The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga: A Practical Guide to Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit

cannot grasp your ankles, try resting your hands on the floor in front of you and gradually walk them back toward your feet. Thi ...

should feel a stretch in your thigh muscles. If you cannot maintain your balance without holding on, grab onto the back of a cha ...

Repeat the pose on the opposite side, starting with your feet together and hands outstretched. Then reach back, grasping your ri ...

state of awareness. When you act from this expanded domain of consciousness, your intentions will be powerful and success will b ...

your fingertips to the ceiling. Hold this twisted pose for ten seconds, then unwind. Repeat this balancing posture on the opposi ...

only limited time for yoga, the sun salutations are your best choice. Through the twelve poses of the sun salutations, all major ...

Say these sounds as you perform each pose and your mind will quiet and expand while you focus on the posture. PRANAMASANA—SALUT ...

HASTAUTTANASANA—SKYREACHINGPOSE With your buttock muscles tightened, begin stretching up toward the sky while inhaling into th ...

head toward your knees. Bend your knees as much as you need to in the hand to feet pose. In this forward flexion, you balance th ...

The mantra for this pose is Om Bhanave Namaha. PARVATASANA—MOUNTAINPOSE Next move into the mountain pose, with both legs strai ...

ASTHANGANAMASKAR—EIGHTLIMBSPOSE From this position, lower yourself gently to the ground, touching your forehead, chest, and kn ...

The mantra for the cobra pose is Om Hiranya Garbhya Namaha. Return Cycle The second half of the sun salutations is a retracing o ...

ASHWASANCHALANASANA—EQUESTRIANPOSE Then move into the equestrian pose, this time with your left leg back. This mantra, Om Adit ...

HASTAUTTANASANA—SKYREACHINGPOSE Then move into the sky reaching pose, reciting the mantra Om Arkaya Namaha, which acknowledges ...

movements, so that you’re inhaling each time the body is extended and exhaling each time you move into flexion. The postures are ...

Begin with the salutation pose by sitting comfortably in your chair with your spine upright and your hands at your chest, breath ...

Bending forward into the hand to feet pose, lay your chest on your knees and allow your hands to rest alongside your feet. Exhal ...

Partially exhale while bringing your chin down toward your left knee into the flexion pose (similiar to the mountain pose), gent ...

With your hands and arms remaining down by your legs, arch your back and neck into the cobra pose while inhaling partially. Now ...

Partially exhale as you bend forward into the flexion pose (similar to the mountain pose), bringing your chin to your right knee ...