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Sphinx Pose is the infant of backbends. It can be practiced with either an active or passive approach.
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Sphinx Pose
Sphinx Pose is the infant of backbends. It can be practiced with either an active or passive approach.
A 15-Minute Yoga Practice for Strength, Flexibility, and Calm
Yes, 15 minutes.
What Does the Summer Solstice Mean?
The intersection of earthly and astrological seasons has been regarded as sacred since ancient times.
Got Wrist Pain? Swap These 7 Yoga Poses Into Your Practice
Weight-bearing poses can wreak havoc on your wrists. Try these alternatives for the same benefits without the strain.
The 7 Best Yoga Poses to Stretch Tight Quads
Your quadriceps take you everywhere and help you do just about everything. Here's how to ensure they continue to do so without complaint.
4 Practical Ways to Stop Doomscrolling
Step away from the phone.
Turn to This Yin Yoga Practice When You’re Feeling Helpless
We may not be able to solve all the world’s problems, but we can look inward to connect with ourselves.
A Yin Yoga Practice to Soothe Lower Back Pain
Stretch into stillness to find relief.
How a Wall Can Help You Find Unprecedented Release in Your Yin Practice
Sometimes you just need to let the pose hold you.
Cat Pose
This pose provides a gentle massage to the spine and belly organs.
Cow Pose
Bitilasana is an easy, gentle way to warm up the spine before a more vigorous practice.
You Might Be Approaching Counter Poses All Wrong. Here’s Another Way
You know what happens to a paper clip when you bend it back and forth too many times? Stop doing the same thing to your body.
Upward-Facing Dog Pose
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, a well-known backbend, will challenge you to lift and open your chest.
This Yin Yoga Practice Encourages You to Create Space—In Your Body and Mind
Sometimes you need to clear out what you no longer need to let in everything that you want.
Traveling? Take This Prop-Free Yin Yoga Practice With You
No props, no problem! All you need for this calming Yin Yoga sequence is yourself and a desire to come to your practice.
5 Supported Poses to Build Strength for Dhanurasana
Just as it’s essential for archers to know how to string their bows, it’s important for yogis to learn how to properly engage their bodies in Bow Pose.
Side Plank Pose
A powerful arm and wrist strengthener, Side Plank takes its two-armed sibling to the next level, as an arm balance.
Four-Limbed Staff Pose | Chaturanga Dandasana
Chaturanga Dandasana is not merely a push-up. This pivotal yoga pose is instrumental—so it's important to practice it properly.
Got Wrist Pain? Here’s How to Modify Sun Salutation A
No more awkwardly waiting in Child's Pose while everyone else in class makes their way through warmups.
The 8 Best Yoga Poses for Beginners
Want to get into yoga, but don’t know where to start? These foundational poses will set the stage for your evolving practice.
5 Yoga Poses That Take the Pressure Off Your Achy Wrists
Are certain poses a pain in your… wrist? Try these alternative asanas.
A Stretching Sequence That is Gentle on Your Joints
This supported practice helps with fascia release.
10 Yin Yoga Poses to Help You Overcome Fear
Has fear been holding you back? Your yoga practice can help summon the discernment and courage you need to no longer run from what scares you.
9 Yoga Poses for Anxiety Relief
Yoga can help ease your pandemic-related anxiety—and teach you how to better cope with everyday stressors.
Diastasis Recti Doesn’t Need to Be Your Pregnancy Nemesis
You might not be able to entirely prevent diastasis during pregnancy, but you can modify your yoga practice to minimize its effect.
10 Yoga Poses to Build Better Posture
Slouch much? You're not alone. We've got your back (literally) with yoga poses that make good posture positively easy.
8 Yoga Poses to Ease Lower Back Pain
Is your lower back out of whack? Yoga can help you find the relief you deserve.
These Yin Yoga Poses Will Feel Soooo Good on Your Low Back
You've tried everything else to ease your tension. Maybe it's time to opt for simple stretches that draw on contemporary science as well as thousands of years of traditional Chinese medicine.
