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How you engage your feet during asana practice is important for the health of your tootsies—and for establishing more balanced postures.

When the standard alternatives don’t feel right, try these instead.

Suddenly, you do have time to squeeze in a workout.

Smell training re-educates your your olfactory system so you can enjoy your favorite fragrances again.

There's more to sequencing the final resting pose than putting it at the end of class. Here's how to ensure your students are set up to find their calm.

According to the year's top articles, you all focused on self-improvement in 2021.

If you've ever silently cursed as your teacher started to cue Eagle Pose, you're not alone. Here's how to make it a lot more tolerable—and doable.

Don't get up! You can practice this prop-supported sequence while lying down.

Whether you're an experienced teacher or have yet to teach a class, here's what you can do to set yourself—and your students—up for the best experience possible.

You weren't the only one with tight hips this year!

The key to Parsva Bakasana is twisting enough to place the outer edge of one upper arm far around the outside of the opposite thigh.

These moisturizing night creams, serums, and gels can help keep your skin feeling supple all season long—no matter your type.

Bound Angle Pose, or Baddha Konasana, opens the deepest part of the hip muscles.

Open wide into Prasarita Padottanasana to increase flexibility by leaps and bounds.

Michael Hayes had to find his own way in yoga and in the world. Now he helps others do the same.

For the next six weeks, the planet of romance and beauty asks you to learn from the past—in love, as well as life.

When you need to approach any situation—or, let's be honest, life—from a calmer place, this quiet practice is your solution.

Yoga nidra helps prepare my body to claim the relaxation it so deserves.

And I don’t mean the poses...

Plus, our favorite teachers and studios in each metropolis.

If you’re living with joint pain, you might want to turn to your spice rack. Certain flavorful spices can potentially have a positive, pain-soothing and inflammation-fighting impact on joint pain.

Our physical, emotional, and behavioral tendencies—both good and bad—aren't ours alone. They're often passed down from generation to generation.

Are you making this mistake?

Since ancient times, the shortest, darkest day of the year has been held sacred for quiet reflection and restoring hope.

Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, a well-known backbend, will challenge you to lift and open your chest.

Use these tips to help cultivate calm or reset your emotions next time you find holiday stress getting in your way.

For the founder of Accessible Yoga, “anyone can do yoga” isn’t a slogan—it’s a lifelong mission.

There's a time and a place for gentle prenatal yoga. This is not that practice.

Gratitude flows feeling tired? Try one of these alternatives.

You know how to clean your kitchen – but do you know how to thoroughly disinfect it? We’ve got your guide to eliminating virus-causing bacteria and getting rid of germs hiding on your kitchen’s surfaces.

Plow Pose (Halasana) reduces backache and can help you get to sleep.

Padmasana creates an essential foundation for meditation practice, while stretching the front of the thighs and ankles.

A compact arm balance, Crow Pose and Crane Pose tone the abs and the arms, strengthen in the core, and focus the mind.

You need strength, flexibility, and endurance, and unwavering concentration for Eagle Pose.

I will never regain the brain function I lost, but I’m forging a new path to healing with alternative modalities.

Two’s company! Double up on your results and have some fun in the process with this partner-assisted core routine.

"Lost" by David Wagoner speaks to finding belonging and interconnectedness when stepping into stillness.

Fill your cup first.

Poor posture? This one's for you.

Caution: Many Plank Poses lie ahead

After a day of tackling moguls and black diamonds (or even the bunny hill), hit the mat with these poses that stretch your muscles and aid in recovery.

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana is a deep hip opener and forward bend that you should approach consciously to reap its many benefits.

Named for a legendary warrior, Virabhadrasana 2 strengthens your quads, shoulders, and core—not to mention your stamina and inner resolve.

We trust our breath to keep us alive, to help us through panic or pain, and support our meditation and yoga practices. But that’s not all it can do. Here's how your body moves with your breath.

It might look straightforward, but there's more to Dandasana than meets the eye.

Sometimes all it takes is a small act of rebellion—like taking a side bend in a pose that doesn't call for it—to remind you to live a little. Or a lot.

YJ Senior Editor Tamara Jeffries set out to answer some perennial questions about whether yoga is secular or spiritual. What she discovered: It’s both. And more.

A simple pose that's anything but easy.

You'll come back to this workout—time and time again.

Sometimes called the Sage's Pose, Pose Dedicated to the Sage Marichi III (Marichyasana III) is a wise addition to any practice.

You're probably facing one of these personal obstacles.

Here's how to get the most out of your own restorative practices.

Be the friend known for giving the *best* squeezes.

One doctor shares what happens to our bodies when stress takes over and how we can best manage it.

Do you know about these 5 benefits?

There's a general consensus among modern yogis that Viparita Karani or Legs Up the Wall Pose may have the power to cure whatever ails you.

This form of meditation is the bridge between my social-justice work and my inward-focused practice.

Yoga and relationship luminaries Rina Jakubowicz and Eric Paskel share how they avoid resentment and keep their bond strong.

A study has pinpointed the best bedtime for heart health.

Parsvottanasana encourages balance, body awareness, and inspires confidence.

Trina Altman shares how she uses simple, playful exercises to break down complicated asanas into manageable components.

Struggling to “achieve” Ustrasana? Trina Altman breaks it down using her Yoga Deconstructed method

Trade in your gym workouts for these postures, which shape stronger legs, arms, and core.

This is a time to usher in change, expect the unexpected, and step into your truth. Here's how to flow with it.

The way you move your shoulder joint is important for avoiding injury. Physical therapist and certified yoga therapist Rachel Krentzman breaks down how this commonly used cue can be dangerous—and tells you what to do instead.

There's a new way to achieve a calmer state.

Meet your asana advisor, complete with video instruction, pose variations, anatomy information, and more.

Spice up Plank Pose with these variations.

Sometimes you need to clear out what you no longer need to let in everything that you want.

Feel free to let it all out.

Here's how to own up to your humanness when you make a mistake before the lesson is repeated.

Connect deeply with what matters.

The hangover-and-anxiety combination is one we all want to avoid.

When was the last time you gave thanks for you?

Carrying old wounds and resentments is a burden you don't have to bear. Here are four steps toward forgiving yourself—and others.

No props, no problem! All you need for this calming Yin Yoga sequence is yourself and a desire to come to your practice.

Overdid it at the dinner table? Here are 10 natural remedies to bring your digestion back in balance.

The prop you never even knew you needed can transform how you (and your students) find alignment.

Slow down and settle into stillness to find the tranquility you’re searching for.