Trinity Yoga

I’ve abandoned my 1.5 hrs asana practice. Excuses: early work day, after work duties and pleasures. Nowadays i’m pleased to practice for 15 minutes before work. And when i have the chance to practice asana, i strategically place obstacles in my way. I’m in the midst of an egoic struggle. I’m not living in my body - and not satisfied with the body i’m in. My body is tight and cranky. not supple and joyful. … More..

Obstacles naturally pop up on the yogic path to enlightenment and samadhi. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras lists nine kinds of obstacles: illness, inefficiency, doubt or indecision, carelessness or negligence, laziness, desires, misperceptions or assumptions, failing to attain stages of the practice, and instability in maintaining a level of practice once attained. Although we all experience all of these obstacles to some degree, usually one or a couple tend to predominate and pop up as trends or… More..

Many postures require us to weight our hands which can cause discomfort and damage to our wrists (ie. downward dog, upper plank, hand balances). Hasta bandha allows us to both ground to the earth and to channel energy upward, through our arms. Some imagery that I find very helpful is imagining that my palms are suction cups. As you know, suction cups have amazing grabbing power - this keeps your hands… More..

Yoga is no different from other forms of exercise in that you should be sufficiently warm before beginning strenuous postures within a sequence of exercises. However, with this said, yoga often focuses on different aspects then simply increasing heart rate and breaking a sweat.  The breath in yoga is very important and if done with awareness can heat the body from the inside out.  Ujjayi breath is preformed through the nose with the mouth gently… More..

Joint pain is generally the result of tight muscles that surround the joint and not a result of something within the joint itself. For knee pain depending on where it is localized you may need to stretch out your quads more. If you feel pain or a strong pulling at the top of the knee or on either side when your knee is in a deep bend such as in virasana then it is most likely your… More..

Ujjayi breathing is used primarily in Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga for a number of reasons. The sound that is created provides a focus for the mind which helps with single-pointed concentration and drawing the attention back to the breath during the practice. It also creates heat because it takes energy and concentration to preform the breath and because the back of the throat,the glottis, is gently contracted during both inhalation and exhalation. This narrowing means that the same amount of… More..

It is important for some people to bend their knees during Uttanasana if their lower back is higher then their sacrum.  If this is happening they will probably be feeling the stretch primarily in their low back and not in their hamstrings where this stretch is designed to open. By bending their knees they are able to gain more mobility in their pelvis, as the hamstrings are able to relax, and the pelvis can tip forward. They… More..

1. Lay on your back with your right leg bent, left leg extended on the floor. 2. Wrap a strap over the sole of your right foot, and hold one end in each hand. Feel your lower back supported on the floor. 3. Keep a soft bend in your right knee, and extend your leg until you feel a very subtle stretch. Take several deep breaths here. 4. To take this a little… More..