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Yoga For Elderly Students: How To Adapt Your Practice As You Age

Chris Lalor in Tree Pose with one foot on a chair, arms raised, beside a lagoon

Yoga for elderly people works best when the practice changes as the body changes: chairs and walls, restorative days, a longer Savasana and pranayama after some yoga first. Senior Iyengar teachers explain.

Chakra Yoga: What Are Chakras? Mr BKS Iyengar Explains The Chakras, Nerves And Glands

Benefits of breathwork: Chris Lalor sitting tall for pranayama on a blanket, eyes closed, hands resting

What are chakras? Mr BKS Iyengar’s own explanation of the 7 chakras, the nerves and the glands, in plain words, plus what modern research does and does not show, and where to try chakra yoga in Darwin and online.

Camel Pose (Ustrasana) The Iyengar Way: Chair, Bolster And Wall Versions For Stiff Backs

Camel pose (Ustrasana) by Chris Lalor at Umbrawarra Gorge: thighs upright, hips over the knees, hands on the heels

Camel pose the Iyengar way: thighs upright, chest lifting, and chair, bolster and wall versions for stiff upper backs and older students. Why it can make you dizzy or emotional, and how to protect the lower back.

Sarvangasana, The Iyengar Way: Why Blankets, A Chair And A Wall Make Shoulderstand Kinder To The Neck

Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand) the Iyengar way: why folded blankets go under the shoulders, how a chair and a wall help, and who should take care. Taught in Darwin and live online.

Savasana (Corpse Pose), The Iyengar Way: Why The Easiest-Looking Pose Is The Hardest

Kim lying in a supported relaxation pose with a bolster under her legs and a blanket under her head

Savasana (Corpse Pose) looks like the easiest part of a yoga class. Mr BKS Iyengar called it the hardest. How to do it the Iyengar way: the body, the eyes, the breath, how long, and why sleep is not the aim.

Yoga Blanket Or Yoga Bolster? Why Three Folded Blankets Do More

Chris Lalor reclining bound angle pose Darwin

A good yoga blanket does almost everything a yoga bolster does, and more. What Mr BKS Iyengar said about props, how to fold blankets into a bolster, and Flametree’s two home prop kits.

Yoga Equipment For Home: Blocks, Belts And Sandbags, And Why Iyengar Yoga Uses Them

Kim smiling in Extended Side Angle Pose, Utthita Parsvakonasana, with a block, on a Top End beach

The yoga equipment that does most at home: blocks, a belt and a sandbag. What each is for, why Mr BKS Iyengar built props into his method, and what to buy.

Yoga And Ayurveda: What Geeta Iyengar Says The Sister Sciences Share

Yoga and Ayurveda are sister sciences. Geeta Iyengar studied both: here is what they share, what the doshas are, and why Mr Iyengar said the practice itself shows your constitution.

Yoga For Cricketers: The Test Opener Who Found It Hurt At First, And Kept Going

Yoga for cricketers: what Justin Langer told an Iyengar journal about yoga, why fast bowlers’ backs need it, what the cricket trials show, and six cricket stretches from Iyengar yoga.

Can You Do Yoga With High Blood Pressure? Inversions, Medication And A GP Teacher’s View

Iyengar yoga Plough Pose (Halasana) with a bolster and chair for support, on a Darwin beach at sunset

Can you do yoga with high blood pressure? Yes, and some upside-down poses are recommended. What a GP who teaches Iyengar yoga says about inversions, tablets and breathing.

Yoga For Spondylolisthesis, Bulging Discs And Scoliosis: What Iyengar Teachers Have Known For Decades

Mid back pain: Chris Lalor in a gentle seated twist on a chair, chest lifted, turning from the middle and upper back

Yoga for spondylolisthesis, bulging discs and scoliosis: what senior Iyengar teachers wrote in Yoga Vaani, and what two Iyengar back pain trials found.

Yoga For Jet Lag: Geeta Iyengar’s Simple Standing Poses After A Long Flight

Yoga for jet lag, made simple: seven standing and seated poses to do after a long flight, based on a class Geeta Iyengar gave jet-lagged students in Pune. Lengthen the side chest in every pose.

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Best Yoga Blogs By Flametree: Page 4

Yoga For Elderly Students: How To Adapt Your Practice As You Age

Chakra Yoga: What Are Chakras? Mr BKS Iyengar Explains The Chakras, Nerves And Glands

Camel Pose (Ustrasana) The Iyengar Way: Chair, Bolster And Wall Versions For Stiff Backs

Sarvangasana, The Iyengar Way: Why Blankets, A Chair And A Wall Make Shoulderstand Kinder To The Neck

Savasana (Corpse Pose), The Iyengar Way: Why The Easiest-Looking Pose Is The Hardest

Yoga Blanket Or Yoga Bolster? Why Three Folded Blankets Do More

Yoga Equipment For Home: Blocks, Belts And Sandbags, And Why Iyengar Yoga Uses Them

Yoga And Ayurveda: What Geeta Iyengar Says The Sister Sciences Share

Yoga For Cricketers: The Test Opener Who Found It Hurt At First, And Kept Going

Can You Do Yoga With High Blood Pressure? Inversions, Medication And A GP Teacher’s View

Yoga For Spondylolisthesis, Bulging Discs And Scoliosis: What Iyengar Teachers Have Known For Decades

Yoga For Jet Lag: Geeta Iyengar’s Simple Standing Poses After A Long Flight

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