How to build strength for kneeling backbends (subtitle: I'm down, but I can't get up)
Posted in back bends, kapotasana, laghu vajrasana, ustrasana, yoga, yoga poses on Jan 13th, 2011
Once a week, I practice Ashtanga Second Series in a led class. Second Series is also known as Nadi Shodhana, meaning nerve cleansing. Nadi is the Sanskrit term for the energy pathways through our bodies. Nadi Shodhana purifies, opens and clears these energy pathways with a strong focus on back bends. In the series, there [...]