A collection of yoga asana which requires balancing on the legs. Try these to increase your focus/concentration and quieten your mind.
Translation: Utthita – Upright; Hasta – hand; Pad – feet; Angushtha – big toe; asana- posture. Utthita hasta padangusthasana series are intermediate-level poses that require… Read More »Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana/ Upright hand to big toe pose
Translation: Tala – Palm Tree; asana- pose. Talasana (palm tree pose) is a standing balancing pose used to stretch the whole body from head to… Read More »Talasana- Palm Tree Posture – Raised Hands Posture
Tiryaka – Swaying Tala – Palm Tree. Steps: Stand with feet a little more than hip width apart. Fix your gaze at a point directly… Read More »Tiryaka Talasana – Swaying Palm Tree Posture
This can be quite a tricky posture so there are a few modifications that can be made throughout. Stay standing, just work on building the… Read More »Ardha Baddha Padmotanasana – Half Bound Lotus Standing Forward Bend
Ardha = half, baddha = bound, padma = lotus, vriksh = tree Steps: Stand in Tadasana (Mountain pose). Separate your feet about hips width apart.… Read More »Ardha baddha padma vrikshasana – half bound lotus tree pose
This is a really nice posture, although it can take a little while to get the balance right. Steps: Begin in Samasthiti (Equal Standing Posture)… Read More »Garudasana – Eagle Posture
Vriksha means tree, hence the name Tree posture. Steps: Stand in Tadasana (Mountain posture – straight legs, feet together, arms by the side, chin parallel to… Read More »Vrikshasana- Tree posture
To be in sync with what we are talking about please read about the other two posts on warrior-1 and warrior-2 Vir-bhadra-asana 3 The gracious… Read More »Virbhadrasana 3 – Warrior 3 posture
