Aunt Yoga Gets Detailed in Our Advice Column

Yoga teachers will throw a lot of details at you when describing how to do a pose. When you're first getting started, it's hard to know which of these alignment details to prioritize. Our advice columnist Aunt Yoga gets a lot of emails asking for this type of guidance and she is happy to provide it because she loves alignment and she loves details. And most of all, she loves to reassure you that what you are doing is just fine and the most important thing is being ok with that.

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Aunt Yoga Gets Detailed in Our Advice Column Yoga teachers will throw a lot of details at you when describing how to do a pose. When you're first getting started, it's hard to know which of these alignment details to prioritize. Our advice columnist Aunt Yoga gets a lot of emails asking for this type of guidance and she is happy to provide it because she loves alignment and she loves details. And most of all, she loves to reassure you that what you are doing is just fine and the most important thing is being ok with that. Ann Pizer Yoga Expert Should Your Heels Be on the Floor in Downward Dog?   Photos of downward facing dog often show the heels all the way down on the floor, but how important is that detail? READ NOW What's the Correct Arm Position in Warrior I?   The palms pressing together overhead is the classic position in warrior I, but that doesn't make sense for everyone's body and can throw some other things out of wack. Aunt Yoga has some alternatives. READ NOW Stepping from Down Dog to Lunge   Beginners often have trouble getting their foot up next to their hand in a controlled way. Aunt Yoga has three methods that may help. READ NOW What's the Right Arm Position in Staff Pose?   Feel like your arms are too long or too short for staff pose? Let's be flexible here. READ NOW Featured Articles • The Health Benefits of BDSM • After-School Snacks That Double as Dinner • Good News! Here Are 8 Reasons to Feel Good about an Autism Diagnosis • Work on Your Flexibility with These 4 Yoga Poses to Prevent Back Pain • How to Successfully Wear Activewear Everywhere • Frontal Lobe Head Trauma can Change the Personality • 10 Simple Ways to Lose 2 Pounds a Week • The Most Fashionable "Workday" Workout Clothes Advertisement About Yoga  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Yoga newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2015 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.