Poses by Benefit

Movement in your body leads to movement in your life. Shrink Session founder Erin Stutland combines the mindfulness of yoga with heart-pumping cardio.

Our writer spent a day with Annie Carpenter at YJ LIVE! and came away with a newfound respect for her feet. Use this sequence as your owner’s manual.

Got low back pain? Adopt these three slow, subtle yoga strategies from Tias Little to get more relief out of each practice.

Police officers, firefighters, and others who face extreme stress and trauma on a regular basis can find peace in asana, breath, and affirmation.

Fight frenzied Fall energy with this grounding sequence designed for the outdoors. Go ahead, get your feet dirty and feel the earth between your toes.

Is it safe to get your om on at that time of the month? Teens, learn what yoga can teach you about listening to your body and practicing self-care.

Spending quiet time in wooded areas is viewed as good medicine in Japan, and the practice—Shinrin-yoku—is catching on here.

While anxiety is natural, experts say certain yoga postures can relieve students’ first-day nerves. Start school stress-free.

Big night out? Nerves are normal. Fortunately, yoga can help you to relax and put your best self forward.

Tame anxiety with this short meditation and seated sequence.

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Feeling discontent, dissatisfied or down? Heart-opening yoga poses, such as Wheel (Upward Bow) Pose, are the perfect Rx.

If you've struggled with meditation but buy into the benefits, it's time to try yoga nidra. This systematic relaxation brings ease to the very deepest layers of our being.

Colleen Saidman Yee offers poses from her new memoir, Yoga for Life, to release anxiety and trauma from body parts that commonly hold it.

Release tension and pain by working with your tissue. Bo Forbes shows you how to target hotspots in the shoulders and lower back.

Visualize yourself on an Aruban beach as you challenge your core, balance, and shoulders in this sequence from Rachel Brathen's new book.

Although standing orients your spine into proper posture, standing for too long can cause back pain. Incorporating a yoga routine can help relieve pain.

A personal affirmation practice can boost your problem-solving skills when you’re stressed and afraid to take the next step. Here's how to create yours.

Beat your holiday hangover with this relaxing practice to decompress before bed for a super-satisfying night’s sleep.

Masumi Goldman and Laura Kasperzak's twisting, hip-opening, feel-good flow melts the stress of the day and sets you up for sleep.

Masumi Goldman and Laura Kasperzak's twisting, hip-opening, feel-good flow melts the stress of the day and sets you up for sleep.

Laura Kasperzak and Masumi Goldman have a practice and tips to wake up even the latest night owls.

Not drugs, therapy, or even asana quieted this yoga teacher’s anxiety. Get the trick that worked.

Teacher Alexandria Crow explains why yoga’s biggest benefits have nothing to do with mastering advanced asanas and everything to do with mastering the mind.

Move through and beyond loss with a practice that opens both heart and mind, offers strength and comfort in the present, and prepares you for the next leap of faith or love.

Need a break from life? Recharge your batteries with this relaxing flow.

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

Try these 15 soothing poses to get rid of all that tension you’re carrying around.

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

Feeling frazzled and in need of a yoga retreat—but an exotic getaway is not in the budget? Here’s how to design your own thrifty yoga staycation.

Baxter Bell, MD, explains how yoga helps tackle the most common causes of insomnia and can lead to better sleep.

Put down your holiday to-do list and try these tips for staying grounded and feeling serene all season long.

From simple lifestyle changes to breathing techniques and relaxing poses, these tips can help you sleep soundly.

Prenatal yoga can prepare your mind, body, and spirit for motherhood.

So you think you can't do yoga? Flexibility develops over time. Practicing Janu Sirsasana is a start.

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

Can't sleep? Yoga practice and philosophy can help you let go and find rest.

Keep young and aging bones healthy with these yoga poses.

Boost energy by strengthening and lengthening the side body in Utthita Parsvakonasana.

Water-loving yogis play with balance, focus, and core strength by taking their practice offshore.

A panic disorder had Rashel Fitchett sick with anxiety and fear, until pranayama helped restore peace in her life.

Feeling down? Try this sequence of gentle supportive yoga poses.

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

Relieve a tension headache with this yoga sequence designed for focused relaxation.

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

Find balance between strength and flexibility in Adho Mukha Svanasana.

Brent Kessel reflects on the value of getting present in his yoga practice and every aspect of life– even in dealing with finances.

You'll feel calmer and more centered after these practices.

Connect with the warmth of the sun as you nourish your body and spirit with this revitalizing sequence.

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

Yoga proves to be an ideal approach to self-care for cancer survivors.

Try this torso-toning twisting sequence for better digestion.

Yoga programs around the country help soldiers returning from war to find relief from PTSD.

No one ever increased flexibility by flopping. Learn to fold with awareness into Prasarita Padottanasana.

Yoga poses and a bonus dietary tip to help reduce the effects of seasonal allergies.

Stave off back and neck pain with better posture.

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

A proven antidote to anxiety, yoga nidra has been adopted by veterans, recovering addicts, and average stressed-out people.

Relieve anxiety naturally with poses that unlock your breath.

Get your inner glow on with gently flowing, quieting Moon Salutations.

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

We can't give you more PTO, but we can teach you how to cruise into Supta Baddha Konasana to recharge.

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

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

Yoga can transform your reactions, improve your health, and help you embody grace under pressure.

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.

No time to do everything? Take a few minutes to do nothing in Viparita Karani.

How can I not freak out in uncertain economic times?

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

Inversions are considered some of the most essential of yoga poses. Start getting the benefits of being upside down.

Brings your body and mind back into balance by practicing these simple yoga routines.

Get a good night's sleep by retiring old habits and starting a gentle, bedtime yoga practice.

Awareness is the first step in releasing painful tension in your jaw.

For a radically different approach to weight loss, start not with diet and exercise but with connecting to yourself.

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

Yoga teacher Rod Stryker explains how yoga can help you unlock your life-force to feel happier and energized all day.

Use restorative yoga to combat seasonal affective disorder, a form of winter depression triggered by a lack of sunlight.

Kelly McGonigal, PhD, a yoga teacher and health psychologist at Stanford University, shares tips for dealing with chronic pain through yoga and meditation.

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