How is Yoga adapted to each person? First, let’s look at some common causes of injuries: • Biomechanical – alignment & form • Achievement oriented society – trying to get somewhere • Impatient for results • Peer pressure of class/teacher to attempt poses that they aren’t ready for; overriding signs of their “edge” and natural boundaries • Hands-on adjustment from teachers All of these are missing the larger point of yoga – it’s an internal state. All yoga has the p

Head and Shoulders Above The Rest Compiled from the writings of Srivatsa Ramaswami If the position of the sun (stomach) is above and the moon (the head) below, it is called an Inversion (viparita karani). You have turned your body upside down. Headstand and Shoulder Stand are also considered mudras, the viparita karani mudras. Headstand (Sirasasana), and its better half, Shoulder Stand (Sarvangasana), are called the King and Queen of yoga poses. These two head-fixed inver