OmStars – Page 32 – Online yoga classes for beginners and advanced yogis

September 27, 2021
Healing The Wounded Black Gay Kid In Me

But, coming out of the closet was just the first step. It would take nearly two decades for me to get to a place where I could deal with the ...

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Category: Culture
September 23, 2021
How to do Shoulder-Pressing Pose (Bhujapidasana)

This is the first real challenging arm balance of the Ashtanga Yoga Primary series. It helps build self-confidence and strengthens your shoulders and core. Bhujapidasana gives you the tools to ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
September 20, 2021
Find Out Why These Omstars Teachers Practice Yoga

“I feel blessed every time I teach that I can be a conduit for the teachings of yoga. I can get out of the way knowing that any transformation that ...

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Category: Culture
September 16, 2021
Weekly Pose Tutorial: Bhekasana (Frog Pose)

Bhekasana or frog pose allows you to lengthen through the front body while engaging through the back body. The first thing you need to understand is that this is a ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
September 13, 2021
Yoga for Stress Relief

When you’re feeling stressed a gentle restorative class or Yin Yoga class can be just what the doctor ordered. If you are particularly stressed out and you aren’t in a ...

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Category: Practice
September 9, 2021
Weekly Pose Tutorial: Raja Bhujangasana

Raja bhujangasana or king cobra pose is a challenging backbend that comes at the end of the Ashtanga Third Series. You need to ensure you warm up before attempting it ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
September 6, 2021
Customizing Poses Opens Yoga to Everyone

Having physical challenges doesn’t mean traditional yoga poses are out of reach. Accessible/Adaptive Yoga Teachers like myself strive to make any pose possible. We see poses with new eyes and ...

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Category: Culture
September 2, 2021
Weekly Pose Tutorial: Bharadvajasana

Bharadvajasana is a powerful twisting pose that brings you into your centerline. It’s named after Bharadvaja, an ancient Vedic sage. The rough translation of his name is “a source of ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
August 30, 2021
Hinduphobia in Yoga World

“If you’re trying to ‘social justice’ yoga without addressing, acknowledging, or disrupting the Christian/Western onto- epistemological hegemonic framework of social justice, you’re literally, actually advancing colonization.” – Indu Viswanathan Hinduphobia manifests ...

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Category: Culture
August 26, 2021
How to do Camel Pose (Ustrasana)

Ustrasana or Camel Pose is a backbend from the Ashtanga yoga second series. This is a very therapeutic backbend that can help you create space between the vertebra, building strength ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials