Poses by Anatomy

Integrate your entire being from head to toe to experience a vast connection between your innermost self and all things.

Use this practice to open and build awareness in your ajna chakra to begin to see everything in your life more clearly.

A well-tuned asana practice can free up energy and stimulate imbalanced chakras, paving the way for that wonderful internal shift for which yoga is known.

Upward-Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) is a pose that is commonly performed incorrectly. Here's the right way to do it.

Work with the visuddha chakra to create spaciousness around the throat and neck, through which profound spiritual truths can flow.

Use this sequence of heart openers to tune in to your anahata and inner voice and find the path to your heart’s calling.

Lord of the Dance Pose (Natarajasana) requires foundation, stability, concentration, flexibility, and balanced action -- everything you need as you set out to achieve your goals for the New Year.

Use core work, twists, and pranayama to target this fiery chakra and transform obstacles into assets and fear into freedom.

Use this hip-opening and forward-folding practice for the second chakra to unleash creativity as you cultivate fluidity in your pelvis.

Ready to give your mind, body, and soul a total health overhaul? Tune in to and tune up your subtle body.

Cultivate a sense of earthiness, radiance, and stability through asana, breath, and meditation in the first chakra flow.

Align and connect to your energy centers with this healing practice to get grounded and open up to possibilities.

We go inside yoga teacher Alexandria Crow's head to understand why straightening your arms is so key in so many poses.

Is sacroiliac joint dysfunction causing your back pain? Here’s how to tell, plus the best poses for relief.

Fire Log Pose (Double Pigeon) opens the hips and the groin, and releases tension, anxiety, and pent-up stress.

Hip openers bring release in many areas that are tight and bring a sense of release across the board to many practitioners.

Find length and stay centered to lift step by step into the One-Footed Pose dedicated to the Sage Koundinya I.

Try these subtle, yet safe tweaks to Chaturanga if you struggle with the pose.

Yoga teacher Natasha Rizopoulos shares her instructions to achieve this foundational pose. Plus, reap the benefits and avoid these mistakes.

Looking to boost your confidence? Try this sequence from yoga teacher Claire Missingham to open your hips and balance your lower energy centers.

Here's how to use the strength of your core and inner thighs to lift into this arm balance.

Kathryn Budig's Modifications for Safe Alignment in Standing Forward Bend

Kathryn Budig shares her instructions to get into Uttanasana. Plus, reap the benefits and avoid these mistakes.

Focus on deepening hip and shoulder flexibility to get ready for Tittibhasana.

Iyengar Yoga Instructor Julie Lawrence gives advice for how to recover gently from an ankle sprain.

For best results in the forward bend Parsvottanasana, use the alignment principles of backbends.

Amy Ippoliti's go-to shoulder opener to ease tension from sitting at a desk for too long.

Chant an activating mantra followed by a calming syllable in each pose to stimulate and balance the chakras.

Sculpt strong, lean legs and focus your intention with Malasana.

Here's how yoga not only opens your heart, but also protects your ticker in the long run.

The Girls' star is a big fan of yoga and bodyweight exercises to tighten, strengthen, and lengthen her muscles.

Try this simple warm-up to promote safe practice and healthy joints.

Add Upward Extended Foot Pose (Urdhva Prasarita Padasana) to your practice for flat abs.

Keep young and aging bones healthy with these yoga poses.

Almost all sports injuries are caused by imbalance in the body, says Sage Rountree. Here she explains how to achieve balance throughout the hips for greater comfort and freedom in your activities.

Build the power and foundation you need to transition between poses.

We all experience flexibility in some areas more so than others. Sage Rountree discusses the importance of balance in and around the hips and offers poses that help to create opening where needed.

You can resolve sacroiliac joint discomfort in the same place it started—on the mat.

Use this sequence of yoga poses to open and stretch your groins.

Sage Rountree suggests stretches to do anytime during your workday to release tension from your upper back and shoulders.

Dial in to the details for greater integrity in your forward folds.

The surprising key to soothing sciatica and lower back pain is a muscle you may never have heard of—the piriformis.

Let music move you through this chakra-focused, confidence-boosting flow.

Feel ease and increase flexibility in your hips with three propped hip-opening poses.

Free yourself from ordinary back pain by doing these five simple poses each day.

Road tripping? Leave stiff muscles behind with these poses targeted at car-bound bodies.

Move toward advanced backbends while keeping your shoulders safe and supported.

Try out this twisting sequence to rejuvenate your spine and boost energy.

Stave off back and neck pain with better posture.

Learn one simple alignment technique and three common poses to ensure pain-free backbends.

Find steadiness inside and out with this powerful leg-strengthening sequence.

Sage Rountree takes on the bane of athletes and yogis everywhere: tight hamstrings.

Twister, anyone? The pose that ties you up in knots also loosens up your mind, as you ride the wave of wobble.

Alignment is essential for the health of the knees. Unfortunately, practicing Triangle Pose too often without its counterpose can create an imbalance in the joint. Lean how to stay safe.

Grit your teeth and curse your teacher or give your body the support it needs to get more out of the pose.

Strengthen your lower back, free yourself from back pain in seated poses, and skillfully deepen your forward bends.

Free yourself from ordinary back pain by doing these 5 simple poses each day.

Learn to pay more attention to how you come in and out of Uttanasana and less to where you end up.

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Learn the grounding and backbending actions of Fish Pose for focus, energy, and a mood boost.

Stretch your hamstrings without straining your spine. Learn the basics of Supta Padangusthasana.

Strong and supple pelvic floor muscles help you stay high and dry.

Release negative emotions and improve your alignment by opening the muscles around your hips.

Take a playful approach to building strength and flexibility in your torso with arm balances.

Yogis do it better—yet again. Trade your slouch for a squat to strengthen your ankles and abs and extend your spine.

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Sure, a crunch works your abs, but Boat Pose? It can build strength all the way to the core of your very being.

Liberate your upper body for better backbending by focusing on your latissimus dorsi muscles.

Put your feet through basic training for a strong, light, and lifted Warrior 1.

Take a spin in Bharadvaja's Twist to massage your abdominal organs and stretch your spine, shoulders, and hips.

There's a great divide among yoga teachers about the correct way to use the glutes in backbends. Get the backstory.

To enjoy all the benefits a forward bend has to offer, find just the right amount of rounding in your back.

Once you find balance in Half Moon Pose, radiate and extend in all directions to strengthen your legs, hips, and core.

The best preparation for a big backbend is a baby one. Locust Pose works the actions and strength needed for bigger bends.

Learning the fundamentals of this key yoga pose sets a strong foundation for the rest of your practice.

Keeping your hip points squared straight ahead may not always be best in twists.

One poetic translation of Camatkarasana means "the ecstatic unfolding of the enraptured heart."

Stand strong and avoid injury by learning how to prevent hyperextension of this vulnerable joint.

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Prepare for inversions by strengthening your arms and core in Dolphin Pose.