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 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.
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.
Movement stretches you from the outside in, while breath stretches you from the inside out. Sultry Skandasana, or Surfer’s Low Lunge, illustrated by Astrid Parker Kirschenbaum.
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| Skandasana (Surfer Lunge) | Yoga Illustration |
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| Utthita Tadasana - Five Pointed Star Pose Cotton voile, button-down men’s shirt over your swimsuit. đ |
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| Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana Vrschikasana Pada - Three Legged Downward Dog Pose Scorpion Leg Yoga bodies are still looking the best to me đ |
So many workout classes, new fancy studios, hybrids, conglomerations, crazes… but the yoga vibes always bring me back (and the yoga bodies, of course).
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| Chaturanga - Low Plank |
While on holiday, I’m one to skip any organized exercise all together and opt solely for playful movement. Another option (my husband’s) is simple pushups, sit-ups and squats first thing in the morning and last thing before bed.
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| Sukhasana - Easy Pose side bend Black is not especially flattering for a fair blonde, but is nonetheless highly practical in the studio. Let the ninja-esqueness of all black be a conduit in your practice. |
Ninja: stealth, agile, acrobatic, strong, observant, attentive, disciplined, stoic, tough, adaptable, resourceful, self-aware.
Channel (your version of) a ninja.
Yogini : master, mystic, goddess. (My version of a ninja.)
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| Vasisthasana - Side Plank variation Floating Leg |
Wishing for an organized mind, lithe body, and stellar soul? Your wish is Yoga’s command.
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| Halasana - Plow Pose variation Knees to Third Eye đ️ |
Radiant Beauty is a yoga byproduct. Enjoy. ☺️
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| Utthita Parsvakonasana - Extended Side Angle Pose |
With familiarity through exposure, background and skill, yoga becomes self massage.
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| Drinking Bird from Chair Pose with Airplane arms Liiiiift those heels. More! |
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| Prapadasana - Toe Stand Variation |
I may be an old-schooler, but, resistance is not a virtue. Embrace the changing world and digitize (but also streamline and organize your cyberspace).
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| Utkata Konasana - Goddess Pose |
Strong legs are imperative for (water) ski season.
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| Tri Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana - Three Legged Downward Facing Dog Pose & Drop to the forearm opposite the lifted bent leg - hurts so good. |
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| Koundinyasana II - Flying Splits Pose 2, Preparation Pausing here often during Vinyasa. This is an accurate representation of what I generally wear to yoga: dark leggings, a lightweight, medium tone half-length undertank, and a looser (often grey) soft top tucked in. With a rose quartz colored cotton mat. |
Color TONALITY is important when dressing - take into account how much CONTRAST you do or do not have regarding your skin, eyes, and hair (and shade changes due to age, health status, tanned skin, sun-kissed tresses …).
Hint: Not everyone looks great in black. đ đ¤
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| Ashta Chandrasana - High Lunge, arms extended forward Let us train for the strength and control to improve our posture. |
By refining our physical comportment we will, in turn, upgrade numerous facets of our lives (or so I have been told đ… still a sloucher over here đŹ).
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| I wore a more traditional bralette today for my AM movement and, boy, did I regret it. It was sweet with lace, constructed from organic cotton and seemed benign enough, but I was suffocating by the hours end with that tight-ish band encircling my ribcage and constricting my lung expansion, I couldn’t wait to rip it off (and toss it out)! |
‘Burn’ any BRA that restricts - strangles! - your diaphragm. Wear soft, little camisoles without the throttling punishment of asphyxiation, or simply go bare, and fully breathe in life once again!
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| Prasarita Padottanasana - Wide Legged Forward Fold, “Intense” Leg Stretch Pose So make it intense. |
