Chest-Opening Yoga Poses
Open your heart and shoulders in chest opening yoga poses like Camel Pose, Fish Pose, and Wild Thing.
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A Heart-Opening Sequence—With a 3D Twist
These postures will move your heart space in every direction.
Cow Pose
Bitilasana is an easy, gentle way to warm up the spine before a more vigorous practice.
Same Shape, Different Pose: Bridge, Camel, and Bow
Having a tricky time with Bow Pose? Take what you know from Bridge and Camel and change your relationship to gravity. Here's how.
Upward-Facing Dog Pose
Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, a well-known backbend, will challenge you to lift and open your chest.
This Heart-Opening Flow Inspires You to Move & Groove With Gratitude
Connect deeply with what matters—and find the strength to take action with care and compassion.
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.
Camel Pose
Bump up your energy (and confidence!) by bending back into Camel Pose. Ustrasana counteracts slouching and relieves lower back pain with a generous, heart-opening stretch.
Bow Pose
Bend back into the shape of a bow to feel energetically locked, loaded, and ready to take aim.
7 Gentle Backbends for Beginners (Or Anyone, Really)
Want all the benefits of a big, heart-opening backbend without the big backbend part? These poses bring the same perks with less strain on your shoulders and low back.
Don’t Just Perform Lord of the Dance. Use Props to Practice It With Intention
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6 Chest Stretches to Undo Posture-Induced Aches and Pains
This series of yoga postures will keep your pectoral and upper back muscles loose, while gradually opening the chest and shoulders.
Props to Help You Explore Lord of the Dance With More Flexibility—And Honesty
Natarajasana is a posture you can choose to "perform" or do with curiosity. And the best way to better observe your movements in this pose is by adding props.
Iyengar 201: Get Ready for Your Deepest Locust Pose Ever…
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A Meditation to Open Your Heart Chakra
This guided meditation is designed to help you feel that something has your back, so you can open your heart.
Inclusivity Training: Align Your Heart Chakra with This Chest-Opening Sequence
Do this short sequence 3–5 times on its own or as part of a longer practice to open your heart chakra and experience compassion.
3 Foolproof Chest and Shoulder Openers
Practice these backbends and inversions for increased flexibility and strength and feel the freedom of greater range of motion in your chest and shoulders.
Anatomy 101: Understand Your Pectoralis Minor
This minor muscle is a major player in backbends. Expand it—and its web of connective tissue—for greater range of motion in your chest and back.
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.
Pose of the Week: Improve Your Upward-Facing Dog
Upward-Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) is a pose that is commonly performed incorrectly. Here's the right way to do it.
Pose of the Week: Lord of the Dance Pose With a Strap
Lord of the Dance Pose (Natarajasana) requires foundation, stability, concentration, flexibility, and balanced action -- everything you need as you set out to achieve your goals for the New Year.