This Warm- up adds a few more variations to the previously introduced warm-up and expects that your strength has progressed, so please make certain that you have practised the following though the past months, atleast 5 times each, slowly with awareness before doing this warm-up.

Legs and core 1...

The Raadha Kalpa Method has broken down the various torso movements that are utilised in both Adavus and Karanas and found various ways to engage the right muscles to hold the aesthetic alignment while performing these bends while we are in movement. This series further breaks down the bends so o...

The Raadha Kalpa Method has broken down the various torso movements that are utilised in both Adavus and Karanas and found various ways to engage the right muscles to hold the aesthetic alignment while performing these bends while we are in movement. This series further breaks down the bends so o...

Pointers for Pakkadavu 3:

Keep your shoulders down when lifting your arms.
Make sure your arms do not go too far back.
Follow your arm and keep your gaze toward the wrist of the arm you are bending away from.
Make sure you keep your thighs pushing back while retaining Swastikam in your feet.
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Pointers for Pakkadavu 4:

- Keep your shoulders down when lifting your arm.
- Make sure your arm in front of your chest doesn't cross the centre of your chest.
- Make sure you do not sit in your hip when lifting one leg. Keep the thigh pushing back on the standing leg
- do not rest your raised ...

The Kartharee adavu is a movement that begins with a jump, followed by the crossing of the legs. The name could come from the hasta that is used or from the fact that the legs cross.

The bends of the bodies vary in the various types of Kartharee adavu. We usually practice this Adavu to a three ...

The Raadha Kalpa Method has broken down the various torso movements that are utilised in both Adavus and Karanas and found various ways to engage the right muscles to hold the aesthetic alignment while performing these bends while we are in movement. This series further breaks down the bends so o...

The third Naatadavu stretches the leg out to the front. If you are unable to keep your back straight when doing this, please refer to the flexibility section and practice the tips for forward bends and try again.

The Raadha Kalpa Method has broken down the various torso movements that are utilised in both Adavus and Karanas and found various ways to engage the right muscles to hold the aesthetic alignment while performing these bends while we are in movement. This series further breaks down the bends so o...

The 5th Naatadavu is fairly easier to execute if you are clear with the 3rd and 4th Naatadavu. The bend is in the diagonal, and the length of the back must be maintained. The Swastikam introduced in the second Naatadavu is used again. So as long as there has been clarity so far, this will be an e...

The Raadha Kalpa Method has broken down the various torso movements that are utilised in both Adavus and Karanas and found various ways to engage the right muscles to hold the aesthetic alignment while performing these bends while we are in movement. This series further breaks down the bends so o...

The Raadha Kalpa Method has broken down the various torso movements that are utilised in both Adavus and Karanas and found various ways to engage the right muscles to hold the aesthetic alignment while performing these bends while we are in movement. This series further breaks down the bends so o...

The Raadha Kalpa Method has broken down the various torso movements that are utilised in both Adavus and Karanas and found various ways to engage the right muscles to hold the aesthetic alignment while performing these bends while we are in movement. This series further breaks down the bends so o...

The 4th Naatadavu expects a little more stability in the body. Please practice any of the Strength sections that work on lunges and squats, to achieve a deep lunge in this Adavu.

The Raadha Kalpa Method has broken down the various torso movements that are utilised in both Adavus and Karanas and found various ways to engage the right muscles to hold the aesthetic alignment while performing these bends while we are in movement. This series further breaks down the bends so o...

Pointers for Pakkadavu 1:

Watch the level of your arms. Make sure you maintain the length of your neck. Turn to the side with your head straight, without tilting. Keep your eyeballs in the centre of your eyes. When you reach to the side, do not raise the opposite elbow. maintain length.

The ...

Pointers for Pakkadavu 2:

Keep your shoulders down when stretching your arms.
Keep the height of the arm that you are looking away from. It is common to let this arm go too far back or let it drop below shoulder height.
Keep your head straight when you look to the side.
Make sure you keep you...

Paraval literally means to spread. Some schools of thought also call the Paraval adavu, the 'Pakkadavu' as it moves to the side while sliding. Some others change the name based on the way the foot articulates with the floor. A few of the types of Paraval, can be referred to as Marditam adavau, as...