Yoga for Insomnia
Can’t sleep? These restorative, calming yoga for insomnia poses will help you wind down for a good night’s sleep.
Latest in Yoga for Insomnia
Can’t Sleep? Try These 6 Restorative Poses (In Bed)
Grab some pillows and try these pre-slumber asanas between the sheets.
8 Yoga Poses for Exponentially Better Sleep—Beginning Tonight
Because sometimes settling down takes more than a dark room and chamomile tea.
An Evening Yoga Sequence to Help You Calm Down and Sleep
Prepare yourself for deep, restful sleep with this 10-minute sequence that helps you release all the places you didn't even realize were tense.
5 Simple Stretches to Help You Sleep Better (That You Can Do in Less Than 10 Minutes)
Perhaps getting some decent rest is easier than you thought.
Cat Pose
How to avoid falling into autopilot while practicing this basic—but beneficial—stretch.
Cow Pose
Bitilasana is an easy, gentle way to warm up the spine before a more vigorous practice.
Plow Pose
Plow Pose (Halasana) reduces backache and can help you get to sleep.
Seated Forward Bend
A simple pose that's anything but easy.
Legs Up the Wall Pose
There's a general consensus among modern yogis that Viparita Karani or Legs Up the Wall Pose may have the power to cure whatever ails you.
Supported Headstand
Standing on your head in Salamba Sirsasana strengthens the whole body and calms the brain.
Downward-Facing Dog Pose
One of yoga's most widely recognized poses, Adho Mukha Svanasana strengthens the core and improves circulation, while providing a delicious, full-body stretch.
Easy Pose
Don't let the name fool you. If you're used to sitting in chairs, Easy Pose (or Sukhasana) can be quite challenging.
Bridge Pose
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana can be whatever you need—energizing, rejuvenating, or luxuriously restorative.
Standing Forward Bend
Uttanasana will wake up your hamstrings and soothe your mind.
Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose
Revolved Head-to-Knee Pose, or Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana, offers a deep, vivid stretch to the side body paired with loving and heart-opening movement.
Corpse Pose
Savasana is a pose of total relaxation—making it one of the most challenging.
These 15-Minute Yoga Practices Will Give You Your Best Night of Sleep
Catch some much-needed zzz's with these before-bed practices.
15 Yoga Poses for Sleep
A simple sequence of stretches that all but ensure a proper night's rest.
10 Steps of Yoga Nidra
Release stress and tension by learning the yoga practice for ultimate relaxation.
YJ Tried It: 30 Days of Guided Sleep Meditation
Want to snag more (and better quality) sleep, and always wondered if meditating at night might help? See what happens when one Yoga Journal editor tries 30 days of sleep meditation.
7 Yoga Poses That’ll Help You Fall Asleep Faster
The next time you find yourself tossing and turning, try one of these yoga poses that top teachers around the world practice to help them start snoozing.
Can’t Sleep? Try This Smiling Practice for Insomnia
For nights when stress + anxiety get the better of you, try this simple smiling practice to peacefully drift off to sleep.
3 Restorative Poses to Optimize Organ Function
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.
A Nervous System–Settling Sequence (with Self-Reiki!) to Prepare for Sleep with Benjamin Sears
Yoga Journal Influencer Benjamin Sears guides pranayama, seated postures, and a self-energy adjustment to relax the nervous system before bed.
9 Keys to Getting the Sleep You Need
YJ Influencer Laura Burkhart shares the surefire strategies she’s used to end her decade-long battle with insomnia.
An Evening Ritual for Better Sleep with Jacqueline Smyth & Lauren Eckstrom
Learn how to plan ahead and clear your mind for a better night’s rest with relaxing techniques from YJ Influencers Jacqueline Smyth and Lauren Eckstrom.
Master Class: This Pose Solves Your Sleepless Nights
But the asana itself is only half the cure. To beat insomnia, pay attention to what happens to your breath while you're in it.
Goodnight, Insomnia: An Urban Zen Sequence for Better Sleep
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.
Will a Vigorous Evening Vinyasa Class Disrupt Sleep?
Rubin Naiman, a clinical and sleep-health psychologist, offers advice for practicing before bed.
4-Step Bedtime Restorative Practice for Better Sleep
Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank offers her favorite bedtime ritual to settle the nervous system in preparation for deep sleep.
Research Says: Can’t Sleep? Try Yoga
If you're feeling too tired to practice, keep in mind that yoga may be the very thing to bring you sound slumber.
Mom-asana: Slowing Down for Better Sleep
These simple yoga and lifestyle tips from Janet Stone will help you get the rest you need.
Meditation Made Easier: Try Guided Yoga Nidra
If you've struggled with meditation but buy into the benefits, it's time to try yoga nidra. This systematic relaxation brings ease to the very deepest layers of our being.
5 Yoga Poses for Insomnia
Beat your holiday hangover with this relaxing practice to decompress before bed for a super-satisfying night’s sleep.
Yoga for Insomnia
Baxter Bell, MD, explains how yoga helps tackle the most common causes of insomnia and can lead to better sleep.
11 Simple Ways to Get Better Sleep
From simple lifestyle changes to breathing techniques and relaxing poses, these tips can help you sleep soundly.
How to Outsmart Your Insomnia
Can't sleep? Yoga practice and philosophy can help you let go and find rest.
In Need of Some Deep Breaths? Try These Pranayama Breathing Practices
You'll feel calmer and more centered after these practices.
How Yoga Nidra Benefits Mind and Body
A proven antidote to anxiety, yoga nidra has been adopted by veterans, recovering addicts, and average stressed-out people.
Help for Insomnia
Get a good night's sleep by retiring old habits and starting a gentle, bedtime yoga practice.
Yoga in the Bedroom?
Check out YJ Editors's author page.
Q&A: Insomnia? Dizziness? Back Cracking? Help!
Get advice on insomnia, dizziness during pranayama, and spine cracking during twists.
A Restful Yoga Bedtime Routine
Rid yourself of insomnia with this calming pose sequence.
Sleep Better: Battle Insomnia with Yoga
Kick your insomnia for good by creating a simple and restful nighttime routine.
Find Full-Body Relaxation in Yoga Nidra
Try this yogic sleep technique to fully relax and find a meditative state of consciousness.
5 Tips to Feng Shui Your Bedroom and Sleep Better
Get the sleep of your dreams with these simple feng shui tips for your bedroom.
Extended Puppy Pose
A cross between Child's Pose and Downward-Facing Dog, Extended Puppy Pose lengthens the spine and calms the mind.
Fire Log Pose
The Fire Log Pose stretches the outer hips intensely, particularly the piriformis, which is often the main culprit of sciatic pain.
Big Toe Pose
This pose gently lengthens and strengthens even stubbornly tight hamstrings.
Dolphin Pose
Dolphin Pose strengthens the core, arms, and legs, while also nicely opening the shoulders.
Reclining Hero Pose
Lay Virasana back and to take the stretch in the thighs and ankles up a notch.
Supported Shoulderstand
This version of Shoulderstand is performed with blanket support under the shoulders.
Head-to-Knee Pose
Janu Sirsasana, or Head-to-Knee Pose, is appropriate for students of any level and melds a forward bend with a spinal twist.