Women's Health

Need a break during your cycle? Try this gentle sequence for menstruation.

Let this sequence be your go-to practice. By adapting the poses for different life stages, you can rely on it for decades.

A young yoga practitioner injures herself and then learns to listen to her body instead of her head by taking the word 'should' out of her practice.

Yoga and a plant-based diet may be the best choices for bone health.

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

Yoga can ease the pain and discomfort of osteoarthritis.

Natural remedies can help with managing your PMS symptoms. By making sure you are eating healthy and getting enough sleep, you won't have to reach for the pill bottle to relieve your symptoms.

Calming techniques taught in fertility yoga classes support women on the path to pregnancy.

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Lois Steinberg, Ph.D., details the practices taught to her by Geeta S. Iyengar for all phases of the menstrual cycle.

A study conducted by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, found women being treated for early-stage breast cancer who participated in a yoga program experienced a smaller decline in social well-being than women who did not do...

Packed with the right supplies, your health maintenance kit can offer all you need to stay protected and healthy on the road.

Using your yogic awareness during bodywork can lead to a more profound experience.

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Fighting cancer isn't easy, but giving up isn't an option. Yoga enhances physical and emotional wellness—and brings a peace many patients thought they lost forever.

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Are you doing everything you can to prevent breast cancer? Yoga can reduce your risk by stimulating lymph flow, strengthening the endocrine and immune systems, and improving your attitude toward your body.

Yoga poses might help take the pressure off the abdominal wall.

Water is good for body and soul, but you don't need to drink as much as you might think. Here's the truth about what's enough, plus five other myths about water.

Yoga teacher Jaki Nett investigates restorative yoga for fertility. Learn which poses have the best possible benefits to aid fertility and conception.

Why you should consider swapping inversions for restorative yoga poses during your period.

Different yoga systems have different answers. Sarah Powers addresses the debate of whether backbending during pregnancy is safe.

Which poses should you practice to reverse the effects of chronic stress? Our expert Roger Cole recommends a regular restorative sequence.

New research shows that yoga can relieve both psychological and physical symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. It also appears yoga can lift levels of an antidepressant-like hormone, allopregnanolone, typically low in chronic sufferers. Dr. Ratna Sharma, a physiologist at the All...

Yet another study that proves yoga does a body good: At Penn State they have found that women going through menopause who practice yoga feel better than those who don't. Yoga was "effective in enhancing positive mood and decreasing negative...