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Are you ready to get upside down? Adho Mukha Vrksasana boost your energy—and confidence.

Pincha Mayurasana tones your arms and shoulders, and is a good pose to balance in before practicing an unsupported Handstand.

A classic twisting posture, Ardha Matsyendrasana helps with digestion and improves postural awareness.

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

Halasana is an inversion that will offer you new perspectives on your practice.

Viparita Karani calms your nervous system and relaxes your breathing, while refreshing your legs and giving your entire body a reset.

Virabhadrasana II is a classic hip opener that challenges you to draw on your inner warrior in more ways than one.

Paschimottanasana, a classic forward fold, calms your mind while stretching the back of your body from head to heels.

Padmasana creates an essential foundation for your meditation practice, while simultaneously stretching the front of your thighs and ankles.

Build leg and ankle strength as you seek stability and extend into Ardha Chandrasana.

Marichyasana III, a seated twist, helps with spine mobility and strengthening your back muscles.

Janu Sirsasana is appropriate for all levels and stretches your entire back body, from your heel to your head.

Prasarita Padottanasana, a forward bend, offers relief to your chest, legs and head.

Work consciously to ground through your hands and feet in Parsvottanasana to encourage balance and body awareness—and help inspire confidence.

In Virabhadrasana III, you'll work on stretching, strengthening, and stabilizing your legs and core.

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

Salamba Sirsasana lets you experiment with unfamiliar perspectives, test your strength, and address your fears.

One of yoga's most widely recognized poses, Adho Mukha Svanasana strengthens the core and improves circulation, while providing a delicious, full-body stretch.

A challenging arm-balancing posture, Vasisthasana strengthens your core, shoulders, and wrists, but also shows you that you can do hard things.

Don't let the name fool you. If you're used to sitting in chairs, Sukhasana can be quite challenging.

Chaturanga Dandasana is not merely a push-up. This pivotal yoga pose is instrumental—so it's important to practice it properly.

Extended Triangle Pose is a quintessential standing pose that stretches and strengthens the whole body.

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana can be whatever you need—energizing, rejuvenating, or luxuriously restorative.

Setu Bandha Sarvangasana can be whatever you need—energizing, rejuvenating, or luxuriously restorative.

Chaturanga Dandasana is not merely a push-up. This pivotal yoga pose is instrumental to your practice—and requires you to summon strength throughout your body.

Utkatasana builds powerful legs and strong arms while stimulating the diaphragm and heart.

Utthita Trikonasana is a classic standing pose with a reach and rootedness that stretches and strengthens the whole body.

Uttanasana is a simple yet effective forward fold that urges you toward greater flexibility along your back body—from your heels to your head.

Reach! Find length in your side body, from your heel to your fingertips with Utthita Parsvakonasana.

Find length in your side body, from your heel to your fingertips with Extended Side Angle Pose.

One of yoga's most widely recognized poses, Adho Mukha Svanasana strengthens your core and provides a delicious, full-body stretch.

Bump up your energy (and confidence!) by bending back into Camel Pose. Ustrasana counteracts slouching and relieves lower back pain with a generous, heart-opening stretch.

Lift your heart—and your energy—by bending back into Ustrasana. This pose counteracts slouching and relieves lower back pain with a generous, upward stretch.

A fundamental standing posture, Virabhadrasana I balances flexibility and strength in true warrior fashion.

Virabhadrasana 1 is a foundational yoga pose that balances flexibility and strength in true warrior fashion.

An arm balance targeting full-body strength, Purvottanasana is the ideal counterpose to the countless Chaturangas you've done in your lifetime.

Purvottanasana counteracts the effects of Chaturanga by stretching the pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, and anterior deltoids.

Take a break. Balasana is a restful pose that can be sequenced between more challenging asanas.

Take a break. Balasana is a restful pose that can be sequenced between more challenging asanas.

YJ contributors share how they move through changes in their own lives.

Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose, or Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana, offers a deep, vivid stretch to the side body paired with loving and heart-opening movement.

An intense side stretch, Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana allows you to experience the connection between your breath and movement through subtle (and intentional) adjustments.

Boat Pose, or Paripurna Navasana, requires you to balance on the tripod of your sitting bones and tailbone to build mental and physical focus, inspiring a full-body awareness.

Yes, Paripurna Navasana builds core strength, but it will also take you on an inward journey from the periphery of your body to the core of your being.

As a twisting pose, Parivrtta Trikonasana focuses on full-body flexibility and strength.

Savasana is a pose of total relaxation—making it one of the most challenging.

The basis of all yoga postures, Tadasana is a grounding pose, a place to begin your practice.

Savasana is a pose of total relaxation—making it one of the most challenging.

The foundation of all standing poses, Mountain Pose makes a great a starting position, resting pose, or tool to improve posture.

We see you! Logging hours and hours of screen time can wreak havoc on your eyes. Here are some yoga exercises that can help.

Summer sun left your skin dry and dull? Give yourself an at-home facial with these picks that are guaranteed to soften fine lines and make skin radiant and smooth.

Bend back into the shape of a bow to feel energetically locked, loaded, and ready to take aim.

Bend back into the shape of a bow to feel energetically locked, loaded, and ready to take aim.

The first of four poses in the Ashtanga primary series, Marichyasana allows you to work on lower body flexibility and stretch your leg muscles.

Want to fly? Fire up your core. Firefly pose is an arm balance pose that requires more core than arm strength.

No need to run home to change—toss these items in your yoga bag and you'll be ready for wherever the day takes you.

Tap into the warrior power of the Hindu goddess with this practice from Sianna Sherman.

Yes, Baby Bakasana is a thing. And if you haven't tried it, here are four simple steps to get you there.

Cultivate compassion and get your energy flowing with these chakra meditations.

A 22 minute meditation for self care with Amina Naru, cofounder of Retreat to Spirit and the founder and director of Posh Yoga.

Pamela Stokes Eggleston, cofounder of Retreat to Spirit and the founder and director of Yoga2Sleep, shares her 17-minute evening self-care routine.

Amina Naru shares a 25-minute self-care routine for letting go.

Acknowledge your fears so you can move past them to find a place of abundance and security.

Sitting all day can do a number on your body and mind. These practices will help you work out the kinks in your back, relax your stiff shoulders, and create space in your mind and body.

Try this Yoga Nidra practice for whole body relaxation taught by Chelsea Jackson Roberts.

Find joy and gratitude with this meditation from author and spiritual coach Lalah Delia.

An 8-minute meditation for cultivating sustainable energy.

A 30 minute practice exploring alternate nostril breathing.

Cyndi Lee, the first female Western yoga teacher to fully integrate yoga asana and Tibetan Buddhism in her practice and teaching, shares a 12-minute mindfulness meditation.

Strengthen your sense of compassion with this 12-minute meditation for loving kindness.

Find a sense of peace and calm with this sound bath meditation.

Maybe it's not what you do that keeps you awake at night, but what you don't do. These three stretches can help fix that.

When you wake up feeling less than fresh, these self-care practices can give you the boost you need.

Activate your heart chakra with this Kriya meditation with Alan Finger.

It’s not just about pleasure or sex. Tantra promises a closer connection to the divine through deeper intimacy with others.

Discover the signs of blocked energy in the crown chakra, or sahasrara, and how you may benefit from aligning it.

Support your adrenals with this 10-minute meditation with women’s health and Chinese Medicine practitioner Maria Villella