Namaste Yoga 83 Yoga Stories Lord of the Fish with Dr. Melissa West

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Uploaded by on May 26, 2011

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This week's yoga story has to do with fish pose in yoga. There are two versions of fish pose: matsyana, which is the back bending fish, and matsyendrasana, the seated twist. Matsya was the first avatar of Vishnu who saved the great sages, birds, animals and plants from a flood that destroyed the world. Matsyandrasana was the first yoga teacher, a fish who Siva unknowingly imparted all the teachings of yoga one day while sitting by the water's edge. Matsyendrasana went on to teach others and the classic text Hatha Yoga Pradipika was the result. This class will free up your thoracic spine for fish pose and then work with twisting which is fabulous for your internal organs and releasing tension.

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  • Yoga has been very good to you Melissa.

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