In Bālāsana - child's pose - we draw inward, not to hide, but to remember and to find strength. This posture wraps the body around the heart, offering protection and softening. It is a shape of sacred pause, where we can offer ourselves the grace to be held, to release, and to remember what lives within. The story of child's pose reminds us that divinity lies within each of us.

The mythology of boat pose includes boats as spaces of love, passion, and romance, especially for Krishna and Radha.

Rivers and waterways crisscross India, making various forms of boats a necessary means of transportation. It’s no wonder, then, that a posture like Boat Pose, nāvāsana नावासन, finds its way into the practice of yoga. Read more about the mythology and energy of boat pose.

Read the stories about the seated yoga pose called throne pose, bhadrasana (also known as baddhakonasana or bound angle pose.) Tuesday Irby's retelling of the stories of Suratha, Medhas, Mother Maya, Mother Wisdom and the Great Goddess Durga will give context to your yoga practice. Read and practice to be reminded of the strength, poise, and wisdom already within you.

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What does it mean to make progress in yoga? Is it in the poses? Or in right alignment? Is this even the right question?