Meagan McCrary

Because you shouldn't have to suffer through your practice.

Yoga teacher Meagan McCrary's injury forced her to roll up her mat, but it helped her remember and return to many of the things she loved about yoga to begin with.

Yoga teacher Meagan McCrary spoke to a handful of prominent vinyasa yoga teachers about the current state of the practice and their concerns for the future of the flow. Here, she highlights some of the top-line thought and conversation starters for teachers.

Opens your shoulders and chest in Setu Bandha Sarvangasana.

Modify Setu Bandha Sarvangasana if needed to find safe alignment in your body.

Open your shoulders, chest, and upper back, and practice rooting down through your forearms and lifting your shoulders away from the floor with these prep poses for Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana.

Root your forearms, lift your shoulders, curl your chest open, and extend through your spine and legs as you move step by step into Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana.

From opening the body to stabilizing a pose, there are many ways the wall can assist you in your yoga practice. Discover 8 ways to modify, deepen, and explore poses with the one prop everyone has at home.

We look at three of the riskiest poses commonly practiced in yoga and how to modify them for your and your students’ safety.

Let’s face it, a lot of what we do with our bodies on the mat looks a bit ridiculous. It’s healthy to take a step back from time to time, lighten the mood, and note the absurdity of it all.

Need yoga lesson planning inspiration? Use these tips to stay inspired when creating new sequences for your yoga classes, so you and your students will never get bored.

A lot of new yoga teachers feel lost and slightly overwhelmed once the cocoon of Teacher Training has been shed. Learn how to get your yoga teaching career started.

With yoga continually evolving, CE is crucial for teachers. Here, five tips for getting the most you can out of your time as a student.

Steal these three three core-building balance moves from The YogaSlackers to cultivate slackline-ready strength.

When the square footage of your mat starts to feel small, consider taking your practice outdoors with these 5 adventure sports perfect for yogis.

How do you know if the option you’ve chosen is best for you? This fun and revealing guide can help you pick the right class.

One of the biggest changes in yoga since 1975? The sheer number of poses. Here, we look at how social media and creativity spurs asana innovation.

YJ LIVE! presenter Rolf Gates walks us through the nuances of designing a 7-part yoga sequence that touches on each of the seven chakras.

Leslie Kaminoff says never say never about a yoga pose and that the key to safely teaching asana is shifting the focus to svadyaya.

With the yoga community's recent head-spinning debate on this pose, we turned to anatomy experts Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews for guidance.

YJ LIVE! presenters Natasha Rizopoulos and Amy Ippoliti offer tips for finding a YTT teacher who is a perfect fit for you.

Kathryn Budig answers, explaining there’s only one way to know when the time is right—and it has nothing to do with advanced asana.

Prevent injury in one of the body’s most vulnerable joints.

Considering yoga teacher training? 90 Monkeys co-founder Amy Ippoliti suggests you start by asking yourself some tough questions.