Super Yogis Stay Home Challenge Lesson 5: I Am Truthful
This 25-minute kids yoga class, part of the Super Yogis Stay Home Challenge, uses fun mindfulness exercised to help kids understand the importance of honesty.
This 25-minute kids yoga class, part of the Super Yogis Stay Home Challenge, uses fun mindfulness exercised to help kids understand the importance of honesty.
This 30-minute kids yoga class, part of the Super Yogis Stay Home Challenge, teaches calming breathing exercises.
Use the power of sound to summon sacred energy of the goddesses.
One poetic translation of Camatkarasana means "the ecstatic unfolding of the enraptured heart."
Virasana is a balm for tired legs at the end of the day, as well as an alternative to Lotus for seated meditation.
Home is a feeling, not a place. Whether you are traveling or recently relocated, this sequence will help you find home within yourself.
Step-by-step instructions on moving from High Lunge to Warrior III.
Named for a fierce warrior, an incarnation of Shiva, this version of Warrior Pose increases stamina.
Learn the basics of this foundational yoga pose, Virabhadrasana I.
A powerful arm and wrist strengthener, Side Plank takes its two-armed sibling to the next level, as an arm balance.
A revered choreographer and author offers up her must-haves for life in motion.
Practicing Shoulderstand with a chair protects your cervical spine and allows for the security you need to turn within.
Extended Triangle Pose is the quintessential standing pose in many styles of yoga.
Find length in your side body, from your heel to your fingertips with Extended Side Angle Pose.
Exploring the concept of sakshi (witness) can give yourself space to consider the issue at hand.
When seasonal stressors threaten your holiday cheer, these practices can help bring back the merry.
Physical Therapist, Ariele Foster, shows you some powerful techniques you can use to release fascia in areas that hold a lot of tension. Start feeling better right away with just a few tennis balls and a wall!
In Extended Hand-to-big-toe Pose, maintaining solid grounding through the standing foot helps keep you steady.
Uttanasana will wake up your hamstrings and soothe your mind.
Bump up your energy by bending back into Camel Pose.
Upward-Facing Dog will challenge you to lift and open your chest.
Canyon Ranch, known for its wellness resorts and spas, is opening a retreat space in Woodside, California, complete with luxe rooms and secluded paths in the middle of the Redwoods.
Learn to recognize the subtle ways you may be causing harm by taking personal inventory and holding yourself accountable.
Each crystal has its own healing properties and vibrations that can help change your own frequency. Use this flow chart to find out which one is best for you right now.
Ashtanga Yoga teacher and professional rock climber Olivia Hsu talks motherhood and why she finds her yoga practice more liberating since having her son.
Need an energy boost? Urdhva Dhanurasana can help—and strengthen your arms, legs, abdomen, and spine in the process.
Upavistha Konasana is good preparation for most of the seated forward bends, twists, and the wide-leg standing poses.
Want to fly? Fire up your core. Firefly pose is an arm balance pose that requires more core strength than arm strength.
The foundation of all standing poses, Mountain Pose makes a great starting position, resting pose, or tool to improve posture.
Lay Virasana back and to take the stretch in the thighs and ankles up a notch.
This moving meditation will help you reconnect with all that’s wild and free.
Here's what the yoga community is saying about The New York Times article on adjustments, inappropriate touching, and consent in yoga.
Oh, your aching back? Or maybe you can't crack those tight hamstrings. Supta Padangusthasana or Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose is for you.
Are you living your truth—or what everyone else wants you to be?
Transition into winter feeling calm, grounded, and centered with these self-care tips from the holistic wellness experts at Still Soul Studio in Charleston, South Carolina.
Reenergize and refocus–without the caffeine.
They are key to freeing yourself from attachments and suffering.
How you can practice nonviolence every day.
Senior teacher Erica Mather shares a backbending sequence designed to empower.
A classic restorative posture, Supta Baddha Konasana or Reclining Bound Angle Pose can be modified for any level of hip and groin resistance.
