If you want to feel powerful in an arm balance without getting into an inversion, then elephant trunk pose or eka hasta bhujasana (one-leg-over-arm balance) is a great challenge for you! Benefits: Strengthens the arms, shoulders and abdominals, opens hips, and...
Fallen Angel is a fun arm balancing pose that is definitely challenging, but far more accessible than it looks at first glance. If you are strong with crow or side crow, fallen angel will probably be one that you can find yourself in much more easily than you think!...
WE’RE SPENDING ONE NIGHT OUTSIDE IN SUPPORT OF VULNERABLE YOUTH On any given night there are between 500 and 1000 young people living on the streets in the Lower Mainland. Many youths are re-victimized on the streets, having fled one unsafe situation only to find...
Chin Stand or Ganda Bherundasana can be an incredibly intimidating pose. In English it’s also called Formidable Face Pose, which is accurate, if you ask us! Putting your chin on the floor and getting your legs in the air, has many of us looking and going, No thank...
Whenever somebody says that yoga is only stretching, we want to challenge them to hold chair pose, utkatasana, for 10 breaths and tell us that it’s “just a stretch”! Benefits: Strengthens the core, shoulders, butt, thighs, hips, and back. Opens the chest, stimulates...
Taking a step back from last week’s pose of the week, headstand, we find ourselves at what we call teddy bear headstand or teddy bear pose. While this pose isn’t a “true yoga pose” it’s a great way to modify headstand until you’re ready to get yourself all the way...
