Poses for Your Knees

Here's how to take care of one the most important joints in your body.

These gentle yoga postures stretch your IT band and the surrounding muscles, reducing pain and discomfort.

Because there's more to life than hip openers.

Bound Angle Pose, or Baddha Konasana, opens the deepest part of the hip muscles.

Open wide into Prasarita Padottanasana to increase flexibility by leaps and bounds.

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

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana is a deep hip opener and forward bend that you should approach consciously to reap its many benefits.

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

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.

Uttanasana will wake up your hamstrings and soothe your mind.

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

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.

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

These accessible yoga positions can stabilize and support your joints and reduce pain.

No student should have to withstand knee pain in a pose. Here are simple modifications for five basic yoga poses to offer your students.

Yoga teacher Aadil Palkhivala shares his instructions to achieve Janu Sirsasana. Plus, reap the benefits and avoid these mistakes.

Modify Janu Sirsasana if needed to find safe alignment for your body.

Find length in the sides of your body and a deeper twist as you move step by step into Parivrtta Janu Sirsana.