Ayurvedic Yoga

Ardha Matsyendrasa: An Ayurvedic Guide to Half Lord of the Fishes Pose

Ardha Matsyendrasana, translates to Half Lord of the Fishes Pose. If that explanation still leaves you confused, this posture is simply a yogic seated twist! Ardha Matsyendrasana is a fabulous pos...

Balasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Child's Pose

Balasana, commonly referred to as Child’s Pose, is a simple yet transformative yoga posture. This pose offers an opportunity to draw the senses inward, connect with the earth and allow the body to...

Parsva Sukhasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Seated Side Bend Pose

Parsva Sukhasana, or Seated Side Bend Pose, is a variation of Sukhasana (Easy Pose). Seated Side Bend is a simple seated posture which is commonly used in yoga to warm up the body. This posture op...

Viparita Karani: An Ayurvedic Guide to Legs Up the Wall Pose

Viparita Karani, commonly known as Legs Up the Wall pose is a simple, effective restorative yoga posture. Like all restorative postures, this pose places the body in a comfortable position so rela...

Tadasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Mountain Pose

Tadasana, also known as Mountain Pose or Samasthiti, is a foundational, grounding and stabilizing posture. Through this asana, one is able to tap into proper alignment which is essential to practi...

Sukhasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Easy Pose

Sukhasana, or Easy Pose, is a simple seated posture which is commonly used during seated meditation. This posture calms, grounds, opens the hips, lengthens the spine and brings the body into prope...

Salabhasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Locust Pose

Salabhasana, also known as Locust or even Grasshopper pose, is a back bending yoga posture done in the prone position. It is an incredibly beneficial and safe way to strengthen the back and buttoc...

Supine Matsyendrasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Supine Twists

Supine Matsyendrasana, or Supine Spinal Twist, helps to detoxify the body from head to toe. It also improves spinal flexibility, stretches the chest, obliques and gluteal muscles and alleviates ti...

Parivrtta Anjaneyasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Revolved Crescent Lunge

  Parivrtta Anjaneyasana, or Revolved Crescent Lunge, is a twisting variation of Anjaneyasana, or Crescent Lunge Pose. There are many variations on this posture and below we explore two. This post...

Savasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Corpse Pose

Savasana, also known as Corpse Pose, is for many, the best part of any Yoga practice and it is actually the most important asana (posture). It gives the body and mind time to rest, recover and ass...

Paschimottanasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Seated Forward Fold

Nothing feels quite as good as a Paschitmottansana after a long, hard yoga practice! This seated forward fold is one of the fifteen yoga postures outlined in the revered yogic text, The Hatha Yoga...

Matsyasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Fish Pose

Matsyasana can be broken down into two words in Sanskrit. ‘Matsya’ means fish and ‘asana’ means posture; hence, this posture is commonly called by its English translation ‘Fish Pose’. The origin s...

Halasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Plough Pose

Halasana is a Yoga posture derived from the Sanskrit word ‘hala’ which means plough and ‘asana’ which means ‘pose’. Thus, the literal translation of this posture is Plough Pose. A plough has been ...