Yoga Poses

Colleen Saidman Yee, who teaches Yoga Journal's upcoming Yoga for Inner Peace online course, demonstrates a rocking sequence for fighting fear and promoting positive thinking.

Will practicing yoga during 
a painful attack help ease the pain—or make it worse?

Readers share their favorite mudras (hand gestures).

The mudras and the Reiki hand positions can be used in tandem with the Yees’ asana sequence or separately to help you find calm.

Urban Zen helps sick patients and their caregivers overcome pain, 
anxiety, nausea, insomnia, constipation, and exhaustion through yoga.

This combination of restorative yoga, meditation, essential oils, and Reiki—
from dream team Colleen Saidman Yee and Rodney Yee—will help 
ease anxiety and insomnia to deliver your best night’s zzz’s.

In Yoga Journal's upcoming online course, Yoga for Inner Peace, Colleen Saidman Yee offers yogic practices to transform your body, mind, and heart, and support YOU in your personal journey toward inner peace.

Strengthen your core and shoulders and develop better balance as you move step by step into Eka Pada Vasisthasana.

Strengthen your core and outer hips and stretch your inner thighs and hamstrings in these prep poses for Eka Pada Vasisthasana.

Modify Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana 
if needed to find safe alignment in your body.

How to move from Utthita Hasta
Padangusthasana to Eka Pada Vasisthasana.

Do you practice yoga regularly but somehow still feel “stuck” in certain spots?  Senior Yoga Medicine teacher Allison Candelaria created this muscle- and fascia-freeing flow to tune up the whole front line of your body.

Warm up for Eagle Pose with these three prep poses that will open your shoulders and hips.

This flow helps foster both self-love and compassion for others.

How learning to say this one little word more often completely shifted my perspective.

We look at three of the riskiest poses commonly practiced in yoga and how to modify them for your and your students’ safety.

During pregnancy the body changes rapidly, but if we use our yoga practice wisely, we can support these changes, making us strong and flexible in all the right places for easier labor, delivery and recovery.

Celebrate the summer solstice and second International Day of Yoga with Shiva Rea's Prana Flow pranams, a healing movement meditation featuring whole-body prostrations to the earth.

In honor of Father’s Day, our writer shares the insight and clarity she found on the mat alongside her father as she was coming of age.

Naturalist John Muir once said, "The sun shines not on us but in us." With this sentiment in mind, Two Fit Moms honors the summer solstice with this heat-producing flow.

Here, three prominent yoga teachers share the rewards and challenges of their sabbaticals. Plus, advice to help you decide if taking 
a break is right for you.

Listen to your body to find your natural limits and healthy boundaries—along with core power, strength, and inner peace.

Move step by step into Garudasana with strength and balance. Eagle Pose improves balance and stretches your calves and upper back.

Stretch your legs and hips, strengthen your core and upper back, and improve your balance in these 3 prep poses for Garudasana (Eagle Pose).

Here are some easy ways to modify Utkatasana (chair pose) if needed to find safe alignment for your body.

The benefits of chair pose are endless. It strengthens the muscles in your thighs and feet, tones your core muscles, and increases ankle mobility.

Yoga teacher Cyndi Lee offers advice on practicing yoga in front of a mirror.

RIna Jakubowicz's kids yoga teacher training is coming to YJ LIVE! San Diego to help parents, yoga teachers, and school teachers connect more authentically with kids. Watch Scarlett's story, and find out how to get involved.

Teen yoga teacher-turned-entrepreneur Jaysea Devoe offers insight into how her family’s free-flowing lifestyle and follow-your-passion ethic have allowed her to achieve so much by age 14.

Hint: Telling them to will have the opposite effect! Rina Jakubowicz from Superyogis' Schoolhouse Training offers up ways to introduce kids to yoga.

When a yoga instructor who normally teaches adults tries to teach kids, hilarious, heart-warming comments ensue in this video from Buzzfeed.

Do you practice yoga regularly but somehow still feel “stuck” in certain spots? Senior Yoga Medicine teacher Allison Candelaria created this fascia-freeing flow to find more mobility in the backside of your body.

We can't blame you if you've never given your fascia a second (or first) thought. Senior Yoga Medicine teacher Allison Candelaria explains why you will want to start now though.

Visualization is playing with the imagination, a powerful resource. Use a glitter jar to illustrate to kids how mindfulness—the cultivation of stillness in the face of swirling chaos of life—affects us.

Want to cultivate better communication, focus, and coping skills in your students? We turned to Rina Jakubowicz from Superyogis' Schoolhouse for her tips.

Rubin Naiman, a clinical and sleep-health psychologist, offers advice for practicing before bed.

Yoga teacher Shauna Harrison shows us how TRX can benefit both beginners and more experienced yogis. Learn how to incorporate this it into your routine.