5 Yoga Poses to Safely Stretch Tight Groin Muscles
Barely able to come into Butterfly? These stretches will help you find relief.
Open Your Heart Chakra With These 9 Poses
Because the world needs more love and compassion.
Feeling Prickly? You May Have Too Much Rajas
Rajas, one of the three gunas, can show up as energy and motion—or anger and worry. Here's how to keep this natural quality balanced.
How to Hack Your Sun Salutations
The Sun Salutation, Surya Namaskār, is the foundation of modern-day vinyasa yoga. Here's how to go through this flow at home—and make it work for you.
12 Poses to Transform Your Backbends
This sequence will help you explore freedom and safety in your backbends.
A Super-Bowl-Inspired Flow to Build Resilience
A former NFL Kicker shares an empowering sequence and meditation to help you bounce back from setbacks and defeat.
Social Media Bringing You Down? Try This Freeing Flow
Unravel texting-Induced tension and reconnect to you with these 8 liberating poses.
Gentle Heart Openers for Times When You’re Feeling Vulnerable
Try this gentle sequence to attune to your body and heart wisdom
Honor the Winter Solstice With This Soothing Yoga Sequence
Try these 9 yin yoga poses to feel more grounded this winter.
Half Frog Pose
Ease up into Half Frog Pose, called Ardha Bhekasana in Sanskrit. This pose strengthens the back while gently opening up the shoulders, chest, and thighs—a loving treat for the entire body.
10 Poses to Release Perfectionism and Boost Inner Peace
Learn to accept yourself as you are with this balancing yoga sequence.
9 Yoga Poses for Back Pain
Ease back pain and refresh your energy with this sequence to help you feel more spacious and breathe deeper.
Lift Your Spirits With This Staycation Yoga Sequence
No vacation in sight? Bring some playfulness and adventure into your summer with these 8 poses.
Why Adriene is My COVID-19 Buddy—and Everyone Else’s
The wildly popular YouTube teacher is helping us feel connected, even as we shelter in place.
3 Yoga Poses for Deeper Intimacy
Let love in by practicing these self-compassion postures first.
The Intention-Activating Power of a Daily Ritual
Setting intentions is a start, but how do you follow through on your dreams? Begin your morning with “Creator’s Hour,” an inner retreat that includes sitting in meditation, free writing, affirmations, and mindful movement.
Conquer Midday Slump with this Afternoon Sequence
Even if you'd rather take a nap than get on the mat, this short practice can reenergize and refocus you – without caffeine.
A Heart-Opening Sequence to Embrace Vulnerability
This practice from yoga teacher Shane Roberts celebrates the power of finding strength in softness.
What Science Tells Us About Preventing Nerve Pain With Yoga
Your yoga practice can be a therapeutic tool for managing and preventing some types of nerve pain. Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank explains how.
Balance the Body, Mind, and Heart with Practices from Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor
Get grounded and then open your heart with these two sequences from the master Ashtanga Yoga teachers.
Explore An Inversion Practice with This Sequence Designed by Schuyler Grant
Schuyler Grant, co-creator of Wanderlust and founder of Kula Yoga Project, shares her sequencing strategies for inversions.
Twist Your Way to Less Back Pain
Here’s everything you need to know to prevent low back pain in twists, as well as use your twisting practice to help ease low back pain.
These 30 Yoga Sequences for Beginners Will Help You Kick-Start a Consistent Practice
Interested in starting a consistent yoga practice, but not sure where to start? These 30 yoga sequences designed by experienced yoga teachers will help you target specific areas of the body to release tension and increase flexibility.
12 Yin Yoga Poses to Awaken Dormant Energy and Recharge Your Practice
This sequence is full of hip-openers and spinal twists to help you balance energy and nourish your qi.
Yin Yoga 101: Is It Safe to Compress the Spine in a Yin Pose?
