OmStars – Page 35 – Online yoga classes for beginners and advanced yogis

June 28, 2021
Tadasana – A Mountain in Solitude with Passivity of a Palm Tree

Lord Bhrama asked Narada to go back and practice Tadasana which is the base of all yogic postures to gain an insight about one’s self. Bhrama told him that the ...

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Category: Culture
June 24, 2021
Yoga Pose Tutorial: Parsvottanasa or Pyrimand Pose

The pose this week is Parsvottanasana also called Pyramid or Intense side stretch pose. It’s all the same thing. For this pose hold your elbows or hands in prayer. This ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
June 21, 2021
What is Anxiety and How Can Yoga Help?

All fears eventually lead to abhinivesha – the fear of death and the will to continue to exist. This is considered one of the five kleshas, or obstacles to attaining ...

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Category: Wellness
June 17, 2021
Yoga Pose Tutorial: Parsvakonasana or Extended Side Angle

As we continue the journey of Ashtanga yoga, we find that the practice helps us to build strength and flexibility. Using the breath and the drishti (concentration) we create a ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
June 15, 2021
Yoga Beyond the Binary

The binary thrives in a colonial patriarchal collective consciousness and ultimately contributes to a vision of the world where feminine people are expected to be a certain way, and masculine ...

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Category: Culture
June 15, 2021
The Gift Yoga Brought Me

I discovered yoga around the age of 19 and felt somehow that my difference was not important when practicing yoga. We were all different somehow but shared the commonality of ...

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Category: Wellness
June 14, 2021
An Interview with Allaine Stricklen

HEART WIDE OPEN Where are you from? ORIGINALLY FROM LONDON ENGLAND LIVING IN MIAMI CURRENTLY. How did yoga come into your life and what has that journey been like for ...

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Category: Culture
June 10, 2021
Yoga Pose Tutorial: Parivrtta Trikonasana or Revolved Triangle

The standing postures of the Ashtanga sequence help build your relationship with the floor and to the core of your body, allowing you to build a stable sense of balance. ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
June 7, 2021
A Beginner’s Guide to Starting an At-Home Yoga Practice

When you start your yoga journey, you’ll have difficulty getting into some poses. You’ll lose your balance and fall over. You won’t be as flexible or strong as you want ...

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Category: Practice
June 3, 2021
Yoga Pose Tutorial: Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana (Bound Lotus Forward Fold)

Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana or Bound Lotus Forward Fold stretches the muscles in the hip, hamstrings, and shoulders. Standing on one foot increases your balance while building strength in the muscles ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials