Hanumanasana - Splits Class

Join us as we delve deeper into the hip flexors and hamstrings on a journey towards hanumanasana - splits.

Tania will guide you through a specific sequence of hatha yoga asana to help you to gain more insight and knowledge into how to move closer towards the full expression of this challenging pose.

Hanumanasana is also known as monkey pose or front facing splits.   It is named after Lord Hanuman, the Hindu Monkey God, hence the reason it is also known as monkey pose.  It was written that Hanuman took a gigantic leap in the sanksrit epic The Ramayana.  Hanuman expressed great courage, strength and loyalty when taking that leap and Hanumananasa - front facing splits, requires that same courage, strength and loyalty in order to acheive it.

Physically it is a very challenging pose and the full expression can take a lot of dedication (loyalty to oneself and to…