Advanced exercises and their energy influence
Gymnastics to «cleanse» musculotendinous meridians (MTM)
Last Updated: April 27, 2025The principle of cleansing MTM is the same we used in asanas: to open a channel we must consequently stretch it to pass the strain long all the channel. 1. Cleansing pericardium Starting position. Standing, hands long the body. Palms and fingers are straight and parallel to the floor. Inhaling, hold this...
Some small pranayamas
Last Updated: April 27, 2025Small pranayamas aren’t very typical for yoga and aren’t used by all Schools. Legend has it that small pranayamas were found by one of the Teachers in an old library. However small because pranayamas aren’t mentioned in the original yoga sources I know, I suppose they were taken from another system. Because of their Manipura...
Surya Namaskar («Salutation to the Sun» complex)
Last Updated: April 27, 20251. Pranamasana (praying pose) प्रणामासन [praṇāmāsana] Stand still and straight. Face the Sun or its direction (if it is hidden by the clouds). Put your hands together in the namaste position. Close your eyes and relax. Actualise your body for at least half a minute. This will prepare you for the practice. Try...
Advanced elements of warming-up
Last Updated: April 27, 2025At the advanced level or with the better physical development the warming-up can be enhanced to become more efficient. First of all I recommend to start with a self-massage (usual and a pointillage), and after warming-up the joints to add some aerobic exercises, working out the cardio-vascular system, and in addition to that some exercises...
Advanced pranayamas
Last Updated: April 27, 2025Bhastrika and its variations The physiological effect from Bhastrika can vary depending on the position of the eyes, of the head, or by closing one of the nostrils (asymmetric Bhastrikas). Hence there are six types of Bhastrikas. «Standing» Bhastrikas They differ by the position of the body, in which they are done. The technique...
Equilibration poses
Last Updated: April 27, 2025Vrikshasana (tree pose on one foot) वृक्षासनम् [vṛkṣāsanam] Padangushthasana (tiptoe pose) पादाङ्गुष्ठासन [pādāṅguṣṭhāsana]
Advanced strengthening poses
Last Updated: April 27, 2025Merundandasana (mountain Meru or the vertebral column pose) मेरुदण्डासन [merudaṇḍāsana] Niralamba-Paschimottanasana (stretching back without support pose) निरालम्बपश्चिमोत्तानासन [nirālambapaścimottānāsana] Tolangulasana (scale pose) तोलांगुलासन [tolaṃgulāsana]
Squeezing out asanas
Last Updated: April 27, 2025Mayurasana (peacock pose) मयूरासन [mayūrāsana] Mayurasana is a squeezing out pose that should be done with the straight back. The energy you squeeze out from the lower part (Mani-pura and pancreas) moves like in Bhujangasana. It can be replaced: like a stretching pose — by bhujangasana; and like a squeezing pose — by lying face...
Inverted poses
Last Updated: April 27, 2025Viparita karani (back movement) विपरीतकरणी [viparīta karaṇi] Viparita karani is a very dif-ficult pose. To do it correctly, one must have a flexible pelvis zone. Actually it is a half-inverted, half-strengthening pose. Starting position. Lying on the back. Technique. Lift your feet in the way that your toes reach the level of your...
«Ardha»-asanas (asymmetric postures, influencing side meridians)
Last Updated: April 27, 2025Asymmetric poses activate peripheral channels (lying aside from the central line and parallel to anterior and posterior middle merid-ians). Often the names of these poses have a prefix «ardha-», meaning «half». It doesn’t mean that «half-poses» are easier to perform than their complete versions. They just have a specific influence on one half of the...
Modifications and variations of main asanas
Last Updated: April 27, 2025As it was said above, if practiced regularly, one can get used to yoga postures. Asanas and pranayamas, which were influencing greatly the state, causing significant feeling of the energy movement, become usual and stop making the same effect. Here is the mechanism of this adaptation. 1. Our body accustoms to the same workout. Practicing...