Learn why yin yoga and Ashtanga are not mutually exclusive. Use your breathing to cultivate different qualities in your Ashtanga practice.| Yoganatomy
I emphasize minimizing the weight on your head during headstand, especially for beginners. More weight means more risk to your neck.| Yoganatomy
Should I do setu bandhasana? David explains how other postures prepare the body for setu bandhasana and when you might not want to do it at all.| Yoganatomy
Ashtanga practitioners report on how their practice did or didn’t change during 2020, the first year of the covid-19 pandemic.| Yoganatomy
Deconstruct standing wide-legged forward bend. Explore multiple intentions for variations of this posture and evolve your pose.| Yoganatomy
How much difference do you think there is between the practices of different age groups? Based on last years survey, you might be surprised by what we found.| Yoganatomy
Pasasana is a challenging twist posture that incorporates a bind around both legs from a squat base position.| Yoganatomy
Research summarized here suggests yoga may positively affect our brain by changing activity levels in specific areas.| Yoganatomy
David Keil concludes his 3-part study of the bandhas in yoga, by discussing how breathing leads to bandhas, what happens anatomically when we breathe and engage the bandhas, and how this knowledge can transform our practice.| Yoganatomy
Chaturanga dandasana, or low plank, is difficult for many yoga practitioners. Learn the fundamental principles for doing this pose properly.| Yoganatomy
Some practitioners reported that videos of Ashtanga yoga on social media teach and inspire them, while others felt discouraged.| Yoganatomy
Find out when and how practitioners modify their Ashtanga yoga practice based on our survey of more than 900 people.| Yoganatomy
We surveyed more than 900 practitioners to learn more about the mental, emotional, and spiritual effects of Ashtanga yoga.| Yoganatomy
Find out why the primary series of Ashtanga is not really about forward bending, but is actually an opportunity to open our hips.| Yoganatomy
More frequent home Ashtanga yoga practice was related to greater years of practice overall and increased mindfulness scores of practitioners.| Yoganatomy
Drishti practice incorporates focusing your external gaze on a fixed point with the intention of also holding your mental focus on that point.| Yoganatomy