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Priya Raman
Priya Raman is a writer and researcher with a love of primary sources. She covers yoga's history and philosophy on Yoga.com - from the Yoga Sutras to how ancient ideas show up in a modern class - aiming to make the tradition readable without flattening it.
By Priya Raman
Blocks, straps, and bolsters often get pushed to the side of the mat - but avoiding props is a mistake practitioners at every level make. Pr...
Priya RamanJuly 9, 20267 min read
New to yoga and not sure which poses come first? These five foundational yoga poses give almost any beginner a solid starting point.
Priya RamanJuly 5, 20267 min read
Despite what the stereotypes suggest, yoga for seniors is not about touching your toes or folding into pretzel shapes. It's about the small...
Priya RamanJune 26, 20267 min read
That electric zing down the back of your leg - the one that flares when you stand up too fast, sit too long, or bend the wrong way - is some...
Priya RamanJune 19, 20267 min read
After class ends and the mat rolls up, yoga keeps working on you. See how a daily practice reaches into the rest of your life.
Priya RamanJune 15, 20264 min read
Restorative yoga is not a workout, not a stretch session, and not a nap with props. It's the practice of doing nothing on purpose - deceptiv...
Priya RamanJune 14, 20267 min read
The red pen had been living in the mug with the dead highlighters for months, and I grabbed it without thinking. The journal page looked lik...
Priya RamanJune 13, 20265 min read
Vinyasa is simply yoga where the poses flow together, one movement per breath - that's the whole idea behind the word. So when the studio sc...
Priya RamanJune 13, 20266 min read
I propped my phone against the water bottle and got the mat in the frame, the purple so new it still had the fold-crease down the middle. Th...
Priya RamanJune 13, 20265 min read
A new student settles onto her mat for her first Ashtanga class and waits for the theme announcement, the playlist, the "today we're explori...
Priya RamanJune 12, 20266 min read