Sanskrit: Vasisthasana

Lately I think my Pilates instructor a bit tau hong (crazy). I think he’s trying to kill us. In side plank, he make us reach out touching our toes for 8 times. I just touch my knee. Boh lat (no energy). He came over to me and whisper, “touch your toes!” Blueh…

Not only he kept us out of breath, last week, after all the panting and sweating, he concluded the class by saying, “today don’t have savasana.” OMG, I just wanna die.

This post is by special request of a fellow friend of mine. The differences of Pyramid and Traditional headstand.

Left: Traditional Headstand. Right: Pyramid Headstand

And yes! During the photoshoot, I fell backward to the ground numerous times. Surprisingly, I felt myself like a feather. Gently falling down, gliding my butt on the mat, lastly my legs touching the ground instead of falling down like a log *TIMBER!*. Nothing breaks except for a sore neck the next day.

All well, ends well. Namaste, everyone!

Sanskrit:  Vrikshasana

Imagine you are a tree. Your foot is the  root and your leg is the trunk.  Continue imagining your outstretched arm and head is the branches and leaves.  You maybe unsteady for a while and your body swaying back and forth and your leg go wobbly like a tree bending in the wind yet staying upright and keep concentrating at one point.  Yes, our body can maintain the balancing on one foot.

For a challenge, turn your head looking to your left while maintaining your posture firmly.  Repeat on the right side.  I find that it’s a big challenge as our body balances on one straight point and thus loosing balances  the moment we turn our head.

Sanskrit : Garudasana

The Eagle Posture will strengthen your legs, knees and ankles. It stretches and tones muscles of the leg that grow weak from sedentary lifestyles ad can help relieve cramps of the legs. However, if you have knee pain, avoid doing this pose.

I do have problem with this posture.  Blame it on my fat tight.  I can’t seem to wrap my right foot all the way to the back. Each time I tried to do that, I will lost my balance. Now I just rest my fat tight on my left leg occasionally cheated by resting my toes on the floor for support. *ngek, ngek, ngek*

This is how you do it:

Draw the right foot upward bending the knee and wrap the right foot around your left leg as you rest the back of your right thigh on the left thigh. Cross your arms at the elbows, right over left.  Join the palms of your hands together keeping the fingers pointed upward.

For a challenge, sink your hip lower and stretch your arms higher.

Namaste, everyone!

Different hand variation in Padmasana Posture.

Backwards prayer position.

Take a deep breath, lengthen your spin, arch your back and stretch your hand backwards into prayer position. Exhale…..  I need to perfect this posture by bringing up my hands higher tho.  Maybe the next photoshoot

Quick go learn this posture. Very useful if you are in Thailand. Like Kennysia said, “can greet sawadeeka from the back”.

Namaste, everyone.

Sanskrit name: Chakrasana aka urdhva-dhanurasana.

Chakra (cak - to move) means wheel and therefore this is the Wheel Posture. Urdhva means raised, elevated or upright and dhanur means bow. Both “wheel posture” and “upward bow posture” describe the appearance of this asana.

The first time I did this pose, I was not paying attention at the instructor. Hence, I failed to do it. During my second lesson under a different instructor, she explained to us in more details. Follow the step-by-step S.L.OW.L.Y and remember to breath.

1. Lie flat on the back in the shavasana posture.
2. While exhaling, bend the knees and bring the feet as close to the buttocks as possible with the soles of the feet on the floor.
3. Bend the arms at the elbows and place the palms of the hands flat on the floor directly under each shoulder with the fingers pointing toward the back.
4. While inhaling slowly, raise your head and rest your crown on the floor. I find that this is very helpful before pushing my hands, back and lastly, the buttocks off the floor while arching the spine.

I personally feel that grading for difficulty level lies solely on individual. Altho Chakrasana is graded at 8 out of 10, I might grade them 3 in my personal record.

Namaste, everyone!

Sanskrit name: Uttanasana

This yoga posture increases the flexibility on the hamstring and lower back. The spine is lengthened naturally and feels relaxed as a result.

Something weird about me tho. I find no problem with Uttanasana. Infact, I am able to go down to the max and holding on the post for 30 seconds. Coming to Ugrasana (sitting forward bend), I felt more stretched on the hamstring and that lower back need a good hammering to bring it down.

Last weekend, we have a blasted time at the beach flying the kite. I took the opportunity to have a few postures taken at sunset. Love them all.

That’s my children. Inspired by my love of Yoga.

Namaste, everyone.

Short Talk - Maintaining health means using skin care products as well as taking necessary vitamins supplements. Everyone jumps to the conclusion of fitness equipment as soon as the word health is mentioned. Men should pay attention to their urination habits in old age and women to their breasts for any aberrant change.

Translation:  The Lotus Pose

This is a common  posture during meditation. You can opt for full or half lotus or easy position (sukhasana).  This is how you do Half Lotus Pose.

From a seated position, bend your left knee.  Next, bend your right knee, grasp the right foot with both hands and place it on top of the left thigh bringing the heel as close to the navel as possible.

Place the hands on the knees. Touch your index finger with the thumb and extend the other fingers out or you can put your hands infront of your chest as in prayer position.

For a challenge, you may put your hands behind your back as in prayer position.

Namaste, everyone.