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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Salamba Sarvangasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Shoulderstand

Salamba Sarvangasana, commonly known as Shoulderstand, is a wonderful, safe inversion that invites fresh prana into the body and brings a refreshed perspective into your day. Inversions in yoga ar...

Parivrtta Trikonasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Revolved Triangle

Parivrtta Trikonasana, or Revolved Triangle Pose, is the counterbalancing posture to Utthita Trikonasana (Triangle) and is one of the more challenging standing postures in Yoga. This pose requires...

Utthita Trikonasana: An Ayurvedic Guide to Triangle

Utthita Trikonasana, commonly known as Triangle Pose, is composed of three Sanskrit terms: ‘utthita’ meaning extended, ‘tri’ meaning three and ‘kona’ meaning angle. The literal translation is exte...