Experience Yoga with El Grabar

09/09/2025

If you have tight shoulders and neck… Give this a try and see how long you can stay with this action

Spread those fingers wide!

In Iyengar Yoga, even the fingers matter. Spreading them evenly will extend your base, distribute weight and protect the wrists, and connect the arms’ action through the whole body. A small detail that can transform a pose.

In Adho Mukha Virasana (Downward facing Hero Pose), try to press the palms firmly into the mat. Extend through each finger, spreading them evenly from the base to the tips, like rays of the sun radiating outward.
It's amazing to notice how this small action can soften and broaden the shoulders, release tension, and allow the breath to flow more deeply.

How wide can you spread yours?

24/08/2025

Do we practice for pleasure only?
B.K.S. Iyengar had a lot to say about this:
“I think many have taken the meaning of Sukhata to the Sukha that leads toward attachments. Many of you are attached to the body and therefore you don't like the body to suffer from pain, hence you dislike the asana and jump to something else. If asana is pleasurable (Sukha) you enjoy it, but Sukha id not the same as steadiness.
Patanjali uses three terms Sukha, Duhkha and Ananda… You should know that there is a vast difference between the word Sukha and Ananda. Sukha means comfort and pleasing, while Ananda means delight, joy and bliss. Normally we mix these words and treat Sukha and Ananda as happiness. Sukha is felt at the level of the senses while Ananda is a spiritual quality. While performing an asana Sukha conveys the feeling of pleasing sensation, as Raga or attachment. Ananda is unbiased happiness or delight in the self. In asana Sthira and Sukha both stand for Ananda on the spiritual level.
No doubt many of us take to yoga as you have attachment to the body. You dislike pain in the Sadhana. Many of you are satisfied with the practice as long as you feel comfortable. This is considered a fulfilment of desires. You continue to practice as long as this comfort remains, but the moment the comfort fades out you give up."
From Astadala Yoga Mala, Vol VIII – What is Sthira Sukham Asanam, p. 153-154

14/08/2025

Back in the day……

25/07/2025

10/07/2025

Pranam Dear Guruji!
Thank you for your sacrifices and dedication to share Yoga with the world 🙏

01/07/2025

One of the most powerful ways to regulate your nervous system isn’t in a supplement bottle or high-tech therapy. It’s walking.

When you move rhythmically (like walking at a steady pace) you’re activating ancient wiring in your brainstem that tells your body, “You’re safe.”

These built-in movement circuits (called central pattern generators) are like autopilot systems. They help you walk, breathe, and even chew without needing to think about it. When you engage them through walking, they send calming signals throughout your nervous system.

That rhythmic motion also turns on your vagus nerve, a long nerve that connects your brain to your heart, lungs, and gut. It’s like a relaxation switch. When the vagus nerve is stimulated, your heart rate slows down, your digestion improves, your stress hormones drop, and you feel more grounded.

You also boost something called heart rate variability, a measure of how flexible and resilient your nervous system is. Higher HRV means your body can handle stress better and recover faster.

So the next time you feel anxious, overwhelmed, or disconnected, don’t underestimate the power of a walk.

30/06/2025

Sooo true!!

22/05/2025

This is why Yoga works to transform

07/05/2025

Gratitude for Bruce Lee! 🙏

04/05/2025

“Let today’s maximum be tomorrow’s minimum.”

BKS Iyengar

30/07/2024

https://www.indiatimes.com/amp/news/india/iyengar-yoga-the-practice-that-fueled-rohan-bopannas-australian-open-triumph-at-43-626203.html

Rohan Bopanna's career has been extended by the age-old practice of Iyengar yoga, which culminated in his recent historic title win.

30/07/2024

It works if you want it to work… takes discipline