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Just because you are folding more in a forward fold, doesn’t mean you are stretching the muscles more.  There are two parts to stretching the muscles along the back of your body. One, by pulling the legs and the spine longer. Two, by folding at the hips. When your focus is on touching your toes,…

The biggest mistake for relieving pain from imbalanced posture is stretching the muscles that are in pain. In most cases, muscles in pain are already overstretched. Stretching them further will just worsen the pain.  Let’s explore this through an analogy. Imagine your neck is a pillar, with ropes bolted on two sides near the top.…

Do you find meditation difficult? It’s actually like that for everybody. Meditation is an advanced form of yoga practice. To be comfortable at the top requires a strong foundation. What sets the foundation for meditation is the practice of yoga poses. Here is how. One, it removes physical distractions. As you meditate, the emergence of…

In this letter, I will explain how I go about my weekly wellness routine. First, I will discuss how I approach each practice, so you can see that it’s not so intimidating. Then I will show you how I put it together into my weekly routine. The Approach Yoga PosesThe purpose is to observe and…

There are two parts to my wellness routine — “subtraction” practices and “addition” practices. Yoga fits into both categories. It removes imbalances that can cause afflictions in the body and the mind. At the same time, it builds resilience as well. Yoga alone would be enough if we lived a hermit life isolated in the…

It doesn’t have to be “No pain, no gain”. The body is surprisingly good at adapting to the tiniest stimulus. Just doing slightly more than what you normally do will trigger the body to change. Here is an example of how you can get well by just giving your 60% effort. Let’s say you want…

There is only one way to get real rest for our mind. It cannot be bought. It can only be earned. To give our body real rest, we need to stop using our muscles. To give our mind real rest, we simply need to stop using our brain. With time to rest, our body’s natural…

The purpose of yoga poses is not to do the pose. It’s to observe our body through the pose. All of us have lost connection to parts of our body because of the limited variety of movements in daily life. A yoga pose places our body in a position to bring greater awareness to a…