The answer lies in an exploration of how the postures in Yin Yoga and vinyasa yoga impact your connective tissues.
A Home Practice to Cultivate Contentment
A sequence to help you ride the wave of life, knowing that you have everything you need within you to move through changes and challenges with grace.
3 Poses to Relieve Low Back Pain in Twists
When done properly, twists have the potential to help your low back feel great. Here are three poses to help you relieve low back pain.
10 Yin Yoga Poses for Clarity this Fall
In honor of the Fall Equinox, yin yoga teacher Danielle March offers a sequence to help you gain some perspective and insight on your own summer growth.
Free Your Front Body: A Flow for Your Fascia
Do you practice yoga regularly but somehow still feel “stuck” in certain spots? Senior Yoga Medicine teacher Allison Candelaria created this muscle- and fascia-freeing flow to tune up the whole front line of your body.
Mary Beth LaRue’s Favorite Poses to Trigger Creative Thinking
Finding ease and fluidity in your physical movements encourages flexibility and suppleness in your thinking. Try these three poses to open your mind.
Prenatal Yoga: 6 Feel-Good Backbends Safe for Pregnancy
Backbending while pregnant can bring a range of sensations from most delicious to most painful. These poses will open you up only where you need it most and reduce risk of injury.
A Creative Sequence to Help You Navigate Tough Emotions
This practice invokes the power of Tara, the Hindu goddess of compassion, to help you face the discomfort and reap the rewards.
Yoga for Moms: Re-establishing Your Connection to Your Core
Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, explains the importance of re-establishing your connection to your core after childbirth.
A Yoga Sequence to Target Sources of Back Pain
While yoga can often be a quick fix, these postures will help to methodically alleviate the root cause of back pain.
Yoga for First Responders: 5 Strategies for Stress + Trauma
Police officers, firefighters, and others who face extreme stress and trauma on a regular basis can find peace in asana, breath, and affirmation.
Tap Into Tapas (Self-Discipline) On Your Mat
Use asana, mantra, and mudra to help bring into focus the subtle and not-so-subtle ways this niyama plays out in your life.
10 Things Yoga Newbies Must Know
We dove into Yoga Journal's 40 years of archives and pulled some beginner classics. Here, an introduction to this timeless practice.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Gherandasana
Warm up well, then let Budig walk you through the steps to work your way into this big backbend.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Tipsy Frog
Dare to delve into the depths of your psoas—and just hang out for a while.
Q&A: Am I Pushing Myself Hard Enough?
Tracey Rich offers advice for balancing effort and ease in asana practice.
How to Outsmart Your Insomnia
Can't sleep? Yoga practice and philosophy can help you let go and find rest.
Plug In To Your Core Power
Strengthening your core from the inside out lets you move from your center.
Yoga for Musicians
Baxter Bell explains how yoga can help musicians counteract imbalances caused by playing their instruments and boost their creativity and focus.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Partridge Pose
Kathryn Budig breaks down Kapinjalasana into the equal parts strength, balance, and backbend.
Take Some Yin and Call Me in the Morning
Neal Pollack used to do yoga as exercise. But after weeks of traveling, he turns to slower practices to put get his body back in working order.
How to Backbend Better
Learn one simple alignment technique and three common poses to ensure pain-free backbends.
Yoga to Build Balance + Strength for Snow Sports
For winter sports fans, yoga offers refined technique, better balance, and the freedom to fly.
Lightness of Being
In a quest to be slim, one woman loses more than mere pounds and, through yoga, finds herself.
Slow Down with Yin Yoga
In our speed-driven world, yoga is often fast-paced. Yin Yoga offers an opportunity to slow down and come back into balance.
Gentle Cycle
Try these restorative poses for comfort and acceptance.
Kate Moss yoga statue up for sale
Artist Marc Quinn has agreed to donate Red Sphinx, a white-bronze sculpture of supermodel Kate Moss in a "heart-shaped yoga pose with red lips," to an auction on February 14 for Red, the brand created by U2 star Bono to...