04/04/2026
Welcome back to...
A to Z Yoga!
Learn a new asana, or yoga pose, with me each weekend! Make sure to check in and see what letter we're at each week!
With each asana we visit, listen to your body and only do what you are able. And with yoga, if you do a pose on one side, find the same thing on the other side.
As you sit in each asana, take long deep breaths that reach your belly space.
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🔤Today's Letter: H
🧘Asana: Hasta Bandha
Hand Lock
One of 5 Bandhas, or locks, we will visit throughout the alphabet!
🙏 Benefits: This bandha draws energy up from the palms to assist in asanas that bear weight on the arms. This energy feeds us strength and power to perform these strong and supported asanas.
You can practice this lock in any asanas where your hand(s) meet the mat.
⭐ HINT ⭐ Start this practice in easy seated, with your hands at your sides to feel out the lock. Then use in more asanas.
🍎Cues:
- Look at your palm and find where the four corners of your palm might be. Near the lowest knuckle of your pinky, pointer and thumb, and then nearer your wrist.
- When your hand meets the mat, most of the pressure will arrive at the first 3 corners we mentioned, avoiding the wrist.
- Use the tip of your thumb and pointer finger as anchors and root them into the mat as well
- Your two middle fingers and the tip of your pinky will start to feel a little pressure as well (but less than our corners)
- Try to keep the “web” between your thumb and pointer finger on the mat
- Avoiding weight on the rest of your hand, this should create a “suction” between the palm of your hand and the mat
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