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Tadasana – Mountain Pose

Tadasana - Mountain PoseTadasana is very basic and it seems easy. However it has a lot going on. It is a great posture for releasing stress. Since it is an overall grounding posture. Furthermore it is a container for the breath. It makes you more conscious and helps you to connect with the body. In this foundation posture we aim to create a steadiness within ourselves and in relation to world we live in. What we actually do in this posture is drawing up energy from the earth through the legs and the upper body all the way to the top of the head. Your crown is the top of the mountain. So in this case your head is also connected with earth.

Tadasana is the ‘mother’ of the yoga postures. Understanding the principles of Tadasana posture will benefit the practice of the other asana’s, which explains its nickname “Blueprint Posture.”

Allow yourself to explore this posture step by step

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Set your foundation and open to grace

In my blog I write each week about a theme that I am interested in as a yogi and as a young entrepreneur. The theme serves as an umbrella for my blog and my classes. This helps to explore the theme and share what I’ve learned on my journey.

Returning home and back to work after a vacation I have to get used to the daily routine. That’s why I always try to plan for a couple of days after the holiday to start up. Clean up the house, organize my closets, doing my paper work and preparing the new classes coming up. Being connected again, set my goals for the new season. I know that I have to invest some time but that I will win it twice later on.

Just like building a house – a good foundation determines the outcome and sustainability of the end result. And this is not different in our yoga practice or within entrepreneurship.

The Yogi

Grace The first alignment principle within Anusara Yoga is: Set the foundation and open to Grace. I love this principle so much since it explains with so much gratitude that you have to root in order to rise and shine and to connect with divinity.Continue Reading . . .

Why 108 Sun Salutations?

Afbeelding12Traditionally worldwide yogi’s gather upon the change of the seasons to perform 108 Sun Salutations (54 rounds), quite often as a offering for a social purpose. On the 20th of June* we do this also together with a group of yogi’s in Stavanger and all the donations of the event will go to Kafé og Byttebu a local social initiative. 108 Sun Salutations is quite a workout, it will take you about 75 minutes to complete it. Together with a warm-up at the beginning and stretching & relaxation at the end the whole practice will take about 2 hours.

In preparation of the event in Stavanger a lot of people asked me, why 108? There are several reasons for this and I will elaborate on that in this blog.Continue Reading . . .

Sun Salutations

In this blog I will write regulary about the different asana’s (yoga postures) and sequences, to give more background information, funny facts and suggestions about it. I will kick-off with the Sun Salutations. This sequence of postures in different variations is commonly used to warm up the body.

Sanskrit name: Surya Namaskar

With the Sun Salutations you honor the Sun, since the Sun has a strong impact our physical and mental wellbeing (and we know that in Norway ). The sun is responsible for the Earth’s climate and weather. The strenght of the Sun and it’s influence on Earth is so impressive. I’ve read a bit more about the Sun in preparation of this blog and that made my fascination for it even bigger. Did you know for example thatContinue Reading . . .