Aparnaa Bajpai Instagram – I always get this a lot: ‘You are sooo flexible but how do you get your strength from yoga’? Now before I begin, I want to say that I am all game for strength training and I really feel it’s a must for everyone. As we age we need more muscle tone and strength to support our knees and joints. If you got the time and are doing weights and strength training, that’s awesome as that’ll always top the list. However, understanding of strengthening asanas with proper core engagement will advance you in your yoga practice. After years of working out, dancing and yoga; I just want to share some light on how drastically my strength doubled up after regular practice of yoga. I didn’t even realize that every day of moving from one asana to the other, I was constantly transitioning through downward dogs & chaturanagas. Which is a lottttt of push ups you can say:) So here is a post about a few asanas I like to incorporate into my everyday practice which helps me in my arm balances like crow, headstand and hand stands. My go to for strength is an active vinyasa flow or sometimes functional training or Ashtanga Vinyasa practice (which in itself is a functional training, apart from being a yogic practice). Lemme know what you feel about it:)