Back pain? Try these Yoga poses at home to strengthen your spine We can do practically nothing without a strong spine and well-conditioned back muscles. Weakness or injuries in these areas can be debilitating. Yoga places enormous emphasis on spinal health and good...
Vrksasana or The Tree PoseVrks = Tree Yoga sets great store on balance. In fact all of Yoga is an effort towards achieving balance. In action and thought. As such Vrksasana serves as a barometer. As we assume the pose, we might get a sense of how far we are from...
Tadasana The Mountain Pose Tada = Mountain In this new blog series, Pratimoksha invites you to explore fundamental #yoga postures that serve as a good starting point to build a Yoga practice. However, a word of caution: It’s a good rule of thumb to leave around...
Are you seated and reading this? How long have you been sitting? Half an hour or more? Then stop reading this right now. Stand up, stretch, walk around the room. Keep moving for a few minutes. Finally, head back to your chair. Now read on to find out why you...
The wisdom and philosophy of Yoga is largely based on ancient Indian sage Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. This text (see our previous blog https://www.pratimoksha.org/patanjalis-yoga-sutra/) is believed to have been composed between BC1 and 1AD. It is divided into 4...
That’s the simple message as once again International Yoga Day draws world attention to the treasure that is Yoga Every June 21, since 2015, the world has been marking International Yoga Day. Based on India’s proposal, the United Nations General Assembly...
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