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The Great Bandha: An Advanced Yogi Practice

The maha bandha is also known as ‘the great bandha’, and that’s no understatement! This is an advanced yoga practice, so if you’re new to bandhas it might be an idea to familiarise yourself with our earlier articles on the bandhas, start here. As we have previously said, bandhas are a crucial part of the […]

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Drishti: Focusing the gaze on, well, drishti

What is drishti? Concisely, drishti is a focused gaze. We might have attempted to use it in yoga classes, especially when we’re endeavouring to balance in tree pose, but there is much more to this topic than meets the eye – or gaze. Let’s put drishti under the microscope. The Sanskrit word drishti literally means

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