A holiday for the body

According to Dona Holleman, yoga is "a holiday for the body." Or at least, that is what it should be. There is no need to overstretch, force the poor body to where it does not want to go, tearing muscles and so on. Instead, each asana should come from within, and feel comfortable, almost effortless.

The slide show on this page shows a range of asanas performed with this intention by teachers and teacher trainees at Studio Asana (November 2003).

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Asana's performed by
Anat Geiger, Eveline Torres, Suzanne Martius, Marta Pages, Jane Gronland and Janine Dijkmeijer

Photography
Miriam Deckers