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- Feb 11
- 2 min
Rag Doll Pose (Baddha Hasta Uttanasana)
baddha (bound) +hasta (hand) + uttana (stretched out) + asana (pose) Sometimes called Dangling Pose, Rag Doll is a standing, stretching...
Cat
- Aug 12, 2023
- 3 min
Reclining Hero Pose (Supta Virasana)🦸🏻♀️
supta (reclined) + vira (hero) + asana (pose) One of our absolute favourite poses, Supta Virasana is an intermediate variation of Hero´s...
Cat
- Jun 18, 2023
- 2 min
Legs Up the Wall Pose (Viparita karani)
viparita (inverted) + karani (action/attitude) This amazing Beginner-friendly inversion has so many benefits that it makes me want to...
Cat
- Jun 11, 2023
- 2 min
Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose (Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana)
parivrtta (revolved) + janu (knee) + sirsa (head) + asana (pose) Revolved Head-to-Knee pose is a delicious twisty seated fold that opens...
Cat
- May 27, 2023
- 2 min
Supine Spinal Twist (Supta Matsyendrasana)
supta (reclined) + matsya (Vishnu as a fish) + asana (pose) You try not to play favourites (like I did last week with supta baddha...
Cat
- May 21, 2023
- 3 min
Reclining Cobbler's/Bound Angle/Butterfly Pose (Supta Baddha Konasana) 🦋
supta (reclined) + baddha (bound) + kona (angle) + asana (pose) I´m not going to suggest that Reclining (or Supine) Butterfly (or...
Cat
- Apr 1, 2023
- 2 min
Reverse Tabletop (Ardha Purvottanasana)
ardha (half) + purva (front/east) + ut (intense) + tan (stretch) + asana (pose) Sometimes called "Crab Pose", Reverse Tabletop is well,...
Cat
- Feb 19, 2023
- 2 min
Reclining Figure 4 / Reverse Pigeon Pose (Supta Kapotasana)
supta (reclining) + kapota (pigeon) + asana (pose) Supta kapotasana is known as Reclining/Supine/Reverse + Figure 4/Pigeon/Thread the...
Cat
- Dec 17, 2022
- 2 min
Wind Release Pose (Pawanmuktasana) 💨
pawana (wind) + mukta (release) + asana (pose) Sometimes referred to as Apanasana ("downward-moving life force"), Pawanmuktasana (which...
Cat
- Oct 8, 2022
- 2 min
Fish Pose (Matsyasana)🐠
matsya (fish) + asana (pose) The origin of this supine pose can be found in Hindu mythology, & is an archetypal flood story with the Lord...
Cat
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana) 🌉
setu (bridge) + bandha (lock) + sarva (all) + anga (limb) + asana (pose) Bridge Pose, an iconic inverted back-bend, is a bit of a...
Cat
- Jul 23, 2022
- 2 min
Corpse Pose (Savasana) ⚰️
sava (corpse) + asana (pose) After "om" & "namaste", the next word in every beginner yogi´s lexicon is "savasana". Not only is it a...
Cat
- Jun 18, 2022
- 2 min
Happy Baby Pose (Ananda Balasana)
ananda (blissful) + bala (baby) + asana (pose) You don´t have to be baby crazy to go gaga over Happy Baby Pose! Happy Baby is a gentle...
Cat
- Apr 2, 2022
- 2 min
Plough/Plow Pose (Halasana)
hala (plough) + asana (pose) We´re head-over-heels in love with Plough/Plow Pose - another yoga trifecta: a full-body stretch, a...