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Beginner Yoga How-To

5 Best Hip Flexor Stretches to Counteract All That Sitting

Your lower back will thank you.

Julie Gudmestad

YJ Editors

Beginner Yoga How-To

7 Ways You Can Modify Yoga Poses for Low Back Pain

Meagan McCrary

YJ Editors

Ayurveda

If You’re Not Doing This in Your Yoga Practice, You’re Missing Out on Key Benefits

Jessica Levine

Beginner Yoga How-To

6 Mistakes You Might Be Making in Sun Salutations (And How to Correct Them)

Jason Crandell

Beginner Yoga How-To

3 Things You Need for a Stronger Chaturanga

Find safer and more stable alignment.

Jason Crandell

What Is Pranayama?

YJ Editors

Four-Limbed Staff Pose | Chaturanga Dandasana

YJ Editors

Standing Forward Bend

Mountain Pose

YJ Editors

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Flowing Through Sun Salutations

YJ Staff

The Secret to a Powerful, Pain-Free Cobra Stretch

Annie Carpenter

Plank Pose

YJ Editors

Yoga Anatomy: Use Yoga to Ease Neck Tension from Slouching

MD

Ray Long

What’s So Sacred About the Number 108?

YJ Editors

How to Practice Sun Salutations in Bed

Jivana Heyman

How to Practice Sun Salutations in a Chair

Jivana Heyman

How to Use a Wall for Sun Salutations

Jivana Heyman

7 Yoga Teachers Share Their Favorite Morning Stretches

Bee Creel

How to Evolve Your Sun Salutation at Every Age

Ellen Patrick

22 Beginner Poses Every Yogi Needs to Know

Samantha Trueheart

Celebrate the Solar Eclipse with This Moon Salutation

Tasha Eichenseher

5 Things Shiva Rea Teaches That Take Sun Salutes to the Next Level

YJ Editor

7 Rituals to Turn Your Sun Salutations Into a Moving Meditation

YJ Editor

3 Ways to Modify Bridge Pose

Meagan McCrary

Why Sun Salutations Are So Much More Than Just a Warm-Up

Deanna Michalopoulos

Where Did Sun Salutations Come From?

Deanna Michalopoulos

Celebrate Summer Solstice with Shiva Rea’s Sun-Saluting Meditation

Demetri Velisarius

Master Revolved Abdomen Pose

Tias Little

The Mudra You Need to Find Your Deep Soul Glow

Sianna Sherman

The Mudra You Need to Courageously Follow Your Heart

Sianna Sherman

Curvy Yoga: 3 Ways to Make Space for Your Belly in Any Pose

ANNA GUEST-JELLEY

4 Side Bends You Didn’t Know You Needed

Kathryn Budig

Jessamyn Stanley Gets Real About Motivation + Fear with Beginners

Jessamyn Stanley

4 Yoga Poses for Better Posture, Less Neck Pain

Ray Long, MD

6 Steps to Master Uttana Shishosana (Extended Puppy Pose)

Liz Arch

3 Unconventional Ways to Warm Up For Garudasana (Eagle Pose)

Robyn Capobianco

Prevent Yoga Injuries: 3 Risky Poses You Can Make Safer

Meagan McCrary

DIY Plank Challenge: How Long Can You Hold It?

Kristen Kemp

Master Fish Pose in 5 Steps

Cyndi Lee

A Yoga Sequence to Help You Support a Daily Practice (and a Calmer You)

Francesca Bove

Kino MacGregor’s 7-Pose Yoga Break for Stress Relief

Kino MacGregor

Baptiste Yoga: 6 Common Pose Mistakes & How to Fix Them

Leah Cullis

10-Minute Homework Break Yoga for a Mind + Body Reboot

Erika Prafder

These 16 Desk Yoga Poses Are Perfect for the Office

Elena Brower

A Core-Awakening Sun Salutation for Lower Back Support

Andrea Rice

1 Pose, 4 Ways: Hanumanasana (Monkey Pose)

Kathryn Budig

Back to Basics: Don’t Rush Revolved Crescent Lunge

TIFFANY RUSSO

Back to Basics: Three-Legged Down Dog Dissected

TIFFANY RUSSO

The Beauty of Being a Beginner

Kathryn Budig

Back to Basics: Upward-Facing Dog Breakdown

TIFFANY RUSSO

Back to Basics: Advance Your Standing Forward Bend

TIFFANY RUSSO

14-Minute Stress-Reducing Office Yoga for Type A’s

BILL GIEBLER

Day 20: Get the most out of your Savasana

Carin Gorrell

Your Go-To Grounding Pose For Fall: Tadasana

Jean Koerner

Day 16: A soothing bedtime breathing technique

Carin Gorrell

Day 9: Shake up your Sun Salutes to enhance your routine

Carin Gorrell

Two Fit Moms’ Energizing Back-to-School Sun Salutation

Laura Kasperzak

Masumi Goldman

4 Steps To Free Yourself from Fear of Inversions

Rina Jakubowicz

Target Tight + Weak Spots: A New Way To Do Bow Pose

Alexandria Crow

3 Ways to Help You Get into Crow Pose in Yoga

Erin Motz

7 Cool Poses to Beat the Heat

Kristen Kemp

Surya Namaskar Is All You Need, Study Shows

Yelena Moroz Alpert

3 Ways To Modify Dolphin Pose With Props

Maty Ezraty

Vinyasa 101: How Do I Know If I’m Sagging In a Pose?

Eddie Modestini

6 Steps to Tame Anxiety: Meditation + Seated Poses

Lynn Stoller

Vinyasa 101: 4 Ways to Avoid Yoga Injuries

Eddie Modestini

The Happiness-Boosting Pose You Need in Your Practice

Danielle Diamond

Alignment Cues Decoded: “Wrist Creases Parallel”

Alexandria Crow

Goddess Yoga Project: Defeat Fear With Sword Breath

Sianna Sherman

A Viniyoga Sun Salutation to Restore Your Body + Soul

Robin Rothenberg

Up for Challenge? Try This Creative Ashtanga Sun Salutation

Tim Miller

Kundalini Sun Salutation to Experience a Spiritual Awakening

Joan Shivarpita Harrigan

Wake Up + Revive: 3 Sun Salutation Practices

Hillari Dowdle

3 Creative Spins on Sun Salutations: Mix Up Your Next Sequence

YJ Editors

The Goddess Every Vinyasa-Flow Fan MUST Know

Sianna Sherman

3 Ways to Make Fire Log Pose Feel Better

Erin Motz

Alignment Cues Decoded: “Engage Your Core”

Alexandria Crow

3-Step Core Prep for Crow Pose (Bakasana)

Kathryn Budig

8 Yoga Poses to Strengthen Your Wrists

MD

Ray Long

Learn How to Protect Your Wrists in Your Practice

Ray Long

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