https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/ Classical hatha yoga from Kovalam: postures, breathing, practice and the questions the school is asked most. en-in https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/yoga-in-kovalam-visitors-guide https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/yoga-in-kovalam-visitors-guide Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:00:00 +0530 In Kovalam for a few days and want to practise? When to come, which class to ask for, what to bring and how to book a first class at Avadhuta. https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/how-to-start-yoga-as-a-beginner https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/how-to-start-yoga-as-a-beginner Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0530 Almost everyone who writes to the school opens the same way: some version of "I have never done this and I am not flexible." Here is what the first month actually looks like. https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/halasana-plough-pose https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/halasana-plough-pose Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0530 An inversion that looks simple in a photograph and is not. Halasana is the posture the school gets asked about most, and the one it most often tells people to wait on. https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/ardha-matsyendrasana-half-spinal-twist https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/ardha-matsyendrasana-half-spinal-twist Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0530 Named for Matsyendranath, and the posture most likely to be done badly by people who have been practising for years. The problem is almost always the same one. https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/vajrasana-after-meals https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/vajrasana-after-meals Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0530 Every yoga teacher tells you to practise on an empty stomach. Vajrasana is the posture that comes with the opposite instruction, and it is the most useful thing in the syllabus for people who sit all day. https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/what-a-kerala-yoga-retreat-is-like https://avadhutayoga.com/blog/what-a-kerala-yoga-retreat-is-like Wed, 09 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0530 Less dramatic than the photographs and considerably better than them. Here is the honest shape of a retreat day, from a school that has been running them at Kovalam since 2014.