This is the beginning of a series of articles covering the two Sun Salutes that you do in the Ashtanga yoga practice. Sun Salute A and Sun Salute B are done at the start of every Ashtanga Yoga practice. The articles were written with the person new to yoga in mind. I have attempted to […]
Tadasana (Mountain Pose) Tadasana is one of the few asanas that has two names. It is also called Samasthiti. Tadasana is Sanskrit for “Mountain pose” and Samasthiti is Sanskrit for “Equal Standing”. Samasthiti is a command to come to Equal Standing. You accomplish this command by standing in Tadasana. A quick overview Stand tall with […]
Alice, who is just starting to practice yoga, asked me the other day “Why do we do so many Sun Salutes in an Ashtanga yoga class?” She also asked “Why are there two types of Sun Salutes?” She said that doing all of those Sun Salutes was really challenging and that sometimes she needed to […]
