Poses for Your Heart
Heart-opening yoga poses like Bow Pose and Cobra can help you heal your body, mind, and spirit.
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Yes, Yoga Is Good for Your Heart. Here’s Why
Forget “traditional” forms of cardio. These three yoga practices are proven to improve heart health.
Add a Little Play to Your Day With This Uplifting Yoga Sequence
Trust us, it sparks joy.
This Comforting Practice Starts With Savasana
Because in order to navigate a chaotic world, you need to begin with nurturing yourself.
6 Yoga Poses for High Blood Pressure
Recent studies have shown the benefit that yoga can have on hypertension. Here's a gentle practice to get you started.
This Restorative Sequence Will Break Down the Wall Around Your Heart
You can't avoid sadness and trauma, but your practice can help you move from pain to peace.
A Heart-Opening Sequence—With a 3D Twist
These postures will move your heart space in every direction.
Forearm Plank | Dolphin Plank Pose
A modification of Plank Pose, Forearm Plank strengthens and tones the core, thighs, and arms.
Cat Pose
How to avoid falling into autopilot while practicing this basic—but beneficial—stretch.
Cow Pose
Bitilasana is an easy, gentle way to warm up the spine before a more vigorous practice.
Reverse Plank | Upward Plank Pose
Purvottanasana counteracts the effects of Chaturanga by stretching the pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, and anterior deltoids.
Bound Angle Pose
Bound Angle Pose, or Baddha Konasana, opens the deepest part of the hip muscles.
Staff Pose
It might look straightforward, but there's more to Dandasana than meets the eye.
5 Poses to Cultivate Gratitude for Your Practice—No Matter What It Looks Like
When was the last time you gave thanks for your ability to move through your yoga practice?
The Full Moon in Taurus Aligns With a Lunar Eclipse. Here’s How to Navigate It
It's time to find your center. This practice for the full moon brings you back to your truest source of strength and stability—you.
Easy Pose
Don't let the name fool you. If you're used to sitting in chairs, Easy Pose (or Sukhasana) can be quite challenging.
Bridge Pose
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana can be whatever you need—energizing, rejuvenating, or luxuriously restorative.
Chair Pose
Utkatasana powerfully strengthens the muscles of the arms and legs, but it also stimulates the diaphragm and heart.
Bow Pose
Bend back into the shape of a bow to feel energetically locked, loaded, and ready to take aim.
Gentle Heart Openers for Times When You’re Feeling Vulnerable
Try this gentle sequence to attune to your body and heart wisdom
Challenge Pose: Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)
Strengthen your back and open your shoulders and chest as you move step by step into Dhanurasana.
Big Gal Yoga’s Heart-Opening Sequence That Will Make You Love Yourself Again
Need a boost? Expect this sequence from Valerie Sagun (aka Big Gal Yoga) to open your heart, silence negative thoughts, ease stress—and show you everything there is to love about your body.
Pose of the Week: Crescent Lunge
This heart-opening pose is perfect for Valentine’s Day. When you are open and available, you are present to truly give and receive love.
Two Fit Moms’ Heart-Opening Partner Yoga Sequence
Grab a partner and celebrate American Heart Month with this chest-opening sequence from Two Fit Moms.
Guard Your Heart
Here's how yoga not only opens your heart, but also protects your ticker in the long run.
More proof yoga good for your heart
According to Reuters, recent studies conducted in Sweden and India show that yoga can reverse biochemical changes associated with high blood pressure, obesity, and high blood sugar. Waist circumference, blood pressure, blood sugar, and triglycerides were significantly lower, and "good"...
Yoga aids heart failure patients
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Extended Puppy Pose
A cross between Child's Pose and Downward-Facing Dog, Extended Puppy Pose lengthens the spine and calms the mind.
Upward Facing Two-Foot Staff Pose
Can you practice Wheel with straight arms and Headstand without strain? Then, you're ready.
Extended Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose
In Extended Hand-to-big-toe Pose, maintaining solid grounding through the standing foot helps keep you steady.
King Pigeon Pose
Kapotasana invigorates your body and gives your spirits a lift. This extremely deep backbend is appropriate for advanced practitioners only.
Half Frog Pose
Ease up into Half Frog Pose, called Ardha Bhekasana in Sanskrit. This pose strengthens the back while gently opening up the shoulders, chest, and thighs—a loving treat for the entire body.
Sphinx Pose
Sphinx Pose is the infant of backbends. It can be practiced with either an active or passive approach.
Big Toe Pose
This pose gently lengthens and strengthens even stubbornly tight hamstrings.
Dolphin Pose
Dolphin Pose strengthens the core, arms, and legs, while also nicely opening the shoulders.
Reclining Bound Angle Pose
A classic restorative posture, Supta Baddha Konasana or Reclining Bound Angle Pose can be modified for any level of hip and groin resistance.
Salutation Seal
Practicing Anjali Mudra is an excellent way to induce a meditative state of awareness.
Cobra Pose
By providing a conscious opening in the chest and stretch in the shoulders, Cobra Pose, called Bhujangasana in Sanskrit, fights fatigue and relieves lower back pain, boosting both the energetic and the physical body.