Why do yoga teachers use a language 1000s of years old? Sanskrit is no longer used as a spoken language, yet this oldest language on Earth is still prominent in Yoga classes. Attend enough Yoga classes in various locations, and you will likely arrive in a class some day where the teacher uses only the Sanskrit title to describe the posture…
BY DEBBY SIEGEL, MSA, RYTPHOTO BY MICHELLE THOMAS Upward Facing Dog is a backbending option in the four part Chaturanga flow, or vinyasa flow series, practiced multiple times in most vinyasa yoga classes. To find Up Dog, begin lying on your belly with your forehead on the floor and your feet hip-width apart and parallel, toes extended straight back from…
