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This muscle resembles a cape, for its shape is wide and triangular. Yet rather than this cape draping from the shoulders, it sweeps upward from the lower back. It is a muscle that joins the back body and side body, thus it is part of the dorsal and lateral sheaths (and has a strong spiral [...]
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This pose is worth getting into your repertoire, for it tones the organs and helps develop uddiyana bandha. It is the first of the arm balances to learn in the practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Although it seems like the real challenge is arm strength, for many students, the limitation is with low back and [...]
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The big toe joint is one of the most important I the body in respect to balance, stamina, and virility. The big toe is crucial, for it is part of the inner foot complex, home to the medial arch. So many people struggle with flat feet, which may cause compression around the big toe mound. [...]
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Eka Pada Raja Kapotasana translates as the One-legged Royal Pigeon Pose. It sounds a bit strange, “the Royal Pigeon”, for the pigeons we all encounter in and around the city center are but a nuisance and downright dirty. The common pigeon is hardly royal, more like a pauper. The Pauper Pigeon pose? No that is [...]
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In various schools of yoga there is tremendous emphasis on lifting the chest to open the heart. “Lift your sternum, raise your chest upward, do not collapse your frontal ribs…pin your shoulder blades down your back, raise your front spine, expand your heart…” These directives, although effective for opening the lungs and thoracic cavity so [...]
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edoctoronline.com The tongue is vital to digestion. It is a “freely moveable muscular organ” and it is the first organ of digestion. The back of the tongue is attached to the hyoid bone and to the epiglottis. Below the hyoid is the thyroid and parathyroid glands. The thyroid is considered one of the “master glands” [...]
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Dhanura refers to the bow of an archer and in this pose the spine is curved like a bow. The challenge is to avoid compression in the lumbar spine and pressure on the knees. Precede with other “belly back-bends” like cobra (bhujangasana), locust (shalabhasana) and frog (eka pada bhekasana). Begin dhanurasana by taking hold of [...]
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The maxilla is the upper jaw and so is brethren to the all powerful mandible of the lower jaw. The jaws are critical for between the jaws is the mouth and throat forming the greatest single opening in the skull. It is the largest of all the sensory gates. A key component in yoga training [...]
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The prefix “su” means good and “kha” means space. This pose will help to put your hips into a good space. Sukha is a very common word suggesting easy, agreeable, sweet, practical, pleasant, favorable. This pose is invaluable to stretching the piriformis muscle that is lodged in the center buttock. It is also a good [...]
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The frontal bone is a very large domed shaped bone at the forehead. It is shaped like a shield and is rounded like a moon. It is part of the eye socket and forms part of the anterior fontanelle. Its interior concave surface houses the prefrontal lobes of the brain. Along this interior surface attaches [...]
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