Author: Arun Ganesan

I have had a great relationship with a handstand. For months after my spinal injury, it was the one pose I most dreaded. I kept trying this asana every day for three months, as much as possible. I would fail each time I tried to kick up and felt my entire left leg was numb. I tried every day without fail, and I always had the same result. I spent so much time flailing around. I would toss the right leg up in the air, while the left acted as a dead weight pulling my torso back to the...

One part of the body of particular interest in yogasana practice is the spine. To understand why a healthy spine is crucial to our health, it is important to know a little about the structure of our bodies, of the spine, and the movements the spine can make. Our head houses our brain which is crucial in controlling almost all the voluntary and involuntary processes in our bodies. The brain is connected to the spinal cord which is connected to the rest of the nerves throughout the body. The brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves are soft and easily...