Oh soul, you worry too much.
You have seen your own strength.
You have seen your own beauty.
You have seen your golden wings.
Of anything less, why do you worry?
You are in truth the soul, of the soul, of the soul.- Rumi
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beautifulpicturesofhealthyfood:
i hate to think how much citrus was wasted in the making of this dish but it is GORGEOUS
beautifulpicturesofhealthyfood:
Kale Green Smoothie with Mango and Orange…RECIPE
green smoothies FTW
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Addicted to dancer’s pose!
beautifulpicturesofhealthyfood:
Blueberry Celery Smoothie with Coconut Water…RECIPE
YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM
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This pose hurts my middle/low back :( I don’t get what I’m doing wrong
I’ve had pain with this one before too, getting these things right usually makes the alignment closer to the ideal and less likely to cause injury:
- put a blanket under your shoulders and have your neck/head off the blanket so they are lower, this immediately takes some pressure off and gets gravity on your side
- “find tadasana” - alignment and engagement of the muscles of your torso, limbs and neck should be the same as in tadasana
- the strength comes from engaging the abs, having the shoulder blades flat and engaged (not riding up towards the ears), with the elbows not too much wider than the shoulders, and also from keeping the thighs turning in towards one another (same feeling as in tadasana); not from the hands pushing the bum up. Keeping the thighs turning in and feeling the inside of the legs longer than the outside seems to help get my torso up higher.
And a tip from Yoga Journal:
“Beginners’ elbows tend to slide apart and the upper arms roll inward, which sinks the torso onto the upper back, collapsing the pose (and potentially straining the neck). Before coming onto your blanket support, roll up a sticky mat and set it on the support, with its long axis parallel to the back edge (the edge opposite the shoulder edge). Then come up with your elbows lifted on and secured by the sticky mat.”
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Kathryn Budig, Compass Pose
one day… :)
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You will always exist in the universe in one form or another.
Suzuki Roshi
