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Fun With Props: July 2014
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Ways use props in your yoga practice. Thursday, July 10, 2014. Dog days of summer. I know many schools of yoga do not use props. Sometimes props are thought of as a crutch, a way to make poses easier. And that is true. Sometimes. Other times props are used to bring awareness to poses. Sure, I can get my hand down to the floor in Utthita Trikonasana, but what am I giving up to bring my hand down to the floor? What changes in the pose when I put my hand on a block? Working on the other end now, place a str...
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Fun With Props: October 2014
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Ways use props in your yoga practice. Monday, October 27, 2014. Chaturanga Dandasana should really have a different name. Four limb staff pose is kinda dull. Tricep fire, dragon attack, "diet time" pose, would all describe it in my head. Anyway, here is my best effort at Chaturanga Dandasana. It's a difficult pose and many people cannot do it properly. Many times the shoulders roll forward, or the buttocks stick up, or the floor comes crashing towards you at an unexpected rate. Many people are familiar w...
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Fun With Props: Use what you have
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Ways use props in your yoga practice. Monday, November 17, 2014. Use what you have. I have heard that BKS Iyengar started using props that he found. Cement bricks became the foam or wooden blocks that we use today. He used what he could find. So what about those times when you travel and you don't have your belt and three blankets, how will you do your inversions? I travel by train. Here is a picture of my yoga room for the next 24 hours. I used the luggage rack for viparita karani. Iyengar Yoga in Austin.
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Fun With Props: DIY Rope Wall
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Ways use props in your yoga practice. Tuesday, February 10, 2015. If you have ever taken a class at an Iyengar yoga studio, you know about the rope wall. However, you may not be ready to change your entire living space to have a rope wall in your home. Or perhaps, you are not ready for the questioning looks you receive when a guest sees something like this in your house:. If you want to build something like this, click here. All you need is a dowel and two straps:. First, attach each strap to the dowel:.
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Fun With Props: Closing the gap in Parivrtta Parsvakonasana
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Ways use props in your yoga practice. Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Closing the gap in Parivrtta Parsvakonasana. In Parivrtta Parsvakonasna, I'm working to close the space between the thigh and the torso. Here's what it looks like with no warm up - large thigh gap! In Light on Yoga. There isn't a gap between his chest and his leg (and his back foot is on the ground, and his back thigh is more lifted, and his torso is turned more; you get the idea). Clearly, I have a long way to go. One of my favorites is th...
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Fun With Props: August 2014
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Ways use props in your yoga practice. Sunday, August 10, 2014. Carry a big stick. This blog was quiet for a little bit, while I was enjoying workshops with Arun. I'm still getting ready for Intro 1 assessment, which is less than a month away. Earlier this week, I saw this picture on the IYNAUS facebook page:. I thought it looked wonderful and couldn't wait to try it. I reposted it on my page and some friends suggested trying the dowel in Utthita Trikonasana and Bharadvajasana. What a great idea! Simple t...
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Fun With Props: Spectrum of difficulty in Virabhadrasana 3
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Ways use props in your yoga practice. Monday, June 29, 2015. Spectrum of difficulty in Virabhadrasana 3. Hello again blog world. It's been some time. A few people have asked why I haven't included chairs on my yoga blog. Two much more experienced teachers have books out all about doing yoga with chairs, so check them out. Who I've studied with quite a bit, has a wonderful book out called Experience and Experiment on the Chair. You can buy your own copy here. One of my favorite ways to practice this pose ...
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Fun With Props: April 2015
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Ways use props in your yoga practice. Monday, April 13, 2015. Urdhva Mukha Svanasana with help from the experts. In Iyengar yoga land, there isn't a "cat pose". The only feline tribute is simhasana or lion pose. Maybe someday I will campaign for the renaming of Eka Pada Sirasana (foot behind the head) to cat pose. Cats are masters of it after all. Besides, it's confusing having two separate poses with the same name. Another use for the block is between the thighs. When you press a block between your ...
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