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Bhujangasana – Cobra Pose

Listen to the Pronunciation of Bhujangasana. Courtesy of the Online Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide.

Open the heart and stretch the belly with Bhujangasana or Cobra Pose. Back bends stimulate the Kidney Energy and invigorate the heart. Back bends can counteract the effects of depression. During the winter, many people experience Seasonal Affective Disorder, SAD, because [...]

Find Joy in Your Personal Yoga Practice with Anne Jablonski

From the iHanuman Karma Yoga Collection, Compassion Yoga is an all-levels hatha yoga practice benefiting the Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation. Anne Jablonski is influenced by the work of Erich Schiffmann and JJ Gormley. Recorded Live by iHanuman Co-Founder, Tilak Pyle, He says, “There was an awful lot of love in the room the day that [...]

Excellent Yoga Backbend Practice with Erich Schiffmann

Erich Schiffmann is the developer of “Freedom Style Yoga” and the author of Moving Into Stillness. This video is the fourth in his “Backyard Series” and is geared toward Intermediate students. From cobra to locust to the full wheel pose, you will get your fill of backbends through this themed practice.
Erich calls Backbends a “balanced [...]

Erich Schiffmann: The Mat As Practice For Life

Erich Schiffmann has taught yoga and meditation for over 30 years, and is a major influence for many of today’s leading teachers. He is the author of the highly acclaimed book Yoga: The Spirit and Practice of Moving into Stillness as well as eight yoga DVDs. Erich is known throughout the yoga world as a [...]

iHanuman Newsletter May 2009

This month we offer you a special interview with California Yogini, Heather Tiddens. Listening to her Interview and viewing photographs of Heather reminds us of the goddess energy present within all beings. And with Mother’s Day just passing, Heather’s gentle spirit is reminiscent of the nurturing energy provided by women, mothers and Earth sisters. She [...]

iHanuman Newsletter April 2009

Joyful Spring to You!
The season of Spring represents the Wood Element and we are reminded with each new conscious breath; each inhalation brings a new earthy scent. If you pause, you can literally feel the earth moving beneath your feet and all around you. Buds and shoots push themselves from the ground in anticipation of [...]

Enlightenment and Omniscience

Question: Enlightenment, or being at one with the universal mind, must be very different than the concept of omniscience, or knowing everything about everything. Could you elaborate on the distinction? Or do you believe that one who is enlightened would also be omniscient?
Well, I am not Enlightened, so I cant really give you the Enlightened Perspective [...]

The Almighty Sirsasana: Banishing Your Fear and Finding Your Center.

“If you can do a headstand on the wall, you can do one in the middle of the room,” remarked a Yoga Teacher in Sunnyvale, California.  Was this true?  It didn’t seem logical, especially for beginners.  I was fairly new to Yoga, so I listened to the teacher instead of my own body.  I was with my husband and [...]

Sink into Stillness

Fine tune your approach to Corpse Pose through an exploration of varying teaching philosophies.
By Sara Avant Stover
You rest on your mat, palms facing up, feet splayed apart. Energy pulses through your limbs. Your breath slows down as the cool air on your skin, the gentle weight of the wool blanket on your [...]

Freeform Yoga in Fit Yoga

Shazzam! Fit Yoga magazine’s August 2008 issue has an article on cultivating a freeform yoga practice authored by yours truly. Check it out! If nothing else, it has one of the sweetest photos ever of iHanuman teacher Erich Schiffmann.