Carrie Owerko

Go ahead—take up space.

Yes, it's possible to strengthen—and stretch—your abdominal muscles at the same time.

This 30-minute sequence is like a long exhalation at the end of the day. Trust us: Your hips and shoulders will thank you.

Got cranky hips or less-than-stable legs? Try this dynamic yoga practice to stretch and strengthen your lower body.

This practice will nourish your feet, ankles, knees, hips and spine.

This flow will help you activate and enliven your “whole-body core” and improve your balance and motor control.

This fun practice from yoga teacher Carrie Owerko is a fun way to build strength and agility.

Using a chair as a launch pad to toggle between Kurmasana and Tittibhasana is a great way to build mobility and challenge your balance. Ready to give it a try?

Try this strap trick to increase postural awareness in the upper back and shoulders—and relieve the excess tension that accumulates there.

Learn how to use a chair and a block in Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose to both ground and expand the posture all at once.

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Variations on classic poses helps create new pathways within your nervous system and open you up to possibility.

Senior Iyengar Yoga teacher Carrie Owerko offers an alternative approach to One-Legged Crane Pose II. Go ahead, take flight.

Carrie Owerko shows us how repetition and novelty are both important in daily practice.

Try these liberating variations of Ustrasana (Camel Pose) from senior Iyengar Yoga teacher Carrie Owerko.

Carrie Owerko calls herself a nontraditional Iyengar Yoga teacher. While the lineage of Iyengar has a reputation for being strict and methodical, Owerko is driven by a love of exploration. A certified senior Iyengar yoga teacher with 20 years of study and work in movement and theater, Owerko chooses to focus on the playful experimental side of the practice.

King Pigeon Pose is about balancing stability and fluidity, in both your body and mind. Grab a strap, folding chair, and blanket and let’s get started!

Open your chest and shoulders and 
challenge your balance as you move step by step into Eka Pada Rajakapotasana II.

Modify Virabhadrasana I if needed to find safe alignment in your body.

Open your hips and stabilize your knees to refine your Warrior I with Carrie Owerko, who leads Yoga Journal's Iyengar 101 course.

Use this mini sequence—from Down Dog to Half Moon Pose—as a fun moving meditation to find core and leg stability that may help you balance, even momentarily, in Handstand.

These three fun variations of Utthita Trikonasana (Triangle) show you how to practice and play with this pose.