When you practice Standing Splits focus on the stretch in your quad and hamstring, not how high you can lift your leg.
While markets on the coasts are saturated with yoga studios and a variety of healing modalities, yoga teachers and wellness practitioners in Southern states are noticing an unmet need for non-traditional approaches to health.
Yoga teacher Rina Jakubowicz shares why you should be developing your intellect.
Sphinx Pose is the infant of backbends. It can be practiced with either an active or passive approach.
This side-reclining pose stretches the backs of the legs, the sides of the torso, and tones the belly.
Bridge Pose can be whatever you need—energizing, rejuvenating, or luxuriously restorative.
Sometimes called the Sage's Pose, Marichi's Pose is a wise addition to any practice.
Open wide into Prasarita Padottanasana I to increase flexibility by leaps and bounds.
Folding into Marichyasana I or Pose Dedicated to the Sage Marichi I calms your mind, extends your spine, and gives your internal organs a healthy squeeze.
These teenage yoga teachers are proving that there’s no age requirement for sharing your gifts with the world.
You may know Pincha Mayurasana or Feathered Peacock Pose by one of its common aliases: Forearm or Elbow Balance.
A counterpose to Trikonasana and preparation for seated forward bends and twists, this pose is key to a skilled practice.
This revolved variation of Utthita Parsvakonasana requires a lot of flexibility to twist so deeply and ground the back heel.
Check out YJ Editors's author page.
Intense Side Stretch Pose is done with the hands on the floor.
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.
A practice to help you wake up and face the day.
This twisting variation of Janu Sirsasana takes the classic forward bend to the next level of release.
An ab and deep hip flexor strengthener, Paripurna Navasana requires you to balance on the tripod of your sitting bones and tailbone.
This low lunge variation stretches the thighs and groins and opens the chest.
The ultimate yoga pose, Padmasana or Lotus Pose requires open hips and consistent practice.
Want to, like, connect with cosmic energy? Nataraja is another name for Shiva and his dance symbolizes cosmic energy. Natarajasana, or Lord of the Dance Pose.
Janu Sirsasana or Head-to-Knee Forward Bend is appropriate for all levels of student and a spinal twist to boot.
Learn to elevate the practice for your students, so they find purpose and meaning beyond the physical plane.
Our on-the-go culture places value on striving, but if you don’t accept who you are, you’re cheating yourself out of health, happiness, and feeling whole. Here, learn how to find refuge from judgment. (Hint: It’s closer than you think.)
This variation of High Lunge, sometimes called Crescent Pose, is a great preparation for the full version of Virabhadrasana I (Warrior I Pose).
This pose gently brings a greater awareness to the hip joints.
Take a leap of faith into Hanumanasana or Monkey Pose, named for a figure in Hindu mythology who did just that. And when faith doesn't get you all the way there, practice will.
Get Chef Suzy Singh's recipe for calming, grounding organic Carrot Coconut Curry.
Souljourn Yoga collaborates with local organizations in Cambodia, Peru, and Morocco to support girls’ education and empowerment.
Extend some love to your often neglected side body in Parighasana or Gate Pose.
You need strength, flexibility, and endurance, and unwavering concentration for Eagle Pose.
The garland pose stretches the ankles, groins, and back. If your heels don't reach the floor, rest them on a folded blanket.
A modification of Plank Pose, Forearm Plank Pose strengthens and tones the core, thighs, and arms.
Always striving to be somewhere other than where you are right now? Give this a try.
It is said that if you perform the fish pose in water, you will be able to float like a fish.
Pose Dedicated to the Sage Koundinya II tones the belly and spine, strengthens the arms and wrists, and gives your self-confidence a big boost.
Eka Pada Koundinyasana I or One Footed Pose Dedicated to the Sage Koundinya I has a lot going on—the twist, the legs going their separate ways, oh, and the arm balance. Master it.
Check out YJ Editors's author page.
Savasana is a pose of total relaxation—making it one of the most challenging.