Keeping your Knees Safe in Yoga

How do we keep our knees safe in yoga

How to Build a Yoga Practice That Supports Knee Safety and Longevity of Our Body Looking at Our Knee Anatomy Keeping your knees safe is important but challenging, because the knee joints, despite their size, are rather fragile joints. One main reason is that there is no overlap of the two bones meeting to create … Read more

Pranayama Isn’t Always About Breath Control

Pranayama: Why “Breath Control” Is Not the Best Translation. Pranayama course online academy by Urban Yogis

How Can We Practice Pranayama or Breathing Without Limiting Its Benefits Pranayama, one of the core practices of yoga, is often translated as “control of life force” or “breath control”. This is so because ‘prana’ means life force or breath, and ‘yama’ means control or restriction. While this is probably the original historical meaning, it … Read more

Principles of Tripsichore or Integrated Vinyasa

What is Tripsichore Vinyasa Yoga? How can we understand Integrated Vinyasa Yoga

Principles of Vinyasa Yoga and the Art of Embodied Movement What is Tripsichore Vinyasa Yoga? I have been a student of Tripsichore Vinyasa Yoga since that day in 2013, when I met Heather Alyse at a cozy yoga studio in Chiang Mai and listened in awe as she meticulously dissected a Pincha Mayurasana (forearm stand) … Read more

Joys of an Outdoor Yoga Practice

Here Are Eight Reasons To Enjoy An Outdoor Yoga Practice Here in Singapore, we’re blessed with the kind of weather that allows us to practice yoga outside almost all year round. But practicing yoga outdoors is not always easy. Most people are used to practicing indoors, in a quiet room, enclosed by walls that physically … Read more