ANDREA - a full time Yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi instructor.
I fell in love with yoga over seven years ago, when I got a Nintendo DS and bought a game called Let's Yoga. From then, I began 'playing' yoga everyday, sometimes twice a day. At first, the practice was more physical for me, but after few months I started to really count on yoga to bring me a sense of calm during especially chaotic days. Soon after, I began recognizing the benefits of a regular asana and meditation practice and continued to incorporate yoga daily - not just during times of chaos. I found myself feeling more energized, more compassionate, happier, and with more awareness. Now, I teach full-time and couldn't be happier to do what I love. What began as a physical practice for strength and flexibility quickly became a lifestyle. I teach my students to take their yoga off the mat and apply the principles learned in the class to their lives outside of the studio. I do not only teach my philosophy, I live it.
Friday, 1 November 2013
Warrior II / Virabhadrasana II
Sunday, 27 October 2013
Triangle
Triangle / Utthita Trikonasana
trikona = three angle or triangle

2.Pivot the right foot so that it is straight to the side wall approx 90 degree angle. Keeping the right heel inline with the back left inside arch. Note: you can also use the edge of your yoga mat to maintain alignment, or use a wall.
3.While extending your arms out as much as possible, reach forward over your right foot and hinge at the hips, keeping your back straight and chest expanded and not allowing the chest to collapse forward. Keep your feet firmly planted on the floor. Rotate your chest up to the sky, while lifting the left arm up overhead. Keep bending and lengthening up, maintaining proper alignment. Keeping the shoulder blades down and shoulders stacked on top of each other.
4.Gently place your right hand on your right shin. Gaze up at the thumb in the sky.Variation: Use a yoga block placed at the highest level beside the inside of your front leg and use it to support your arm Variation: To increase difficulty, without compromising your form, grab the front big toe in yogi toe lock
5. Perform the other side, this time alternating to the left leg first.
Benefits
-Improves digestion, stimulates abdominal organs
-Helps to relieve stress.
-Increase serotonin levels
-Stretches hips, hamstrings, shoulders, chest and spine
Cautions
-Headaches
-High blood pressure
Beginner Tips
Compromising form in order to reach the front hand down further, front hand position is secondary and not the focus of this pose. Collapsing the chest down, keep the shoulder blades and chest rotated up while in the pose.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Adept’s Pose
Adept’s Pose / Siddhasana
1. From Dandasana bend your right leg in until your heel is at your centre. Bend your left leg and place your left heel on top of your right. Your left inside ankle will rest just behind your right interior ankle.
2. Keeping your back straight, your bellybutton puuled in and your shoulder blades down your back, place the backs of your hands on their corresponding knees.
3. Place your thumbs and forefingers together symbolizing union between body and mind.
Benefits
- Strengthens your neck and spine
- Opens your hips and knee joints
Cautions
- Do not perform if you have a back, hip or knee injury
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Joga pod holým nebom
Nejde o ucelený kurz jogy, kde by hodiny na seba nadväzovali, resp. bolo potrebné sa zúčastňovať jednotlivých po sebe nasledujúcich hodín, skôr nás motivuje možnosť cvičenia jogy vonku, na vzduchu, pod holým nebom, na zelenej tráve, ... s pokecom a fotením po cvičení :)
Saturday, 8 June 2013
Four-Limbed Staff Pose (Chaturanga Dandasana)
The completed form of Chaturanga Dandasana is quite difficult to perform at first, until your arms, back, and legs are strong enough to support you. From Plank Pose, begin by lowering your knees to the floor and then, with an exhalation, lower your sternum to within an inch or two above the floor.
Even experienced students have difficulty with Chaturanga Dandasana. Lay a thickly rolled blanket on the floor below your Plank Pose, parallel to your spine. Lower yourself lightly onto this support. Use it minimally, just enough to keep yourself afloat.
Benefits:
Strengthens the arms and wrists
Tones the abdomen
And here are some preparatory poses:
- Plank Pose
- Bhujangasana
- Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Pre Dávida na boľavý chrbátik..
Friday, 9 November 2012
Cviky na lakeť
Monday, 5 November 2012
Keď bolia kríže...
- Predklon (Uttanasana)
- Predklon v sede s vystretými nohami (Paschimottananasana)
- Ďieťa (Vajrasana)
Sunday, 4 November 2012
Cviky ako vyšité na jesenné cvičenie
- Hrdina (Virasana)
- Turecký sed (Siddhasana)
- Lotus (Padmasana)
- Sed na nohách (Vajrasana)
- Lev (Simhasana)
- Hora (Tadasana)
- Strom (Vrkasana)
- Trojuholník (Trikonasana)
- Bojovník 1 a 2 (Virabhadrasana 1 and 2)
- Brána (Parighasana)
- Predklon (Uttanasana)
- Predklon v sede s vystretými nohami (Paschimottananasana)
- Ďieťa (Vajrasana)
- Kobra (Bhujangasana)
- Kobylka (Salabhasana)
- Hrdina (Supta Virasana)
- Luk (Dhanurasana)
- Cviky vykonávajte pomalými a rovnomernými pohybmi (môžete si napríklad predstaviť, že sa pohybujete v teplej vode).
- Dych udržiavajte hlboký a uvoľnený.
- Nájdite vo svojich pohyboch ladnosť tak, že budete cvičiť jemne a vydržte v každej polohe aspoň 4 nádychy.
- Neprežeňte to! Či už s naťahovaním, držaním, či robením póz, ktoré sú pre vás ťažké a vyčerpávajúce. Dbajte na to, aby ste si stále zacvičili, aby ste posilnili telo i ducha, ale aby ste sa nevyšťavili úplne.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Zostava pre začiatočníkov
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