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Frog pose

Benefits:

One of the best hip openers.

Helps tone core.

Great beginning stretch for straddle splits.

Foundation & General Alignment:

Foundation includes your forearms, and your legs.

The purpose of the pose is not to be flat on the ground, but to stretch the inner thighs.

Upper body is supported by the forearms.

Legs are separated and bent at the knees, make sure they are pointing straight back.

Keep legs activated.

Contrary to what most of mainstream media portrays, flexibility is not just for young gymnasts, athletes, and people who practice yoga. It is for everyone who wants and chooses to be healthy. When we are flexible, it allows our bodies to move with more ease and without overstressing muscles.

Reclining Bound Angle / Supta Baddah Konasana

Benefits:

Helps stretch inner thighs and knees.

Can also help relieve stress, mild depression, and menstruation.

Great relaxation pose but can also be a deep stretch.

Foundation & General Alignment:

Laying flat on back, make sure to keep natural curve in neck and back.

Pelvis is in a neutral position.

Knees are bent and bottom of feet are pressed together.

We are energy, and our Self is not limited to the insides of our body. We have a bio-magnetic energy field that essentially goes on forever (hence our ability to potentially be conscious of all of existence of which we are apart of), like a candle’s light goes on forever – although this is most prevalent and potent to our perceptible experience within the auric field extending around our body.

When we desire to make new changes in our life, our body is usually the first to be examined. During this process, we can be harsh, judgmental, and critical to our own life-shells. Our thoughts are powerful, and our bodies listen and react to these thoughts. Rather than hating on our bodies, we should be trying to show them love through taking the necessary steps needed to make and keep them healthy. We can start making these positive, healthy changes by honoring our bodies, and focusing on what our bodies do right, rather than what’s wrong with them.

Having a strong core means having a strong body. Your core includes areas of your body from the shoulders to the pelvic floor, and almost everything we do involves using the core. To have good balance, flexibility, and stability, building up your core is key. Here are 4 other major reasons to strengthen your body’s core.

Reason 1: Good Posture

Panchakarma is a highly restorative and detoxifying therapeutic treatment used in Ayurvedic medicine. Deriving from the Sanskrit language, pancha meaning “five” and karma meaning “actions,” Panchakarma is a healing treatment that uses a variety of procedures to cleanse the body, revitalize the immune system and re-establish mental and physical balance. It is a completely unique experience for each person and is individualized based on the individual’s particular needs.

If you want a simple answer, yes you do.  But if you’re looking for a long winded but more truthful answer, then no. One doesn’t lose weight by consecutively striking social media-worthy poses that you see professionals do quite effortlessly. The root of the problem here is that yoga is widely misunderstood for just one aspect that it represents: The poses or asanas, as we know them.

Imagine your entire body wrapped in a fibrous suit, designed essentially to hold all the parts of you together. Its elasticity allows for the capacity to expand and contract, to be both flexible and strong. This incredible, all encompassing band of connective tissues is known as the fascia. It lies beneath your skin, connecting and encircling all of the bones, muscles and internal organs of the body.