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Traditional yoga teachings from Mysore. Online classes • Workshops • Teacher Training
The practice begins with the breath.
Keep it smooth, steady and continuous — through movement and stillness.
Breath first. Movement follows. 🙏
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Your practice begins with your breath.
Understand Ujjayi, improve your breathing, and move with greater awareness.
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Want to deepen your backbends safely? 🧘♂️
Build the right mobility, strength, and control with structured online yoga classes.
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Improve your backbends with the right technique, strength, and consistency. 🧘♂️
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Can’t get deeper into Kurmasana? 🐢
Don’t force the posture—build it step by step.
Use props, create space, work on your hamstrings and shoulder mobility, and let the depth come naturally.
Consistency over forcing. Practice daily. 🙏
Setu Bandhasana — the final backbend of the Ashtanga Primary Series. 🧘♂️
Practising it with Vinyasa, moving with the breath and maintaining steadiness through the transition. A powerful posture to strengthen the neck, open the front body, and prepare for the closing sequence.
Practice with control, breath, and awareness. 🙏
04/08/2026
Pāśāsana (पाशासन), the Noose Pose, is the opening posture of the Nāḍī Śodhana (Intermediate Series) of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga. The Sanskrit word pāśa means “noose” or “bond,” symbolizing the binding nature of ignorance (avidyā), attachment (rāga), and the limitations of the mind.
Through a deep squat, spinal twist, and bind, Pāśāsana cultivates stability, mobility, and mindful awareness. Traditionally, it is understood to purify the spine and nervous system while encouraging the practitioner to unite breath (prāṇa), bandha, and dṛṣṭi into one steady practice.
More than a physical posture, Pāśāsana invites the practitioner to release inner limitations and approach practice with patience, humility, and unwavering discipline (abhyāsa).
Menstruation is not a limitation—it’s a time to work with the body’s natural intelligence.
According to traditional Hatha Yoga, this phase supports Apana Vayu, the downward-moving energy responsible for elimination and cleansing. Rather than pushing through intense practices, we can honor this natural process with gentleness and awareness.
Instead of strong Bandhas, deep backbends, inversions, or forceful breathwork, choose practices that support rest, ease, and mindful movement.
Yoga isn’t always about pushing harder. Sometimes the deepest practice is knowing when to soften.
🕉️ Honor Apana Vayu, and the body will take care of itself.
What are your thoughts on practicing yoga during menstruation? Share them in the comments. 🌿
Tight hips and hamstrings are often the biggest obstacles to Kurmasana and Tittibhasana.
These simple wall-supported drills will help you improve flexibility, create more space for your shoulders, and build the mobility needed for both poses.
Practice with patience and consistency—the results will come. 🧘♂️✨
Save this reel and add these drills to your practice!
21/07/2026
Padangusthasana & Padahastasana
Big Toe Pose & Hands-Under-Feet Pose
In the Krishnamacharya Mysore tradition, these forward bends are more than physical postures. They teach humility, patience, and surrender. With steady Ujjayi breath, bandha, and drishti, the practice calms the mind, lengthens the spine, and turns awareness inward.
“Yoga is not about how deep you go into a posture, but how deeply you connect with your breath and inner self.” 🙏
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