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Did someone say tacos and margaritas? @socaldebbydowling is showing us Side Crow/Parsva Bakasana at our favorite spot @avilas.san.clemente. Show us your crow and don’t forget to tag us! In Sanskrit, Parsva= side, Baka= crane and Asana= pose. The name of this pose in direct translation should be parsva kakasana(kaka=crow). In Side Crow, bent elbows represent the back legs of a perching crow, and straight arms represent the long legs of the crane stretching tall above the wate...r. In Asian cultures, especially Japan, the crane represents happiness, eternal youth, good fortune, and longevity. And while the crow is thought to be a harbinger of bad luck or misfortune, in many cultures it symbolizes magic, mystery, intelligence, and destiny. Side Crow is an arm balancing posture requiring a deep twist in the torso. This posture tones the belly and spine. As an arm balance, side crow gives the gift of confidence, balance, and focus. Benefits Strengthens the arms, wrists, shoulders, abdominal muscles, and spine Stretches the upper back and groins Improves flexibility throughout the spine and lower back Massages the abdominal organs Improves digestion and detoxification

It’s day 28 of our challenge to win a free month of yoga! Get those bonus entries in and show us your 8 Angle Pose /Astavakrasana. @riane.nesper and @limitlessu are showing us their strong poses today! Astavakrasana or Eight-Angle Pose is a hand-balancing asana dedicated to the sage Astavakra, the spiritual guru of King Janaka. it is said that when the Sage was in his mother’s womb, his father, Kagola, made several mistakes while reciting the Vedas (ancient yogic texts). He...aring these mistakes, the unborn Sage laughed. His father became enraged and cursed his son to be born as Astavakra, Asta=8, vakra=bent or curved. So it came to pass that he was born crooked in eight places. These crooks earned him the name Ashtavakra or Eight Crooks. His father, Kagola, got into a philosophical debate with Vandin, the court scholar. While still only a boy Astavakra was a natural scholar of great ability. He went to court and avenged his father’s defeat by beating Vandin in argument and becoming the guru of Janaka. Accordingly, his father blessed him and his deformity vanished. Eight Angle Pose or Astavakrasana requires a strong core, powerful arm strength and reasonable opening through the hips and hamstrings in order to practice the pose in its full expression. It is a perfect example of a posture that has much more to do about understanding what goes where, rather than having enough strength to do it. As tricky as it may appear, once you find the balance point and figure out how to utilize certain body locks, it is actually much easier to hold than many other arm balances. Benefits Strengthens the wrists, arms and shoulders Tones and strengthens, abdominal muscles and inner thighs Improves sense of balance and digestion Helps supply blood to the spine and helps to eliminate toxins Relieves your body of stress and anxiety Helps build concentration

Today’s challenge- show us your Splits/ Hanumanasana. @anaclaudiacannon is giving us her pose in front of our awesome neighbor, @italiancravings The story of Hanuman is one of devotion, courage and triumph of good over evil, representing power and selfless service. Hanuman is said to be the son of the wind, Vayu, the mortal woman, Anjanaya. This unusual pairing gave him a special kinship with both the world of the spirit and the material world. There are many stories of the... Monkey god and how he came to be known. The first was when he was an infant, Hanuman had a voracious appetite and mistook the sun for a giant piece of delicious fruit and took flight to take a bite! Indra (who lived in the sky) intervened and struck him in the jaw, saving him from the sun, but disfiguring his jaw. Hanu=jaw mana=disfigured/prominent. It is also said that Hanuman eradicates the ego. We begin to understand the selfless and humble nature of Hanuman. As he grew to adulthood, he was powerfully loyal to Rama and his Queen Sita. When she became a captive, Rama asked Hanuman to make one of his powerful leaps, from India to the island of Sri Lanka. He stretched out his powerful legs and made sand fly and waves run backwards. Because he was the son of the wind god, he could make these great distances in one leap, saving Sita and establishing his loyalty and selflessness. The power and extension of his legs are the foundation of this pose. In practicing the splits, there is the ego to get there at all cost, taking us out of our internal journey and putting us square on the path of external and aesthetic, looking for the aesthetic and losing the spirit and the devotion to practice and patience this pose cultivates. So take a leap of faith into Hanumanasana, and when faith doesn’t get you all the way there, come back to the practice taking some time for yourself, setting an intention for the day and devoting your energy to something bigger than yourself. Benefits: Strengthens the spine, tones the abdominals Stretches the Thighs, working legs equally in BOTH directions! Opens the hip flexors and quadriceps Deepens Body Awareness Develops Perseverance

