Tag: parivrtta

• Practice: Parivrtta Prasarita Padottanasana Variation

  Parivrtta = ‘Revolved’      Prasarita = ‘Spread’, ‘Expanded’, or ‘Wide apart’      Pada = ‘Foot’      Ut = ‘Intense’      Tan = ‘To Stretch’      Asana = ‘Posture’, or ‘Seat’       This name literally translates as ‘spread out feet intense stretch’ so it does exactly what it says on the tin…. The practice…

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  April 30, 2015

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  back pain, breath, breathe, fight or flight, HealthLine, intercostal muscles, parivrtta, practice, prasarita padottanasana, rotation, spine, stress, sympathetic nervous system, twists, upper back, yoga

• Practice: Parivrtta Utkatasana (Revolved Chair Pose)

  Parivrtta = ‘Revolved’       Utkata = ‘Wild’, ‘Frightening’, ‘Intense’, ‘Furious’ Utkatasana is known by many other names, such as ‘fierce pose’, ‘fiery angle pose’, ‘powerful pose’, ‘lightening bolt pose’, ‘chair pose’, ‘hazardous pose’, ‘awkward pose’…. So you already know it’s not exactly a posture you’re going to fall asleep in…. While this posture is…

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  February 26, 2015

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  asana, awareness, balance, bikram, breath, calm, chair pose, challenge, detox, expand, february, feet, legs, lungs, mindfulness, parivrtta, practice, revolved, standing poses, twists, utkatasana, vinyasa, yoga

• Practice: Parivrtta Ashta Chandrasana Variation / Revolved High Lunge Variaton

  Parivrtta = ‘turned’ or ‘revolved’    Ashta = ‘Eight’    Chandra = ‘Moon’ ‘Revolved Eight Point Crescent Moon Variation’ Ashta chandrasana (often referred to as ‘high lunge’) is a posture we’re likely to practice in many dyamic, flow-style classes, and is one that can become familiar and comfortable in a short amount of time when practiced consistently. Once we’ve…

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  February 12, 2015

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  anjaneyasana, asana, ashta chandrasana, back pain, balance, drishti, eka grata, health, high lunge, parivrtta, practice, spine, thoracic spine, twists, upper back, yoga

• Practice: Parivrtta Ashta Chandrasana / Revolved Eight Point Crescent Lunge / Revolved High Lunge

  Parivrtta = ‘Revolved’    Ashta = ‘Eight’    Chandra = ‘Moon’    Asana = ‘Posture’ Physically, twists are thought to be ‘detoxifying’ – they help to ‘get things moving’ if you know what I mean … by stimulating the digestive process and improving circulation. At this time of year, the cold weather and change in…

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  October 23, 2014

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  asana, ashta chandrasana, autumn, circulation, detox, high lunge, parivrtta, spine, standing poses, twist, vata, yoga