Padukabandhini Asana | Shoelace Pose | Down-to-Earth Yin Yoga Illustration

Keep your hands busy to keep your heart healthy. Padukabandhini Asana aka Shoelace Pose illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum. 

Padukabandhini Asana (Shoelace Pose) | Yin Yoga Illustration
Dried and dyed pumpkin seed earrings. 🎃

Country girl: authentic, sincere, outdoorsy, hard-working, self-sufficient, resilient, community focused and practical. Country girls lead with kindness, integrity and cooperation for long term success, leadership roles and fulfilling relationships. 

Cow Face Pose | Gomukhasana | Brahmacharya Yoga 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. 

Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose) | Brahmacharya Yoga Illustration 

My Brahmacharya: a Shopping Fast*. A Shopping Fast’s greatest attribute is not the financial savings, but reclamation of one’s most precious resource - time. In order to reap this benefit: no browsing (in-person and, especially, online)! 

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. 

Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose | Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana Yoga Illustration

HOT YOGA is your FACIAL 😊. Sweat for beauty in Bikram Yoga. Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana, Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose, illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum .

Dandayamana Bibhaktapada Janushirasana (Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose) | Yoga Illustration 

The Post-Yoga Glow is not a myth 😉.

Shoulder Stand | Sarvangasana Yoga Illustration

Yoga for hair health! Increase blood flow and refresh blood quality to the scalp with inversions. Shoulderstand illustration by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum. 

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. 

Waterfall Pose with Block | Viparita Karani Yoga Illustration

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.

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.