So often when we experience muscle pain or soreness in our joints, our focus goes directly to the source of the pain as we find ourselves attempting various exercises or rehabilitation strategies for our aching body part. Yoga helps shift that symptomatic focus to a holistic approach for taking care of the body. Knee pain…

1. Enhances Vasodilatation so that more blood is delivered to the muscles. This means that the capillaries that weave around the muscles respond to the heat by dilating. This brings more oxygen to the muscles and helps in the removal of waste products such as carbon dioxide and lactic acid. 2. Allows oxygen in the…

1. Enhances Vasodilatation so that more blood is delivered to the muscles. This means that the capillaries that weave around the muscles respond to the heat by dilating. This brings more oxygen to the muscles and helps in the removal of waste products such as carbon dioxide and lactic acid. 2. Allows oxygen in the…

Avoid common Chaturanga pitfalls: One tendency is to either sink at the center of the torso (creating a backbend), another is to leave the butt up in the air as the shoulders dip toward the floor (creating a pike). The more you can activate the front of your body so that it supports the back…