Yoga Poses

Open your shoulders to improve your posture maintain healthy and agile shoulder joints.

Use this sequence of yoga poses to open and stretch your groins.

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.

Yoga can help veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder. Here are a few resources and organizations that can get you started.

Deepen your practice and become better partners by learning how to offer one another gentle adjustments.

Sage Rountree suggests stretches to do anytime during your workday to release tension from your upper back and shoulders.

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Donkey kicks are common as you learn this challenging but ultimately graceful pose.

Untangling yourself from the grip of addiction can seem impossible, but yoga can lift you to higher ground.

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

Play with being fearless as you build balance and strength in Bakasana.

Come along on this backbending journey.

Dial in to the details for greater integrity in your forward folds.

Erica Rodefer Winters presents five questions you should ask yourself before you push yourself deeper into a pose.

Let yourself be an expression of joy and beauty as you open your heart in Vasisthasana.

Head to the wall for deeper twists to lengthen and open up your front body.

Baron Baptiste's practice will stoke your inner fire to infuse your whole being with strength and vitality.

Practice the unique combination of flexibility, strength, and balance required by Scorpion.

Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III) can help us both watch our habitual patterns and work to change them. Sage Rountree explains how.

Yoga helps kids manage pressure and cultivate strength, ultimately setting the stage for happiness and success.

Neal Pollack is doing his best to inject some yogic wisdom into his parenting.

Transform tight or achy neck and shoulders with this dynamic hands-free vinyasa sequence.

Try One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose, plus a range of backbends to open your heart along the way.

These stretches can help.

Create a stable base to build a stronger, more satisfying standing twist.

Sage Rountree presents two key stretches for the shoulders.

Find balance between strength and flexibility in Adho Mukha Svanasana.

Let music move you through this chakra-focused, confidence-boosting flow.

Getting to the root of your anxiety can help you overcome it.

This backbending split involves full shoulder rotation, leaving you feeling spacious and free!

Neal Pollack takes exception to the concept of men-only yoga.

Taking your splits upside down can be incredibly liberating. Kathryn Budig explains how.

When you practice skillful actions, Vishnu's pose can feel as relaxed and peaceful as it looks.

Feel ease and increase flexibility in your hips with three propped hip-opening poses.

Learn to approach your edge with ease in Baddha Konasana.

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.

Eka Pada Kapotasana is a backbend variation that will open your psoas and your heart.

Autistic kids benefit from the relaxation and body awareness gained from regular yoga practice.

Yoga helps swimmers, rowers, and kayakers build needed core strength and relieve upper-body aches and pains.

Veterans who suffer concussive brain injuries find relief from a Department of Defense supported program that includes yoga.

We know her for arm balances, but here Kathryn Budig shows us how she learned to backbend into Padangustha Dhanurasana, Big Toe Bow Pose.

Kathryn Budig leads us into One-Legged King Pigeon Pose II.

Enjoy the sweet opening of your shoulders and chest as you prepare for Shoulderstand.

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

Neal Pollack has learned to give his loved ones space to find and develop their own paths.

To stave off muscle loss, support flexible joints, or add oomph to tough poses, a little strength training can go a long way.

A disabled Gulf War vet takes up yoga and heals his body and his life.

Fire up your deep core and inner leg muscles to build strong abs.

Kathryn Budig shows how to open your heart wide in this swimmingly sassy pose.

Neal Pollack isn't quite ready to join the senior league, but he's happy to give up the faced-paced yoga of his early years.

A prone twist stretches hips, spine, and chest and helps you maintain fluid range of motion. And it feels so good.

Norwich University, a military college in Vermont, provides yoga programming to help teach its students stress resiliancy in the face of war.

Kathryn Budig challenges you to a fun arm balance hybrid that you may find easier than the traditional pose!

Learn how to fly in Tittibhasana.

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

Try this torso-toning twisting sequence for better digestion.

Prepare for surgery with mind-body techniques that may help you recover faster.

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

Shine awareness into dull and immobile areas of your body to balance steady in Headstand.

Baxter Bell offers a yogic prescription for sufferers of the autoimmune disease lupus.

Find a funky balance in this hybrid Headstand-Forearm Stand variation.

Move toward advanced backbends while keeping your shoulders safe and supported.

Try out this twisting sequence to rejuvenate your spine and boost energy.

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.

Sound and motion come together to help you find your center amid a whirlwind life.

Fire up your core strength as you fly into Tittibhasana.

Stave off back and neck pain with better posture.

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

For the fullest experience of yoga and a deep connection with your vital energies, Savasana is one posture you can't live without.

Conquer fear in a pose that combines an arm balance, hip opener, shoulder opener, hamstring stretch, and twist.

Prepare yourself for life's inevitable storms by cultivating better balance and stability.

"Vinyasa" doesn't translate as fast and furious. See how it can help you move with skill into a seated pose.

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

Root yourself to the earth to stay centered, even during chaotic times, with this practice of dynamic grounding poses.

Fly into Bakasana by stopping along your journey to learn the required actions with the help of props.