Yoga Poses

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.

Trying for a baby? Master teacher Ana Forrest offers advice for doing yoga, breathing, and living in a way that creates a womb that is clean and welcoming.

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.

Athleisure wear companies are fast recognizing and responding to the outfitting needs of the growing numbers of kids and teens who practice too. Here, some of the season's fashion-forward looks.

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.

Tone your body and lift your spirit with these inspiring moves that blend the mindfulness of yoga with upbeat cardio. Use this 15-minute workout to show your mind, body, and soul how you really feel about them.

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.

Tiffany Cruikshank shares a meditation to help you become more conscious of the patterns in your mind so you can begin to rewire the soundtrack and guide yourself to a healthier mind and body.

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

How to use yoga to de-stress your life: come to your mat to defeat chronic stress and live a happier, healthier life.

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.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads YJ's online course Pillars of Power Yoga, demonstrates 9 poses to help you awaken and open to the energy of spring.

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.

Build strength through the belly, side waist, glutes and back with core strengtheners for those of us who don't have all day to hit the gym.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates an energizing sequence for vitality from Baron Baptiste's book, Journey Into Power.

Try this simple flow in the morning or anytime with your kids to jumpstart their day. It only takes 3 minutes!

Got two minutes? A short restorative practice can help edit and transform negative inner narratives that reinforce anxiety and depression.

Whether or not you ever find yourself in the full expression of Monkey Pose, you can still enjoy the journey with these very effective preps from Two Fit Moms.

Stimulate chi and restore vitality with a practice focusing on Kidney and Urinary Bladder meridian pair, primary organs that move water through the body.

By integrating simple, two-minute embodiment tools several times daily, you’ll see profound changes in your health and wellbeing.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis created this fun and challenging sequence to boost your core strength and mood as you flip your world upside down.

Use these four steps to guide your practice, build inner strength, and nail the coveted pose. Go get it!

Did you hang up your boxing gloves when you found yoga? Now there's no need. BoxingYoga is attracting fans from inside and outside the ring, and it's about to throw a punch in the U.S.

When we become parents, we often carry around old expectations about how our yoga practice should look based on our “pre-child” days. But that doesn't mean we have no "time" for yoga.

Happiness is a mind-body endeavor. It only takes two minutes to deploy this self-massage to stimulate our belly brain, the enteric nervous system, which regulates mood and immunity.

Here are a few simple ways to carry the nourishing effects of yoga off the mat and into your relationships.

Yoga teacher Lauren Imparato says the societal pressure of "I have-to" syndrome gets in the way of you being you. Try this sequence for letting go.

21-year-old author and nonprofit founder Emily-Anne Rigal says she knows what it is to bully, be bullied, and to overcome both by looking within.

Start to ease lower back discomfort and counteract the effects of too much sitting by swapping some of your standard Surya Namaskars for this core-focused variation.

Internationally recognized yoga teacher and mother of two Janet Stone is offering YJ readers a series of weekly "mom-asanas." This week's practice: letting go of mom guilt.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis offers a "Twist and Flow" sequence, which will fire up your core and unlock your inner power.

Photographer Robert Sturman honors and celebrates American veterans of war by featuring several active duty and retired service members practicing yoga.

We spend hours in front of our computers and phones, and the repetitive movement patterns can cause neck and shoulder strain. This sequence will help.

Sara Gottfried, MD, author of The Hormone Reset Diet, explains yoga's effects on our stress response.

Learn how to modify Mountain Pose (Tadasana) if needed 
to find safe alignment for your body.

A tense QL could be lurking behind those aches and pains. Here's how to address it.

Chronic stress 
and anxiety 
signal the brain to wreak havoc on your body. The secret to hitting reset? Yoga.

To celebrate #HeartMonth, dedicated to raising awareness of cardiovascular health, this energizing sequence will get your heart pumping as it opens your body, strengthens your core, and clears your mind.

In this excerpt from The Art of Attention, Elena Brower embodies MC Yogi's wise words on the practice of forgiveness in a tender asana sequence.

The yoga splits, or Hanumanasana, are a lifelong journey for many yogis. Fortunately there’s more than one way to skin a Monkey. These four variations of the pose each offer their own value and benefits.

Has your New Year's resolve already lost steam? This playful sequence will re-inspire you. Strengthen your core, as you clear out the old and open into the new.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates 10 poses that tone and strengthen your arms without adding bulk.

Twists, like the new year, can often invoke that same urgent sense of wanting more. SmartFLOW teacher trainer Tiffany Russo wants you to slow it down.

These vital muscles help stabilize your entire body.

Leah Cullis offers 10 poses that tone your abs and strengthen your core, helping you tap into your personal power on and off the mat.

Dana Trixie Flynn, creator of Lotus Flow Yoga and director of Laughing Lotus Yoga Centers in New York City, offers 3 fun body mudras for a fresh start to the year.

Find stability in your hands and feet and a more extended spine 
as you move step by step into Adho Mukha Svanasana.

Warm up your spine and open your shoulders and chest 
with these prep poses for Adho Mukha Svanasana.

Learn how to modify Supta Padangusthasana to find safe alignment for your body.

Stretch and tone your hamstrings, strengthen your abdominal muscles and increase circulation to your digestive system in Supta Padangusthasana.

A playful practice 
can bring you 
more joy on and 
off the mat.

As a mother, Janet Stone uses the end of the year as a time to tune back into her sankalpa—her heart’s deepest longing, her intention.

The best remedy for the fast pace of parenthood? Simply taking a deep breath and seeing where it goes.

Your practice choices this year were diverse. Revisit YJ readers' favorite asana sequences from 2015 to see what you might have missed.

This Kundalini Yoga sequence supports ideal digestion by increasing energy at the navel point and keeping the digestive organs strong and flexible.

If you're feeling too tired to practice, keep in mind that yoga may be the very thing to bring you sound slumber.

Pick your poses. Two Fit Moms offers three ways to relieve holiday stress with yoga—active, passive, or a combo—in this sequence.

In this heat-building sequence, master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis stokes your inner fire and gets you deeper into your body.

Energy. Where is it? Try Janet Stone's practice for this week—especially if holiday stress is starting to creep up on you: Make a don't-do list.

We’ve scouted the perfect tokens of affection for the little yogi on your holiday gift list. Honor their loving spirit with these adorably thoughtful finds.