing poses.

Here's why: For years I learned, practiced and taught that in all standing poses, the pelvis should be aligned so that the pelvic bones were even with each other.

You will learn basic movement principles so that you can perform standing poses, twists, inversions, light backbends and forward bends with intelligence and ease.

For some reason the teacher chose to accommodate me, instead of her, so I felt incredibly bad when I saw the other student struggle through standing poses and multiple pigeons — neither of us had a good time.

By opening the upper body, we find our way more easily into standing poses, backbends and inversions.

The series will focus on the sequence and some alignment of postures including sun salutations, standing poses and the closing sequence to provide you with a balanced practice that you can enjoy and explore.

I often practice standing poses by doing, for instance, the right side of Trikonasana, pivoting through a wide - legged stance, and then doing the left side.

The foundation of all standing poses, Mountain Pose makes a great a starting position, resting pose, or tool to improve posture.

Continue warming up, by either alternating between standing poses and Down Dog or doing Sun Salutations.

For example, when you learn poses such as Tadasana and Virabhadrasana, you're setting the body up for more difficult variations of standing poses.

This energizing video of standing poses, sun salutations, and core strengtheners will leave you refreshed and refocused.

Tadasana, also called Mountain Pose, is the foundation of all of the yogic standing poses.

Since flexibility and strength in the hips and legs are necessary for Astavakrasana, standing poses and forward bends, especially Marichyasana I (Marichi's Pose), will be helpful.

Try alternating between looking up and down in standing poses to lengthen the muscles and right to left in Salabhasana (Locust Pose) to strenghten the muscles.

Parighasana can be used as a preparation for many of the standing poses, including Utthita Trikonasana (Extended Triangle Pose) and Utthita Parsvakonasana (Extended Side Angle Pose).

This heat - building, detoxing flow practice weaves strong standing poses, twists, and arm balances to make you feel alive!

«I took my Ashtanga background and Sun Salutations, and made Cole's standing poses more fluid using Ashtanga elements,» Miller remembers.

And so, after taking a class with celebrated Iyengar teacher Roger Cole in 1988, Miller was inspired to play with the form — and to invent his own take on the Sun Salutation, expanding on Cole's ideas of linking static standing poses in the heart of an Iyengar practice.

Supta Baddha Konasana is an excellent preparatory pose for a number of different poses, including many standing poses, Gomukhasana, Malasana, Padmasana, and most seated twists and forward bends.

An alignment - based beginner level flow introducing the strength building standing poses.

Each Basics class carries a different focus on foundational postures such as Forward Facing Standing Poses, Side Facing Standing Poses, Balancing Poses, Downward - Facing Dog, and Backbends.

I like to make my way to the back of the plane where there is a little more space and do some standing poses that don't take up a lot of room such as Eagle pose, Standing Half Forward Bend, and Mountain pose.

The basic poses will be refined with an emphasis on all the standing poses.

Prenatal yoga is a balanced, sequenced yoga practice including many modifications and comfort measures for pregnancy, including standing poses, breath awareness, birth breathing techniques, relaxation and restorative poses.

A weak piriformis (and other associated deep hip rotators) can contribute to chronic knee problems and instability in standing poses, but it is easy to strengthen with careful attention to alignment in those same standing poses.

All standing poses, including Garudasana, are built on the foundation of Tadasana.

Pattabhi Jois has outlined the benefits of all the āsanas of the Primary Series in Yoga Māla as well as the benefits of the Sūryanamaskāras, standing poses, and finishing poses — common to all Aṣṭāṅga series.

From there, you can take that breath into standing poses or the twists that will help de-rotate the spine.