True Yoga is Simple: 13 Steps to Deepen Your Home Practice by Olga Yumasheva - HTML preview

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on your flexibility. Rigidness many times

comes from tight hips.

c) DAILY NEEDS: Our daily life is a constant

stream of events and challenges. Sometimes

we need to alter our practice to deal with a

current life situation.

For instance, you might be working on a

project and feel stuck. Try to spend more time

on Inverted poses. This way, you can improve

the blood circulation in the head region, shift

your perspective, see things from a different

angle and, perhaps, get some new ideas.

Or, you might feel totally exhausted and need

to restore your energy balance. Working on the

belly area helps you generate this energy.

Doing a few Twists or core muscle exercises

could serve the purpose well.

Or, you are on vacation in a tropical country,

and your body can’t cope with the heat. You

are super lazy to go anywhere, and all you

want to do is lie down in bed and sleep.

You may bring in some cooling asanas (like

Shoulderstand, more Seated and Lying down

poses) and exclude some of the heating

asanas you usually perform at home (like