Are Twists Bad For Your Back? How To Twist Safely In Yoga
Are yoga twists bad for your back? Not if you lengthen the spine as you turn. How to twist safely in a chair, on the floor and standing, and when to take care.
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Yoga Notes From Flametree are short, practical teaching notes, stories and research summaries from ten years of teaching Iyengar yoga in Darwin, in the studio and LIVE online. Each note answers one real question students ask us. Iyengar yoga is the style developed by Mr BKS Iyengar: in the 20th century he did more than anyone to set down traditional Indian yoga, through his books and his teaching, and he pioneered the use of props. It is sometimes called modern classical yoga, and it’s the style we teach at Flametree. Browse every note by topic on the Yoga Notes From Flametree page.
Santosha: What Contentment Means In Yoga
Santosha is the yoga practice of contentment. What it means, what it is not, what Patanjali and a 2017 review of 17 trials say, and how to practise it.
Continue readingWho Was Mr BKS Iyengar? The Man Behind Iyengar Yoga
Who Mr BKS Iyengar was, what Light on Yoga is, and what alignment means in an Iyengar class today.
Continue readingDownward Facing Dog: How To Do It Without Strain
How far apart hands and feet should be, why your heels do not have to touch the floor, and how a chair, belt, block or rope can make downward facing dog work for you.
Continue readingDesk Yoga: Poses For Sitting And Driving All Day
Stuart’s piriformis scare after too much sitting in Bali, why long sitting makes us stiff, and four simple chair and wall poses from Chris Lalor.
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