This Week’s Pose: Prasarita Padottanasana

Emily — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:36:08 +0000

As a new yogi, Prasarita Padottanasana, didn’t seem like much of a pose to me. It felt more like a gym class stretch, or a preparation for other asanas. Perhaps this was because the shape is reminiscent of calisthenics. Padottanasana reveals its secrets slowly, in finding the difference between bending forward and bending down, in learning to ground the feet in the outer and inner edges, and in bending from the hips rather than from the waist.

This Week’s Pose: Virabhadrasana I

Emily — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:29:50 +0000

Virabhdrasana I is no half-hearted posture. It is like a warrior stilled mid-stride. It is captured movement. The front leg lunges forward while the back leg reaches back and grounds the pose. Likewise, the hips both contain the movement of the thighs, and connect the solid legs to an expansive chest and arms.

Virabhadrasana I by Emily Sloat Shaw

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This Week’s Pose: Prasarita Padottanasana

This Week’s Pose: Virabhadrasana I