Tis the season to be giving! So this week that’s exactly what we’re doing: Giveaways galore! While it’s not quite the 12 Days of Christmas, nor the 8 days of Hannukah, we will have a few days of merry yogadorking!
May we present the next item up for grabs…a pair of we’ar boot(i) yoga pants! ($96 value) To make it extra special, the winner will be one of the very first to don the new color of the season – tara red! How festive.
Big thanks to we’ar for the beauty boot(i)s. To learn more about eco-conscious we’ar yoga clothes check out their website, or the YD Holiday Gift Guide! (psst.. YDers get 10% off with ‘yogadork’ discount code)
TO ENTER: Because we’re in the spirit of red, which is known to represent the root chakra, as well as holiday festivities, add a comment below about your favorite “grounding” asana, or experience. We could all use a little “coming back to earth” inspiration this time of year!
Enter now! Winner will be chosen at random and announced tomorrow. Good luck!
*Note* Giveaway open to all ‘dorks, though, mind you, these are in ladies sizes. see them here
UPDATE: And the winner is… Shae!
Huge congrats! please send your mailing address to yogadork@gmail.com.
Thanks to everyone who entered!!! We hope you get to read all the comments.
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child’s pose is my favorite!
Dragon or Swan… definately grounding and rooting and great stretch!
Child’s Pose is great. Also, for added grounding in Savasana, I like to lay a folded blanket across the front of my hips and thighs. MMMM!
definetely tree pose…love it
Yoga: Balasana (Child’s Pose)
Life: Spending time with my dog – she’s always fully present
Definitely wheel — I wasn’t able to do it right away, and now that I am, I am reminded each time of why I love yoga so much and how good it is to feel yourself get stronger. Plus, my hands and feet are as one with the ground as they’ll ever be!
Downward facing dog and Savasana. During these poses my instructor always tells us to listen to our breathing and nothing else. It helps me reconnect with myself.
Pigeon and deer in Yin pratice.. both allow me to totally breath thru hips and relax.. feel stuck 2 the earth there.. also just seated with legs pulled in and arms walked forward… another great way to feel the hips breath..
Bonus.. I have the root chakra tattooed on me… beat that!..
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I really do tho.. want a pic?
Love, love, Half moon — best pose
Grounding poses? I’m going with child’s pose. I love starting my yoga practice in Child because it just feels so safe – sinking into the earth with your hips, forehead pressing gently into the ground, fingers spread wide…It just provides a very grounded, comfortable place to begin focusing your mind and starting the breath.
in this moment, my favorite grounding pose is tree. as the Buddha said, “praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. to be happy, rest like a great tree in the midst of them all.”
Tadasana, Mountain pose… Grounding down to lengthen…
One of my most grounding asana experiences was with my mother. She surprised me on my birthday by taking me to the Colorado Yoga Journal Conference. It was our first “yogacation” together so we both signed up for “Yoga and Rock Climbing.” I had never rock climbed in my life, and I was TERRIFIED- but, with the help of my breath, support from my mom, and courage to trust the moment, before I knew it I was climbing up giant boulders that had taken an hour-long hike to reach. Afterwards the group practiced asana on the rocks of the ground, and there was something so beautiful about feeling those rocks and earth in my hands and feeling safety after being so afraid of the same elements up high. It was definitely a “grounding” experience I will never forget!
Bow pose! Makes me feel like a powerful archer woman.
beautiful pants!!! i hope my butt looks as good in them!
my favorite grounding pose is uttanasana – forward fold… sinking into the earth and myself… favorite winter-time experience is a solo run in the desert.. the winter light, the birds, the crisp air… its magic!
my favourite grounding pose is chavasana – whole body touching the ground and feeling the earth. Followed by a short black
My favorite is child’s pose after my yoga practice.
My favorite is pigeon pose.
Kapotasana is the single most grounding pose I’ve ever experienced. Done in a series after ustrasana and laguvajrasana, it just knocks me out, every time.
It may seem counterintuitive, but headstand grounds me like no other asana. Something about all that blood flow straight to the head roots me right down into the present moment.
Malasana. Very grounding and just feels very earthy.
Malasana (Garland Pose)
I think being close to the earth, yet strong feels great & very “grounding”
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