Know Your Asana

Master tadasana alignment from feet to crown by grounding arches, stacking knees above heels, and aligning pelvis with a zipper cue. Note common misalignments like a rounded lower back.

Explore sequencing in today's asana by using mountain pose as a grounding start, incorporating sun salutations, flat-back variations, twists, side bends, and corpse pose for neutrality and parasympathetic calm.

Learn key cues for standing poses: ground through the feet, connect to the earth, distribute weight evenly, elongate the spine, engage the lower abdominals, and keep the pelvis neutral.

Know your asana: learn to prepare and sequence standing poses with joint hydration, sun salutations, and counter poses to warm the body, balance symmetry, and calm the mind.

Know your asana presents a teaching demo for Warrior 2, showing how to assess diverse bodies, adjust alignment safely with back foot placement, hip rotation, and shoulder blade squeeze.

Know your Asana presents knee-friendly crescent moon lunge modifications using a blanket under the back knee or a raised block, with hands on the floor to ease front knee pressure.

Learn practical adjustments for crescent moon lunge in the Chandra system that stabilize the spine, open the chest, and lengthen the side body through guided bracing and light hand cues.

Demonstrates the extended side angle pose with warrior II variations and twists, while teaching the power line from heel to sit bones for correct alignment and mindful breathing.

Explore adjustments for chair pose by using foot position changes, blocks to squeeze thighs, and mindful guidance to engage inner thighs, align the spine, and relax the shoulders.

Learn triangle pose alignment with a neutral pelvis and spine, feet at 90 and 45 degrees, and avoid pelvis tilt, rib flare, and tailbone protrusion.

Discover adjustments for triangle pose: align back foot, turn front leg externally, rotate back leg inward, and lift the chest while widening the shoulders and heart space.