Tag: eagle pose

• Practice: Flying Eagle Transition (Garudasana & Virabhadrasana 3)

  Garudasana is often known as ‘eagle pose’, however the word ‘Garuda’ doesn’t literally translate as ‘eagle’. As I mentioned in last week’s post the Sanskrit language doesn’t just describe or name an object, it actually holds the essence of the very thing it’s describing. ‘Garuda’ more closely means ‘devourer’, ‘devourer of serpents’, or ‘all-consuming fire…

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  May 28, 2015

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  asana, aum, balancing, be here now, be present, breath, eagle pose, garuda, garudasana, indian mythology, mindfulness, seasonal, shiva, spring, summer, vinyasa flow, virabhadrasana 3, vishnu, warrior 3, yoga

• Practice: Garudasana Preparation / Eage Pose Preparation

  The habit of holding our breath when we enter a balancing posture mirrors the habit of holding our breath in difficult life situations. When things get a little wobbly – physically and metaphorically – it’s our breath that is the first thing to respond…. The Yoga Sutras say that the aim of Yoga is ‘chitta…

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  November 20, 2014

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  balance, breath, breathe, chitta vritti nirodha, eagle pose, garudasana, preparation, sequence, shoulder openers, standing postures, yoga