Riana Yoga Singapore - Iyengar Yoga Singapore

29/11/2025

22/11/2025

Yoga stretches releases endorphins, the body’s natural ‘feel-good’ hormones that reduce pain, and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, leading to a sense of calm and relaxation. 🧘🏻‍♀️Stretching also promotes increased blood flow to the muscles of the spine and other areas. 🪷Only when tight muscles are relaxed can they be properly strengthened and keep their elasticity.🪴

15/11/2025

The first thing one feels after a series of backbend is that your chest is opening more, you’re breathing better and your eyes are clearer. However, you need a good sequence to properly prepare the body and the mind into the final backbend pose you’re trying to achieve🪷Physiological benefits of backbend includes:
1. Breathing longer and consistently, 2.Back muscles are more supple yet strong enough to ‘hold’ the spine and 3. The spine stays flexible 🙏🏻 teacher training teacher training

05/11/2025

It is a misconception that Yoga is only to build flexibility. Yoga also builds strength and can also be used to destress. Try different variations of the pose and have fun!😎🌹

01/11/2025

We’re always trying to capture the essence of the pose but due to some weak muscles or injury, our mind is always on that weak or injured part. 🌿Ropes and bolsters gives us support so that we are able to isolate different muscle groups and work on them.🌻

26/10/2025

Moving our body through Yoga ensures that muscles and joints are moved in different directions. 🌻When the body, shoulders or back feel stiff, Yoga can relieve this stiffness and immediately the mind starts to feel light and clear. 🪷 #

23/10/2025

Enjoying a supported backbend practice while being mindful of the preparation and cooling down poses after backbends so you’ll feel peaceful and quiet.

14/10/2025

The use of a simple block in sun salutation can enhance your body’s awareness and activate muscles that are generally hard to access or activate, like inner legs and arms.🧘🏻‍♀️Energy in the body will flow more evenly and smoothly, thus the mind is able to release tension and destress.🧘🏻‍♂️

02/10/2025

When we stretch sideways, the top side usually automatically gets a good stretch while the opposite underside side gets compressed.🔻This is why we learn to build awareness in our body so that we can even out the stretch in our body, build strength and mobility, as well as stability. 🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♂️

09/09/2025

When we start paying attention to the small things that is happening in our body, such as where should the source of strength be, where should we channel our breath, we can energize the body more effectively without getting overly tired. 🪴A Yoga practice should revitalise you. You should feel better and breathe better. 🌿

08/09/2025

One of the things that keeps each yoga class different and interesting is how we use the props. 🌼Using them in different ways lets the body experience sensation increasing awareness of our body. 🌸Bolster is a good support in seated forward bends,twisting and even back bending poses. 🌹

29/08/2025

It’s never just the core but also the arms, upper back, hips and legs that we need to work on for arm balancing poses. They also makes you focus and concentrate.💡