One of the most interesting things about starting to do yoga is that you become very aware of your body’s asymmetries. This often becomes very apparent in cow face pose, where most people have a much easier time binding the hands behind their backs on one side than the other. When these types of imbalances [...]

A few weeks ago, we looked at reclined big toe pose. Now here’s the same pose, rotated 90 degrees: standing big toe pose. Of course, balancing on one leg now enters the mix. I once had a teacher who liked to have us do squats in this position, going up and down while keeping hold [...]