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21-day Yoga Challenge – January 2011

Yes, we are all set for the next 21-day yoga challenge. Are you ready for this exciting and one of the most memorable yoga experiences of your life? Take the challenge and be transformed. Start the New Year on a truly healthy note. Here are the particulars: When: Sunday, January 9 – Saturday, January 29, [...] [...]

21-day Yoga Challenge – Sept 2010 Update

Yesterday we concluded the 3rd 21-day Yoga Challenge program successfully. There were a total of 15 participants. It is truly heartening to see everyone committed to come in every morning at 6 AM for these sessions. I would like to congratulate and thank all the students for their enthusiastic participation. For many of the students [...] [...]

Poses for Meditation

In the 10-day yoga intensive class, we went over some of the  sitting postures (asanas) that are most commonly used for meditation and pranayama practice. In order to provide a ready reference for the participants of the program, as well as for the benefit of all the readers of this blog, I am giving a [...] [...]

21-day Yoga, June 2010 – Summing Up

The second 21-day yoga challenge program concluded successfully on Saturday, June 26. It is quite remarkable that all the 15 participants kept their commitment to come in every morning at 6 AM for the entire 21 days. A few students who missed a day or two had to do that due to circumstances beyond their [...] [...]

21-day Yoga Challenge - June 2010

As many of you are aware, the next 21-day yoga challenge program will begin on June 6. Based on the very positive and encouraging response from those who participated in the 21-day program n April, I plan to hold similar programs approximately every two months in the near future. At the present time, all fifteen [...] [...]

Gomukhasana (Cow-face Pose)

Gomukhasana – गोमुखासन (Cow-face Pose) is one of the popular sitting postures. It is called "cow-face" because in this pose the lower limbs resemble the face of the cow. The two knees with the gap in between look like the mouth and, the shin, the side of the face. The feet look like the ears [...] [...]

21-Day Yoga Challenge

Some time ago, I received an email asking me to join a 30-day yoga challenge program. I did a quick search on Google for something like "30-day yoga challenge" or just "yoga challenge", and I came across a large variety of yoga challenge programs being offered. Most of these programs entail making a commitment and [...] [...]

Warrior Pose (Veerabhadrasana)

In this post, I would like to get back to the practice of asana and discuss one of the very commonly practiced asanas called Veerabhadrasana  (वीरभद्रासन) or the Warrior Pose and its three variations. This is a powerful and energizing pose, especially useful for strengthening the leg and thigh muscles. Veerabhadra was a mythical warrior, [...] [...]

Dancer Pose (Natarajasana)

Nataraja (nata means a dancer and raja means the king or the lord), king-dancer, is the name of Lord Shiva (one of the trinity of Hindu gods – Shiva, Vishnu, and Brhma). In addition to being the dissolver of the universe, Shiva was also the Lord of dance and created over a hundred dances. Natarajasana [...] [...]

"Mindfulness Yoga" at Yogaville

Several months ago I received an email from the programs coordinator at Yogaville that they were looking for volunteers to staff many of their upcoming workshops. I thought this would be a great opportunity to spend a weekend at my yoga "alma mater" and also attend the workshop. So, I sent in my preference for [...] [...]