Open to Backbends

Backbends are challenging and invigorating postures that open up your body and encourage overall strength and energy. Backbends appear in yoga poses of all levels of difficulty and expertise — from the simple Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward Facing Dog) to the more challenging Natarajasana (Lord of the Dance) and Urdhva Dhanurasana (Upward Bow or Wheel Pose).…

Pranayama प्राणायाम

Pranayama (Sanskrit: प्राणायाम), is at the core of every yoga practice. Yoga works primarily with the energy in the body, through the science of pranayama, or energy-control. Prana means also ‘breath.’ Yoga teaches how, through breath-control, to still the mind and attain higher states of awareness. The higher teachings of yoga take one beyond techniques, and…