Let’s face it, a lot of what we do with our bodies on the mat looks a bit ridiculous. It’s healthy to take a step back from time to time, lighten the mood, and note the absurdity of it all.

Finding ease and fluidity in your physical movements encourages flexibility and suppleness in your thinking. Try these three poses to open your mind.

Breathe For Change, an organization launched last year by teachers for teachers, is on a mission to save our schools, one teacher at a time, by reducing burnout through yoga and mindfulness training.

Like so many, YJ LIVE! Presenter Eric Paskel had a profound respect for Prince. Here he offers a core-crushing mini practice to the song “Controversy” as a tribute.

If our kids are any indication, we at Two Fit Moms think it’s likely that your kids want to practice yoga with you. So this week, in honor of Mother's Day, we are offering our best tips for making it work.

Just as nature enters a cycle of renewal, growth and expansion in spring—so does the energy within us. Embrace the opportunity to shed old unwanted layers and make a conscious choice to begin again.

It takes creativity and fearlessness to adventure into our heart’s deepest desires, and this Kundalini Yoga practice can help you find both.

Some yoga cues meant to protect your knees are missing the mark.

Continue to open your chest and shoulders, and start to strengthen your legs in these prep poses for Camatkarasana.

Find safe alignment for your body.

Open the shoulders and chest in Matsyasana in preparation for Camatkarasana.

Celebrity yoga teacher Mandy Ingber says healing grief starts by recognizing where you’re holding stress and emotions and breathing into that space to release the tension. Reset with her 20-minute sequence.

Mother's Day is coming up, and what better way to reward yourself for all you give and all you do than a yoga course devoted solely to you and your needs?

Unroll your mat—this short sequence will leave you feeling less harried and more empowered.

Want to hone your intuition? We went behind the scenes at YJ LIVE! in NYC to bring you this third-eye-activating practice from master teacher Seane Corn.

Kathryn Budig offers YJ readers a sample of her signature Artemis-inspired yoga sequence. Grab your imaginary bow and take aim at your deepest intentions.

Janet Stone is offering YJ readers a series of weekly "mom-asanas" for serenity, strength, and grounding. This week's practice: Going with the flow of motherhood.

Here are 4 yoga-inspired, belly-toning exercises that you can do in the comfort of your own home, on your own time.

A droopy butt is a common side effect of pregnancy but you can prevent it—or correct it—by strengthening the right muscles.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, suggests this 10-minute meditation to help you focus on everything you DO have.

Next time you find yourself bogged down with emails and to-dos, take 10 minutes to disconnect from the computer screen and practice this short yoga sequence.

This month, when you're too tired, stressed, and busy to roll out your yoga mat, try finding stillness and peace by practicing one (or all) of these three calming breathing exercises.

Most women know they should be strengthening their pelvic floors, but what about lengthening? Try this 10-step practice for strong and supple muscles to support childbirth, your vital organs, and even your love life.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, explains how repeating a mantra can keep moms grounded.

Yoga nidra, also known as “yogic sleep” is also a wonderful alternative to sleeping pills for anyone suffering from stress-induced insomnia.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads YJ's online course Pillars of Power Yoga, demonstrates 10 poses that will help you love and accept your body.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, explains how to heal your pelvic floor with mula bandha.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads the White House Yoga Garden teachers, shares 9 family-friendly poses to try in your own backyard.

You may spend serious time sweating, but it's the space between workouts that counts. Sage Rountree's yoga poses will help you get the most out of your recovery time.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, offers tips and a pose for coping with mom stress.

Fly high with open hips and a strong core as you move step by step into Eka Pada Galavasana.

Strengthen your legs, arms, and core and continue to open your hips with these prep poses for Eka Pada Galavasana.

Modify Sleeping Pigeon Pose if needed to find safe alignment for your body.

Find the external rotation and flexion that your hips need to remain agile in sleeping pigeon pose.

A simple, mindful big-toe adjustment can create stability in the bones, ligaments, and muscles of the feet, enhancing the mind-body connection and creating a secure foundation for safe and comfortably aligned poses.

Practice your steadiness, stillness, and presence.

Think of the word “core,” and terms like “hard" and “tight” likely come to mind. But the secret 
to a strong middle is actually to soften in your practice. This sequence shows you how.

Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers four tricks for fine-tuning your body’s digestive process with yoga.

After a long day at school, there's always more to do. Before hitting the homework, take a yoga break to reset mind and body for better focus.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, explains the importance of re-establishing your connection to your core after childbirth.

Make your whole body happier in just a few minutes.

Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers her favorite bedtime ritual to settle the nervous system in preparation for deep sleep.

Janet Stone offers 7 things to consider if you're feeling the intense weight of change in your body, plus a pose to help you open and soften.