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Use This Yoga Sequence to Safely Prepare Your Body for Lotus Pose

Lotus Pose is an advanced seated yoga pose often used for breathwork or meditation. Follow this sequence to safely prepare your body to practice Padmasana.
Tonya Wetzel | October 2, 2020
Rock Your Boat Pose With These 7 Fun Navasana Variations

Boat Pose (Navasana) challenges your core + leg strength plus your balance + stability. These 7 variations will make Navasana your new favorite yoga pose!
Tonya Wetzel | August 29, 2020
Side Crow Step-by-Step Photo Tutorial: Prepare to Fly!

Side Crow (Parsva Bakasana) is a twisting arm balance used as a foundation for many advanced arm balances. Learn this posture with this photo tutorial.
Tonya Wetzel | March 2, 2020
Master Baby Grasshopper Pose: Explore 2 Different Ways to Access This Fun Arm Balance (Photo Tutorial)

Baby Grasshopper Pose looks harder than it actually is! Explore this fun mini arm balance with these two different approaches to enter Baby Grasshopper.
Tonya Wetzel | January 27, 2020

5 Yoga Practices to Balance the Heart Chakra

When your Heart Chakra is imbalanced, you may avoid showing love and compassion to yourself or others. Use these 5 practices for Heart Chakra healing.
Hannah Leatherbury | September 26, 2018
How to Practice Plank Pose Correctly – Let’s Settle This Once and For All!

Plank Pose is not easy, but with alignment and awareness, this strength-building pose can be your new best friend! Here’s how to practice Plank correctly.
Leah Sugerman | August 13, 2018
5 Tips to Practice Chaturanga Correctly

Chaturanga is often part of a "vinyasa" or "flow" that yogis do on the way back to Downward Dog. It can also make a cameo in advanced sun salutations.
Kasia Litwinski | May 4, 2018
8 Reasons You Should Be Practicing Plank Pose Daily

Plank Pose helps you achieve a toned tummy, better balance, and less back pain. Learn 8 benefits of Plank Pose and why you should practice it daily.
Jillian Halliday | February 3, 2018
Poetry and Yoga: Find Gratitude and Presence With This Moving Meditation

The Yogi Poet Series is a place where poetry and yoga unite to bring you a sensory experience of movement, meditation, mindfulness, and gratitude.
Nate Pritts | October 3, 2017
Bird of Paradise Pose Tutorial – Learn How to Master This Elusive Balancing Pose

Bird of Paradise pose is a beautiful yet challenging yoga pose that requires flexibility, strength, and technique. Learn how to master this pose!
Ashton August | September 27, 2017
7 Classic Yoga Babes Who Brought Us Modern Yoga

These classic yoga babes pioneered yoga for women in an era when men ruled the mat. Discover the yoginis that brought you modern yoga.
Kendra Sand | June 16, 2017
3 Safe Ways to Modify Shoulderstand Pose (Video Tutorial)

Shoulderstand, or Sarvangasana, is often referred to as the “queen of all asanas” because of its many benefits for our nervous and endocrine systems.
Keya Williams | April 16, 2017
Instantly Feel Relaxed and Restored with These 8 Yin Yoga Poses

Relaxation, stillness, flexibility, surrender, joy and presence: all words that come to mind when we think of Yin...
Joanne Moules | August 19, 2016
8 Yoga Poses to Prepare You for Wheel Pose

When first attempting wheel pose, you might try to use brute force to push yourself into the pose. However, this brute force puts you at risk for injury.
Bianca Williams | July 11, 2016
10 Yoga Poses That Increase Your Sex Drive and Why

Sex is one of life's most delightful pleasures and your yoga practice can help you take your sexual practice to the next level!
Elisha Thompson | June 21, 2016
You May Be Hurting Your Neck in Shoulderstand (Here’s How to Fix It)

Practicing shoulderstand calms the nervous system, decreases varicose veins, stimulates the throat chakra (aiding in clear communication), reduces wrinkles and aids in restful sleep.
Jessie Wren | April 22, 2016
6 Yoga Poses That Aren’t Quite What They Seem

There are yoga poses that look easy as pie, but when you try them for yourself, you can get a surprising stretch, an unexpected sensation in parts of your body you never felt before - or both.
Liane Bargas | April 3, 2016
7 Hip Opener Yoga Poses To Release Negativity (Photos)

Here are 7 yoga poses to aid you in letting go of negative emotions:
Alexa Erickson | March 26, 2016
How To Use Yoga For Strength Training: 5 Poses For Quick Results (Videos)

Yoga on it’s own can certainly be strength training; however, if you’re looking to lose a little more of “the squish” or if you want to add more lean muscle to your frame and your regular practice just isn’t getting you there, I’d suggest adding a bit more resistance and upping the intensity to see what happens.
Alison Heilig | December 13, 2015
6 Yoga Poses To Help You Learn Arm Balances

Below are 6 yoga poses you can practice to build your body up to Bakasana (the sixth pose of this article) and play around with shoulder engagement and transferring your weight forward.
Jessie Wren | November 23, 2015
10 Yoga Poses For Hikers and Outdoor Enthusiasts

To ease the soreness, try these 10 yoga poses for hikers that will stretch you out and have you ready to hike again tomorrow!
Bobbie Jo Traut | August 16, 2015
Crow Pose Tutorial with Variations

For this specific tutorial, we will focus on crow pose arm balance postures, as these are widely popular throughout yoga classes today. Start practicing these tips today and check back with us when you’re flying tomorrow!
Allie Flavio | June 23, 2015
Want a Perky Booty? Do These 9 Yoga Poses For a Great Butt Workout (Video)

Want a great butt workout? Do these yoga poses and you'll have a perky booty in no time. Practicing these yoga poses will shape, round, and lift your butt.
Jillian Grabarczyk | February 19, 2015