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Classical Stretch was designed to relieve pain, increase athletes' speed, and lengthen the muscles of the full body. [6] The technique is continuous movement, usually standing. Barre work can be done using a chair or counter top. Floor work requires a yoga mat and optionally a resistance band and/or a yoga block.
MacGregor is the creator of the Miami Yoga Magazine started in 2012, [19] and the online yoga and holistic platform Omstars in 2017. [20] Together with her husband Tim Feldmann, [21] she opened the yoga studio Miami Life Center in Miami Beach, Florida in 2006. [22] In 2008, Yoga Journal named MacGregor on its list of top 21 teachers under 40. [23]
An asana (Sanskrit: आसन, IAST: āsana) is a body posture, used in both medieval hatha yoga and modern yoga. [1] The term is derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'. While many of the oldest mentioned asanas are indeed seated postures for meditation , asanas may be standing , seated, arm-balances, twists, inversions, forward bends ...
Stretching can be dangerous when performed incorrectly. There are many techniques for stretching in general, but depending on which muscle group is being stretched, some techniques may be ineffective or detrimental, even to the point of causing hypermobility, instability, or permanent damage to the tendons, ligaments, and muscle fiber. [7]
Sjoman argues that the concept of stretching in yoga can be looked at through one of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, 2.47, which says that [asanas are achieved] by loosening (śaithilya) the effort and meditating on the endless . Sjoman points out that this physical loosening is to do with the mind's letting go of restrictions, allowing the natural ...
Yoga in Britain: Stretching Spirituality and Educating Yogis. Bristol, England: Equinox Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78179-661-0. Saraswati, Swami Satyananda (2003). Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha. Nesma Books India. ISBN 978-81-86336-14-4. Singleton, Mark (2010). Yoga Body: the origins of modern posture practice. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19 ...
The forward foot points directly forwards; the rear foot is turned forwards some 60 degrees. The hips are aligned at right angles to the feet, so that the body can move downwards in a forward bend straight over the front leg. [5] [3] The hands may be taken to the floor to intensify the stretch. [6]
Kassandra may refer to: Cassandra, a character in Greek mythology; 114 Kassandra, an asteroid; Kassandra (Assassin's Creed), a fictional character in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey; Kassandra, Chalkidiki, a modern municipality and peninsula in Chalkidiki, Greece; Kassandra, a Venezuelan telenovela about a gypsy maiden marrying into a rich family