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26Jul 2024 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

What to Expect from a Yoga Retreat in India: A Complete Overview

Retreats, Teacher Training, Vinyasa Yoga, Yoga, yoga retreat

Today, people face the pressures of fast-paced professional work and lifestyle choices that impact their overall well-being. These demands often lead to stress, poor health habits, and a decline in mental and physical health, leaving individuals feeling drained. A yoga retreat in India offers a refreshing escape from these challenges, helping to restore balance and rejuvenate the mind and body. A yoga retreat is the yoga experience where the participants take a break from their daily work as well as life routine and focus on daily yoga sessions, meditation practices as well as other activities that promote physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Yoga retreats in India take place in natural environments such as Rishikesh, Goa etc as well as range from weekend to week-long or even a month-long program which…

13Feb 2022 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

Uthitha Hasta Padangusthasana

Ayurveda, Meditation, Retreats, Teacher Training, Yoga, Yoga Asana

This is a standing single-leg balancing forward fold asana. You will require balance, stability, and concentration to perform this asana. This is also called extended hand-to-big toe posture. How to do Uthitha Hasta Padangusthasana? Step 1: Stand straight with feet together in Samasthiti. Step 2: Ground yourself firmly on your feet. lift the toes, spread them wide and place them down. Step 3: Inhale fix the gaze at one stable point in front of you which will help in balance. Shift your hip towards the left leg so the midline is shifted to the left. Step 4: Exhale bend the right leg at the knee and bring the knee to the chest. (If you are struggling to find the balance, go with the natural position of the body by slightly…

23Jan 2022 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

How To Do Sun Salutation B Surya Namaskar B

Meditation, Retreats, Teacher Training, Yoga

Sun Salutation B Surya Namaskar B Surya namaskar is a sanskrit term for sun salutation. It is not just about saluting the sun which gives energy to the whole universe it’s also about saluting the solar energy we’re having in our body as heat. Surya namaskar helps to improve heat in the body stretches the body and prepare the body and mind for Ashtanga vinyasa yoga How To Do Surya Namaskar B Start from standing in samasthiti where your both leg’s are together and hands by the hipsInhale bend the knees and Raise your hands up and come to utkatasana and look at thumb’s .Exhale Slightly bend the knee’s and fold forward into uttanasana and look at your tip of noseInhale slowly lift your chest half way up and keep…

19Nov 2021 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

Chakrasana and Benefits of Chakrasana

Meditation, Retreats, Teacher Training, Yoga

The name “Chakrasana” comes from the Sanskrit words “Chakra” which means the wheel, and the meaning of Asana is “Posture” or “seat”. Chakrasana or the Wheel Pose Chakrasana or the wheel pose is a backward bending yoga asana. Chakra in Sanskrit means Wheel. In Wheel Pose, the final position looks like a wheel, hence the name. It gives great flexibility to the spine. It is called chakrasana since the body takes almost a wheel-like, semi-circular posture while performing this asana. English name: – Wheel Pose Sanskrit name: – Chakrasana Pose type: – backbend, stretch, inversion, balance. Body position: – Supine Level: – Advanced How to Chakrasana or Wheel Pose? Lie flat on your back on the floor. You may bend your knees so that the soles of your feet are…

19Nov 2021 by Rishikesh Ashtanga Yoga School No Comments

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose) and Benefits of Bhujangasana

Meditation, Retreats, Teacher Training, Yoga

Few yoga poses are as accessible and holistic as Cobra Pose. Known in Sanskrit as Bhujangasana, Cobra Pose is one of only a handful of postures that are taught across all levels and all styles of yoga. The cobra posture is another simple beginner-level posture that comes under the inverted supine postures. It is also one of the twelve postures of Surya Namaskar and it visualizes the cobra sitting straight in attacking and defensive movement both. Let us see the steps of practicing the cobra posture. How to Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)? Step 1. Lie down inverted ( on the base of your stomach) relaxing straight.Step 2. Now bring your palms close to your lying down face on either side. Your eyes must look straight and your face is also aligned…