Ask Aunt Yoga Advice Column: Vaginal Fart…

Question: Ask Aunt Yoga Advice Column: Vaginal Fart During Yoga Dear Aunt Yoga, Sometimes when I am coming out of plow pose, my body suddenly passes air out of my vagina making a fart-like sound. It’s embarrassing when in a room full of other people! I tried keeping my pelvic muscles tight (because this has […]

Eight Angle Pose – Astavakrasana

Type of Pose: Arm Balance Benefits: Strengthens the arms and abdominal muscles. Improves core strength and balance. Instructions: 1. Begin in a comfortable, cross-legged position. 2. Bend the right knee and bring the sole of the right foot to the floor close to the right buttock. 3. Thread your right arm under your right knee. […]

Standing Straddle Forward Bend – Prasarita…

Type of Pose: Standing Benefits: Stretches the hamstrings and opens the hips Instructions: 1. Step the feet apart into a wide straddle. The feet should be slightly pigeon-toed so that the outside edges of the feet stay parallel. 2. Deepen the hip creases as you come into a forward bend. 3. Bring the hands directly […]

Elephant's Trunk Pose – Eka Hasta Bhujasana

Type of Pose: Arm balance Benefits: Strengthens the arms and abdominal muscles. Stretches the hips and groins. Also Known As: One-leg-over-arm pose Instructions: 1. Begin sitting in a comfortable, cross-legged position, such as sukhasana (easy pose), with the spine long and the shoulders stacked over the hips. Take several breaths here. 2. Lift your right […]

Compass Pose – Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana

Type of Pose: Seated Benefits: Intense hamstring stretch and shoulder opener. Instructions: 1. Come to sit in a comfortable, cross-legged position. 2. Bend the right knee, hugging it in to your chest. 3. You may leave the left leg bent or outstretch it on the floor. 4. Lift the right leg with your left hand […]

Reclined Big Toe Pose – Supta Padangusthasana

Type of Pose: Supine Benefits: Gently stretches the hamstrings and calves. Can help reduce back pain by addressing Flat Low Back Posture. Instructions: 1. Come to lie on your back with the legs outstretched. 2. Bend the right knee and hug it into your chest. 3. Place a yoga strap around the ball of the […]

Yoga Practitioners Gaze at Their Inner Selfies

Instagram yoga self-portraits from Laura Kasperzak (left and middle right) and Caitlin Turner (top right). At bottom right is Noelle Beaugureau, taken by Robert Sturman. Like many yoga aficionados, Laura Kasperzak, 36, practices early in the morning when she can get some time by herself. “No one’s up at 5:30 with me,” she said, referring […]

Yoga Exercises for Back Pain 1: Yoga for Back…

1. Lift your hips slightly off the floor and shift them about an inch to your right. 2. Bring your right knee into your chest and extend the left leg on the floor. 3. Drop your right knee over to the left side of your body, coming in to Supine Spinal Twist – Supta Matsyendrasana. […]

5 Things Not to Say to Someone Who Does Yoga

As students of yoga, we work on becoming comfortable in our own skins. Part of this is not really caring what anyone else thinks about our lifestyle choices, including what ignoramuses have to say on the subject of yoga. Yet most of us aren’t yet so blissed out that we can’t be annoyed by the […]

Yoga for Men

Sometime in yoga’s recent history, a gender shift occurred. Yoga, which traditionally has been practiced only by men, began to be dominated by women. Today, an average yoga class will have more female than male students. In the United States, your yoga teacher is also more likely to be female, although there are a great […]

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