Balancing Yoga Poses

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A classic standing posture, Vrksasana establishes strength and balance, and helps you feel centered, steady and grounded.

Challenge your balance and stretch your body in all the same ways as Vasisthasana, while dialing down the difficulty.

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.

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

Adho Mukha Vrksasana boosts energy and confidence, and can literally give you a new perspective on life.

A standing posture centered around balance, Virabhadrasana III will strengthen your legs, ankles, and core.

Standing on your head in Salamba Sirsasana strengthens the whole body and calms the brain.

A powerful arm and wrist strengthener, Side Plank takes its two-armed sibling to the next level, as an arm balance.

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It takes more than a pedicure to truly care for your feet. Here’s how to find more stability in yoga—and in life—by giving your feet some TLC.

Natarajasana is a posture you can choose to "perform" or do with curiosity. And the best way to better observe your movements in this pose is by adding props.

Use these prep poses to open your body for One-Legged King Pigeon Pose II.

How to move from Utthita Hasta
Padangusthasana to Eka Pada Vasisthasana.

Lord of the Dance Pose (Natarajasana) requires foundation, stability, concentration, flexibility, and balanced action -- everything you need as you set out to achieve your goals for the New Year.

Happy equinox! Celebrate the equal split between day and night with this graceful balancing sequence.

This playful AcroYoga sequence puts you in touch with the physical and introspective sides of acrobatic asana.

This pose sequence is perfect to help trail runners increase endurance and stability.

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Balance, strengthen, and lengthen in Half Moon Pose.

When you practice skillful actions, Vishnu's pose can feel as relaxed and peaceful as it looks.

Prepare yourself for life's inevitable storms by cultivating better balance and stability.

Hips don't lie, and Tree Pose lets them sing their truth. Work withing your body's limitations for steadiness.

Twister, anyone? The pose that ties you up in knots also loosens up your mind, as you ride the wave of wobble.

This side-reclining pose stretches the backs of the legs, the sides of the torso, and tones the belly.

In Extended Hand-to-big-toe Pose, maintaining solid grounding through the standing foot helps keep you steady.

To find your balance in Tree Pose, plant deep roots to get grounded.

One-legged poses give us a chance to find our center of gravity and dance around its edges. Here's how to still the wobbling and create a sense of fluid stability.

Dance with cosmic energy in this challenging yet graceful balancing pose that relies on equal parts effort and ease.

Say hello to leg and ankle strength as you seek stability and extend into this balancing pose, Half Moon Pose.

Learn how your body's midline is key to balancing in Tree Pose.

These tips for balancing will make challenging poses easier when you're first learning yoga.

This version of Shoulderstand is performed with blanket support under the shoulders.