Best Yoga Blogs.

Yoga For Over 50: What A Good Class Works On

What a good yoga class works on after 50: joints, balance, bones, legs, chest and rest, what two studies of older adults report, and how poses are adapted.

Yoga Or Gym? How To Choose, Or Do Both

A plain look at yoga or gym: what each one works on, how to fit them in the same week, and what Chris suggests if you lift weights and feel tight.

Strict, Demanding And Very Funny: How The Iyengars Used Humour In Yoga Teaching

Iyengar yoga teaching at Flametree: Chris Lalor smiling with arms raised in the Casuarina hall, Darwin

Iyengar yoga teaching is famously strict, and Mr BKS Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar were also very funny. What they did, why research backs it, and how we use it at Flametree.

Yoga For Kidney Failure: What Research Shows And What To Ask Your Renal Team

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A general note on yoga for people with kidney failure: what early studies on dialysis report, what to ask your renal team first, and how a gentle class can be set up.

What A Bali Yoga Retreat Is Really Like: Mornings, Meals, Culture And Rest

Chris Lalor in Vrksasana, Tree Pose, in a stone doorway above the sea at Candidasa, Bali, captioned steady starts at the feet

What a Flametree Bali yoga retreat is like day to day: the mornings, the food, the afternoons, the culture and the rest.

Yoga And The Immune System: Sleep, Stress, Lymph And What Is Still Unproven

What research shows about sleep, stress, colds and yoga, and what is still unproven about yoga and the immune system.

Yoga And Chronic Pain: What The Research Suggests About The Brain And Pain

Supported supine pranayama with bolsters and an eye cover, taught at Flametree Yoga Studio in Darwin

What reviews of trials and one brain scan study suggest about yoga and chronic pain, and what is not proven.

Wide Angle Standing Forward Bend (Prasarita Padottanasana): Steps And Props

Prasarita Padottanasana (Wide Angle Standing Forward Bend): how wide to stand, the stages beginners use, props, and why the prayer hands version is advanced.

Wheel Pose (Urdhva Dhanurasana): Props, Ropes And Fear Of Dropping Back

Wheel pose is an advanced backbend. How to start with a chair, use blocks, a bolster and ropes, and work with the fear of dropping back.

Chaturanga Dandasana: How To Do It With A Belt And Without Strain

Chaturanga Dandasana is demanding, and many people treat it as an arm pose. How to start at a wall, how a belt helps, and why the legs and core matter as much as the arms.