This workshop lead by the amazing @limitlessu will help you hit the BIG RESET by diving into The Law of Attraction and uncovering how it is at play in your life. As we leave behind 2020, take this time to bring your consciousness forward and intentionally design an inspired 2021. Explore doing inner work and space through meditation and education to create your vision board. Finish by experiencing a sound bath using crystal bowls, chimes, and shamanic drumming to seal in al...l this positivity. Create a vision board that lights you up and ignites your 2021. Identify Core values with a value wheel to uncover misalignments, gaining clarity for 2021. Discover tools to harness your vision and energy. Fully integrate in a guided sound bath. This is the perfect time to honor the shifts that are happening in YOU.

PRATAYAHARA- The fifth limb of yoga can be seen as the bridge between external and internal yoga. Pratayahara is often considered the conscious withdrawal of the senses, yet there is so much more to this limb in its literal translation. Composed of two Sanskrit words, prati and ahara, prati means against or away, and ahara means food, or anything we take into ourselves from the outside. Pratyahara means literally control of ahara, or gaining mastery over external influences. ...Think of a turtle withdrawing into its shellthe turtle’s shell is the mind and the turtle’s limbs are the senses. In a world of information overload, with computers, phones, and social media, the practice of pratyahara offers inner peace and quiet. The senses can easily take over, and we end up running from one impulsive reaction to the other, forgetting our higher goals in life. If we are constantly reacting and solely led by our senses, we are held prisoner to them. Pratayahara doesn’t meaning running away, blocking, or numbing your senses, but fully participating in life without being unconsciously led by our sensory desires. If we cultivate our inner world, we are less likely to have knee jerk reactions. Achieving this space, responses become appropriate, and we act with discernment. When our insides become thoroughly nourished on the inside, there is no need to seek nourishment on the outside. #yngstudios #pratayahara #fifthlimbofyoga #morethanyoga #yogaoffthemat #sanclementeyoga #thesanclementeyogi

Day 5 of our challenge brings us Lisa @limitlessu and Skandasana- Ninja Pose- 1/2 Squat Pose-Retreating Warrior Pose. Make sure you are following our challenge rules to WIN A FREE MONTH OF YOGA Rules:... 1. Follow yng_Studios on Instagram and like our "pose of the day" post. 2. Tag a friend in the comments section. 3. Post yourself doing the pose of the day on your Instagram page and tag YNG Studios in the photo. Skandasana - 1/2 Squat Pose invites us to explore its many variations. The pose reflects the stance that a warrior would take going into battle-think of what a ninja warrior may look like. There is an essence of drawing back to pull forward like an archer. This pose can be powerful as it engages the back bent leg and also opens all around the front straight leg, expanding from the roots of the feet and legs, it mirrors grace and strength. It’s a great way to incorporate power and balance. Whether binding, expanding the arms or moving from top to back of mat, this pose can be playful or deeply spiritual moving meditation. Benefits: Strengthens: Quadriceps, core muscles, pelvic floor, groins, back, knee and ankles Stretches: Hamstrings, inner thighs, calves and ankles and spine (shoulders in bind) Opens the heart and hips Improves balance and flexibility

Workshop Alert In this workshop we will hit the BIG RESET by diving into The Law of Attraction and uncovering how it is at play in your life. As we leave behind 2020, take this time to bring your consciousness forward and intentionally design an inspired 2021. Explore doing Inner Work and Inner Space through meditation and education to create your vision board. Finish by experiencing a sound bath using crystal bowls, chimes, and shamanic drumming to seal in all this positi...vity. Create a vision board that lights you up and ignites your 2021. Identify Core values with a value wheel to uncover misalignments, gaining clarity for 2021. Discover tools to harness your vision and energy. Fully integrate in a guided sound bath. This is the perfect time to honor the shifts that are happening in YOU. Sign up on our website, our FREE YNG app or call the studio.

