by laura on September 4, 2009
Ah, Padmasana. My most coveted pose. One I fear will always be a struggle, especially after my knee popping experience in January. I had worked for a whole year to get into Padmasana comfortably, only to be derailed in two seconds by pushing just a little too far in the pose. Luckily, the damage wasn’t [...]
by laura on January 22, 2009
I have been working for the last year on opening up my right hip enough to practice Padmasana, or Full Lotus. The left side of my body, in general, is more flexible, from my left tricep down to my hip. So everyday I do hip openers, and my poor stiff right side is finally giving [...]
by laura on December 12, 2008
My Yoga Online has a comprehensive, intelligent collection of articles dealing with yoga anatomy and alignment, health, nutrition, meditation, and much more. I visit them daily for insights into safe yoga practice. Injuries, unfortunately, can happen in yoga class if the teacher is unaware of alignment principles, or if the student doesn’t follow instructions properly, [...]