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4-day “hip opening” yoga intensive, Aug 25 – 28, 2024

Kapotasana (pigeon pose)

4-day “hip opener” yoga intensive

I am pleased to announce a new morning intensive in which we will focus on hip opening yoga asanas.

You can participate in the program online via zoom or in-person at my home studio.

Flyer: You can view and download the flyer here.

Program: 4-day “hip opener” […]

30-minute Hip Opening Yoga Sequence

In a few previous posts, I have written about some of the short duration hip opening yoga sequences. These were provided in the standing, seated and reclining categories. In the present article, I am providing a 30-minute sequence that combines a few asanas each from the standing, seated and reclining positions. You can integrate this […]

7-day Hip Opening Yoga intensive, Dec 13-19 2021

Kapotasana (pigeon pose)

7-day “hip opener” yoga intensive

I am pleased to announce a new morning intensive in which we will focus on hip opening yoga asanas. You can participate in the program online via zoom or in-person at my home studio.

Program: 7-day “hip opener” yoga intensive Location: In-person, at my home […]

Seated hip opening poses, part 3

I hope you’ve been enjoying practicing the seated hip opening poses presented earlier in part 1 and part 2 of this series of articles. In today’s post, part 3, I am presenting the following additional hip opening poses from the seated position:

Wide-legged Revolving head-to-knee pose (Prasarita Parivritta Janu-shirshasana) Wide-legged forward bending pose (Upavishta Konasana) […]

Seated hip opening poses, part 2

Agni Stambhasana (Firelog pose)

In a previous post, I presented part 1 of the seated hip opening poses. In today’s post, part 2, I am presenting a few more of the seated hip opening poses.

I hope you will enjoy practicing these asanas along with the video presentation. 

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Reclining Hip Opening Poses, part 2

Figure 4 foot down

In an earlier post, we discussed a few of the reclining hip opening yoga poses. In the hip opening sequence given here, I will be introducing two more poses – the Baddha-konasana (bound angle pose) and the Ananda Balasana (Happy Baby pose) in addition to the figure-4 stretches that […]

Reclining Hip Opening Poses, part 1

In a previous post, I talked about a few of the seated hip opening stretches. Today, I would like to present some of the hip opening poses that are done in the reclining position.

I hope you will enjoy watching the video and practicing with me.

Reclining Leg Lift with strap (Supta […]

Seated hip opening poses, part 1

Seated cradle

Tightness in the hips is one of the most common problems students face in a yoga class when they try to do any of the yoga poses involving hip flexibility or hip rotation. This tightness usually is a result of long hours of sitting either in an office chair or in […]

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Tip-toe balance

As you may be aware, the three important components of yoga practice are asana, pranayama and meditation. The most important text that is normally referred to as authority on these practices is the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. It lists several asana, pranayama and meditation practices. However, over time, as yoga has gained global […]

7-day “hip opener” yoga intensive, Dec 12-18, 2022

Kapotasana (pigeon pose)

7-day “hip opener” yoga intensive

I am pleased to announce a new morning intensive in which we will focus on hip opening yoga asanas. You can participate in the program online via zoom or in-person at my home studio.

You can view and download the flyer here.

Program: 7-day “hip opener” […]