Yoga Poses

Open your hips and help center your consciousness with teacher Ty Landrum as he walks you through these 6 simple steps to Padmasana (Lotus Pose).

Follow these steps and learn how to ensure the proper safety protocol when teaching this energizing inversion.

Pamela Stokes Eggleston lost herself when caring for her husband, a U.S Army veteran and Purple Heart and Bronze Star recipient. Now, she’s on a mission to teach other caregivers the yogic practices that helped her find her soul again.

This relaxing "fourth trimester" yoga sequence can help you reconnect with your body and calm your mind in those early months with a new baby.

Practice this hip-opening sequence regularly to help you release energy from unprocessed grief.

Learn what muscles are activated when you jump back to Chaturanga or Plank Pose, and how to do it safely.

Modify Dandasana if necessary to find safe alignment in your body.

Experience a surge of energy as you move step by step into Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, or Upward-Facing Dog.

Strengthen your arms and core in these prep poses for Urdhva Mukha Svanasana.

Find lift and expansion by strengthening your back, hip flexors, and quadriceps.

Feel like you have a cold coming on? Nip it in the bud with these immunity-boosting tips.

Maintain a neutral pelvis, and quiet your mind as you move step by step into Hanumanasana.

Stretch your hamstrings and hip flexors in these prep poses for Hanumanasana.

Modify Parsvottanasana as necessary to find powerful alignment and stability.

Stretch your hamstrings, tone your glutes, and maintain a balanced pelvis with these alignment principles and actions.

Do inversions make you anxious—and excited to try them? Work through those nagging fears and you’ll reap all the juicy benefits. Here, 8 top yoga teachers share their best tips for how to find the courage to go upside down, or to try a new inverted pose.

Strengthen your legs and core and improve circulation with these prep poses for Ubhaya Padangusthasana

Modify Paschimottanasana as necessary to find safe alignment in your body.

Stretch the back of your entire body, open your hips, and create a state of inner calm.

Strengthen your abdominals as you move step by step into Ubhaya Padangusthasana.

This gentle way of accessing the six bandhas (energetic locks) during your practice will help you experience more freedom in your body and bliss in your life.

Start to understand, lengthen, and strengthen your teres major—a little-known muscle that can be the key to protecting your shoulders when you go upside down.

Strengthen your shoulders and back as you move step by step into Visvamitrasana.

Stretch your hamstrings and hip flexors in these prep poses for Visvamitrasana.

Modify Utthita Parsvakonasana as needed to find safe alignment in your body.

Strengthen your legs, knees, and ankles, stretch your hamstrings, and tone your abdominals.

YJ Influencer Laura Burkhart offers the story of her own chronic pain and hip injury as a caution to yogis and encourages you to get honest about your own practice.

In this excerpt from his new book Yoga Therapy: Foundations, Methods, and Practices for Common Ailments, Mark Stephens offers methods for warming up and massaging the wrists to reduce pain in yoga practice.

Take a closer look at seven subtle-body healing modalities, and how to find one that will help you boost the benefits of your yoga practice.

Drum roll, please...

Learn how master teacher Rodney Yee discovered the power of pranayama to quiet the mind and why it's a focus of every asana class he teaches.

These short practices from Yoga Medicine teacher Shannon Stephens can have profound effects on the way you experience stress and life's toughest moments.

Long day? Feeling sluggish? Try these poses from YJ Influencer Meredith Cameron to create space in your upper body to soften, flush, and balance your organ system.

YJ Influencer Laura Burkhart shares the surefire strategies she’s used to end her decade-long battle with insomnia.

You can rock Plank pose, but did you know that your diaphragm might be your secret weapon when it comes to strengthening your core?

In this excerpt from her new book Deep Listening, Jillian Pransky offers a practice for creating space to let yourself be just as you are.

Using a chair as a launch pad to toggle between Kurmasana and Tittibhasana is a great way to build mobility and challenge your balance. Ready to give it a try?

Take cues from your practice to help children handle social exclusion with yoga’s inclusive, compassionate, and community-centered spirit.

“Yogic sleep” can be even more effective than regular sleep.

Try this strap trick to increase postural awareness in the upper back and shoulders—and relieve the excess tension that accumulates there.

Here's what to do when you don't know what to do.

Learn how to use a chair and a block in Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose to both ground and expand the posture all at once.

When it feels like life is spinning out of control, teacher Sara Clark recommends opening your energy channels to raise your vibration and increase your stress resilience.

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Strengthen lower back muscles, tone abdominal muscles, stimulate organs, and improve your posture in Salabhasana.

Modify Shalabhasana as necessary to find safe alignment in your body.

Strengthen your back and core and improve balance with these prep poses for Peacock Pose.

Build endurance as you move step by step into Mayurasana.

Adulting is hard, but so is kid-ing. In fact, kids are more stressed than ever. Meditation can give them perspective on their thoughts and feelings the same way it does for us. Try this practice from yoga teacher and author Susan Verde with your child.

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Incorporate these poses into your daily routine to strengthen your core muscles and help you maintain a strong and flexible spine.

Supta Padangusthasana safely opens the hamstrings and releases the lower back.

Modify Supta Padangusthasana as necessary to find safe alignment in your body.

Stretch your hamstrings and open your hip flexors with these prep poses for Half Moon (Sugarcane) Bow Pose.

Steady your balance and stay open to possibilities as you move step by step into Half Moon (Sugarcane) Bow Pose.

The trendy go-to remedy for a tight IT band—foam rolling—can actually do more harm than good. Here’s why, plus 3 yoga poses that’ll help you keep this thick fascial tissue healthy.

Whether you're new to restorative yoga or a seasoned pro, little tweaks can help you get more relaxation out of your practice.

Yoga and Pilates teacher Trina Altman shares why she practices and teaches a lot more than basic asana. Here, three big ways she’d love to see asana practice advance in the near future.

Learn how to listen with compassion to your body, breath, feelings, and thoughts. This deep listening helps you cultivate the kind of conscious relaxation that allows you to stay open, present, and curious in situations where you normally wouldn't.