Solve all of your problems with yoga! Dhyana Mudra Asana (Seated Meditation with the triangular, inner-peace, hand gesture) by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Dhyana Mudra Asana | Seated Meditation | Yoga Illustration Hands make a triangle. |
FYI: The unlimited yoga benefits are equally enjoyed by yogis with a limited pose repertoire.
Come and get your humility at the yoga studio! Side stretch at the ballet barre illustration by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Side stretch at the ballet barre illustration. |
Brahmacharya: self-restraint, moderation, and the wise use of your vital energy - away from external desires and compulsive habits! - to move closer to the divine. Gomukhasana, Cow Face Pose, by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose) | Brahmacharya Yoga Illustration |
Cease the useless waste of physical and emotional energy by seriously considering and practicing Brahmacharya, the yogic Yama of restraint.
*Attempted Shopping Fast; a shopping fast is a personal, ongoing, ambitious objective.
Awkward pose on tip toes demands enhanced balance, stability and strength. We build these qualities in the Bikram or Hot Yoga studio in order show up mightily for our fellow mortals off of the mat. Utkatasana Illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Mighty Utkatasana (Awkward Pose) on Tip Toes | Yoga Illustration |
We are here to serve, not to be served.
HOT YOGA is your FACIAL đ. Sweat for beauty in Bikram Yoga. Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana, Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose, illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum .
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| Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana (Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose) | Yoga Illustration |
The Post-Yoga Glow is not a myth đ.
Yoga for hair health! Increase blood flow and refresh blood quality to the scalp with inversions. Shoulderstand illustration by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Sarvangasana (Shoulder Stand) | Yoga Illustration ‘Mother of All Asanas’ by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum |
Yoga takes care of it all - even your tresses. For an enviable mane - head to your yoga studio to recalibrate your hormones, lower your stress, invert your blood flow (stretch your heart muscles), massage your head (rejuvenate your brain) and your ‘coat’ will surely show it. Also, the yogis know all of the natural tricks long before they become mainstream (Castor Oil, Scalp Massagers…) hang out at the Shala long enough and you’ll be sure to pick them up.
Yoga is your facelift. Viparita Karani (Waterfall) or any pose where your heart is higher than your head will induce blood flow for a beautiful glow. Illustration by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Viparita Karani (Waterfall Pose with a Block) | Yoga Illustration Place a block under your sacrum and let the facial magic happen. ✨ |
Inversions lift the spirits and your face; reverse gravity and turn back time with Yoga.
In Yoga we aren’t working with principals and ideals, but physical experiences and tangible results. One-Legged Upward Facing Bow Pose (Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana) illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Chakrasana or Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana (Wheel Pose, One Legged Upward Facing Bow Pose) | Yoga Illustration Satya, Truth and Ahimsa, Non-harming: two of the five Yamas, Ethical Rules. |
Slender, lean, and light is a mindset; yoga gives you that mindset. Goddess Pose has infinite arm variations, illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Utkata Konasana (Goddess Pose) | Yoga Illustration Lift the heels, dance the arms. |
Yoga resets your original settings, which include healthy, active, carefree and open.
Compose complex yoga poses (such as Eight Angle Pose), not a complex life. Astavakrasana Illustration by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Astavakrasana (Eight Angle Pose) | Yoga Illustration |
So many Labor Day sales - Hesitating? Purchase nothing. Newness is not the answer. More is not better.
Transform Airplane Pose to Super Soldier Pose by seizing your back foot with your opposite hand and bending forward as in Standing Splits. Heel to buttocks and knee higher, higher, higher! Illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Viparita Parivrtta Surya Yantrasana (Super Soldier Pose) | Yoga Illustration |
Intricate and sophisticated yoga practice for plain and simple everyday existence: deepen and multi-facet your yoga life as you lighten and streamline your lifestyle life.
Always a new and interesting experience each and every yoga class; as below where a low lunge becomes a twist, backs up into a hamstring dance, and finally a multiple angled geometric shape… Illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Anjaneyasana Twist (Revolved Low Lunge) Namaste | Yoga Illustration Ears and eyes open; curiosity is the key. |
There would be no yoga happening for me without the studios. I can say this with certainty as I took the Summer off from classes and nary an intentional asana occurred for three months.
I also missed the camaraderie - whence I attempted to return to Pilates the studio had moved over the break and now I’m surprising myself by deliberating driving the extra miles (in the pre-sunrise hours) to the new spot.