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Day 4 of our Pose and Post challenge has @susan.eden1 doing Parsvottanasana- Intense Side Stretch Pose/East West Stretch Parsvottanasana /Intense Side Stretch Pose is a pose that teaches us to explore freedom by setting up boundaries. It is a complex and challenging posture that offers an exceptional opportunity to practice the fine art of seeing clearly. Equal parts balancing posture and forward bend, this pose requires tremendous concentration and clarity of mind. It chall...enges us to recognize which areas of our bodies are holding steady and which are moving into action. Parsvottanasana encourages balance, body awareness, and inspires confidence. Benefits Strengthens the ankles, knees, quads and core Stretches the achilles tendon, calves, hamstrings, wrists and lengthens the spine Opens chest and shoulders Teaches hingeing directly at the hips, stimulating the thyroid gland and heart by gentle inversion Improves balance aiding in better posture Improves digestion by stimulating the abdominal organs Relieves stress, anxiety , fatigue and lower back pain Calms the brain

Saucha begins with the intention of lightening the load we are already carrying. These loads weigh down our mind, body, and spirit - they are real, and they are heavy. This Niyama not only invites us to be clean, organized, and tidy with the way we live in the world, but it also invites us to clean ourselves from the inside out and purify our bodies, thoughts, words, and actions. This guideline of purity invites us to move into ease and rid ourselves of the heaviness, wherev...er it exists. Saucha begins with purifying the external, which often easier to identify: clean body, clean home, and clean workspace, for example. Saucha invites outward cleanliness to guide inner purification. By removing the heaviness and clutter" (be it physical, emotional, or energetic), we are fine tuning our instrument to be able to tune into a higher frequency of love and light, lightening us up to experience the divine mystery of life. Let’s commit to purifying our words, thoughts, and actions by taking an inward journey to be pure and present with each moment, aligned in head and heart, and congruent with pure thoughts, actions, and words. What’s something tangible you can purify in your physical, emotional, or energetic body?

Posture Clinic: Week 2- The Warrior Series. This Saturday, find your inner warrior! Are you curious about how to enter, hold and release each warrior pose? Ever feel like the right side of the body doesn’t know what the left is doing? Or have you maxed out and don’t know how to break through? This clinic will teach you how to refine each warrior posture with breath. Move confidently through the warrior poses. Sign up on our website, app or give us a call.

Now is the time to VOTE! We Love our studio and thank you all for your support to keep our doors open and allowing us to provide the safest and highest quality experience possible! It takes a team, and it is because of our amazing instructors and our friendly and knowledgeable front desk team that we are continuing to thrive. So much gratitude here let’s end 2020 on a great note and VOTE for the newly reinvented YNG studios as your favorite studio #yngstudios #bestofsanclemete #bestofsanclemente2020 #yourvotematters #sanclememteyoga #smallbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #yoga #yogaeverydamnday #community #sclife #sanclementeyogastudio #bettertogether #safeyoga #uvlightsanitizer

So much gratitude and for our community that has rallied with us this year. We are truly humbled and honored that you choose YNG Studios as your sanctuary @laralovesea @annie.keller51 @baligirlinus @s_c_times https://www.sanclementetimes.com/letter-to-the-editor-prai/

Join our community Reiki circle with the blissful @auluminatereiki this Tuesday @7pm. Please register by downloading our free app in the App Store. This monthly Community Reiki Circle is an opportunity for both those who are new to reiki Reiki as well as Reiki practitioners to grow their light by channeling Reiki for the community. Reiki practitioners are encouraged to share and practice. No Reiki experience is required.Reiki can be sent over distance, so you can attend this offering while maintaining respectful space. However, please bring and wear a mask if you’d like to channel or receive Reiki at a distance less than 6 feet.

Spots are still available for our upcoming posture clinic. Sign up today and give your practice what it needs. First session starts October 17! Sign up on our website, app or give us a call.

Our posture clinic starts 10/17. There is no better time than now to strengthen your practice. Register on our website (link in bio) This posture clinic is a 6 week series that focuses on alignment and transition of essential and advanced asanas. There will be a specific focus each week. Feel free to drop into one session for $40 or buy all 6. #yngstudios #sanclementeyoga

We are build’YNG our tribe and elevat’YNG the vibe! Share this special offer with your friends, family members and co-workers. Our intro offer for new members provides 3 Classes for $33 in our newly renovated studio! Tag someone you would love to have work’YNG out with you!

Supporting our local community is so important. Our small businesses need each other now more than ever. Shout out today to all of San Clemente’s amazing small businesses who are the heartbeat of our town! We are proud to support you and help SC thrive.

Our yogis have spoken. Thankful for our tribe and their positivity they bring to the studio.

Our yogis have spoken. Thankful for so many positive reviews from our tribe.

Ready to get POWER’YNG with us? Each class focuses on breath, core activation, structural alignment and functional movement principles in varying degrees. An integrated, safe practice that builds internal heat, increased stamina, strength and flexibility as well as reducing stress. Inversions may be offered, and encouraged at your pace. This Blend of a little bit slow, a little bit flow, a little bit GO!