Ray Long, MD

When done properly, twists have the potential to help your low back feel great. Here are three poses to help you relieve low back pain.

You can learn to consciously utilize muscles, like the psoas, that tend to do their own thing, and when you do, it can transform your yoga practice.

These poses help to awaken the psoas, activating different parts of the muscle so that it’s ultimately easier for the brain to fire it up.

Whatever the root cause of your slumping, your yoga practice can help alleviate any resulting pain or dips in mood by bringing more balance to the muscles in your chest, upper back, and neck.

Balancing forces is particularly crucial when it comes to addressing the feeling of “tightness” many of us have in our hips.

To work on activating the muscles of the hips to find more balance, try this sequence.

These poses help release tension from the belly, ribs, and back. Try them before belly breathing—or any pranayama practice.

Common yoga cues intended to protect the knee during practice focus on the quadriceps, but Ray Long, MD, says they’re missing some other key muscles.

A simple, mindful big-toe adjustment can create stability in the bones, ligaments, and muscles of the feet, enhancing the mind-body connection and creating a secure foundation for safe and comfortably aligned poses.

Release workday upper crossed syndrome pain with four relaxing poses to relieve a tight and weak neck.