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Happy Friday! Today we’re concluding our look at Supta Padangusthasana, or Reclined Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose. If you missed the previous articles in this series, you can catch up on those here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. While this is a pose we often think of as a hamstring stretch, there are a lot of other things you… Continue reading Fresh Take Friday: Supta Padangusthasana Part 4
Happy Friday! Today we're continuing our look at Supta Padangusthasana, or Reclined Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose. If you missed the previous articles in this series, you can catch up on those here: Part 1, Part 2. While this is a pose we often think of as a hamstring stretch, there are a lot of other things you… Continue reading Fresh Take Friday: Supta Padangusthasana Part 3
Take a look at the picture below. How many folks are worried about her front knee? Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com If you've taken a yoga class before, you've probably heard the cardinal rule: Don't let your knee go past your ankle. When I did teacher training, that's one of the things we were taught… Continue reading Fresh Take Friday: What about the knee?
Happy Friday, yogis. Today we'll take a fresh look at Chaturanga Dandasana, or Four-Limbed Staff Pose. If you've ever taken a flowing yoga class, or even a non-flowing class, you may have encountered this ubiquitous pose. Western postural yoga has come to rely heavily on Chaturanga for transitions, and it is often repeated many times… Continue reading Fresh Take Friday: Chaturanga Dandasana
Hi, friends. It's Friday, and we're going to be taking a look at Vrksasana, or Tree Pose, from the perspective of doing the pose a little more actively than you might normally do. This image shows a fairly conventional Vrksasana with hands at the heart. When we do the pose this way, the focus might… Continue reading Fresh Take Friday: Vrksasana (Tree Pose)
Rachel Ishiguro Yoga 