Practice Yoga

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis, who leads YJ's online course Pillars of Power Yoga, demonstrates 6 common pose mistakes and how to tidy them up for spring.

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.

Even the biggest and baddest of asanas have actions that can be mastered by all levels. Use the following poses that mimic our peak pose to prepare for the full experience.

Are tight hip flexors limiting your yoga practice? These innovative exercises will improve your range of motion, decrease your risk of injury, and help you find more joy.

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.

Practicing yoga and meditation in water brings us back to basics.

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.

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.

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.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates an advanced core-strengthening and spirit-lifting sequence with Leap Frog hops.

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.

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

American soccer forward, World Cup champion, and yogi Christen Press gives YJ a peek into her practice.

Jean Weiss finds a relaxing weekend of yoga with her teenage daughter and friend at Devil's Thumb Ranch, Colorado to learn about snow sports.

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.

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.

If headspins and windmills were, like, totally your thingin the 1980s, you’ll love Breakti, a combo of yoga and breakdancing.

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.

Because core work doesn't have to be boring.

These vital muscles help stabilize your entire body.

More than a transition, when practiced mindfully this pose prepares the body for Warrior III, Standing Splits, and Handstand. Get more out of it every time.

Challenge pose master Kathryn Budig offers some sage advice for beginning yogis craving more advanced asana.

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.

If you mindlessly breeze through Up Dog countless times per class, protect yourself from injury by taking some time to practice this advanced approach to the basic backbend.

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.

Try this energetic four-pose sequence three times on each side to warm up and protect your hips before you head to the barre.

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

The former NFL linebacker, philanthropist, and sports analyst for NBC Sports in Atlanta gives YJ a peek into his practice.

Check out some of the fun items we discovered while making this issue that are now our everyday go-tos.

No matter where you are in your yoga practice, drink in the delight of having a “beginner’s mind” and let it inspire this practice.

See if you can’t makeover your entire flow by focusing on a few foundational poses. This week, try an advanced approach to Uttanasana.

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.

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

This heat-building sequence with deep squats and advanced variations will turn up your internal temperature and help burn off anything leftover in your system.

No student should have to withstand knee pain in a pose. Here are simple modifications for five basic yoga poses to offer your students.

To clear your mind, energize your body, and focus on all you have to be thankful for, integrate these 8 poses into your practice.

A practice that combines energizing and calming principles (brahmana and langhana) has a balancing, or samana, effect to quiet that monkey mind.

Keeping your eyes open if your body is listless, your mind dull, or your heart heavy can be a challenge. This 5-pose flow will help awaken your energy for meditation.

To prime your body for winter health, try this gentle sequence designed to support the lymphatic system.

Author Susan Verde’s new book sends kids the message that imagination makes anything possible—and the yoga mat is a perfect place to explore it.

Internationally recognized yoga teacher and mother of two Janet Stone offers moms a pose to build strength from the inside out.

Photographer Robert Sturman shares 21 moving images and quotes from yogis around the world.

A skill that makes everyday movements easier—and safer.

Are you Type A? Is work more central to your day than breath? This 14-minute practice eases stress by boosting endorphins and dopamine—right at your desk.

Not everything we fear is worth avoiding. In the case of yoga poses, there are plenty of uncomfortable postures that offer amazing benefits.

Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine focus on treating the “whole person,” not just a symptom. We’ve spoken with the American Osteopathic Association for their tips on how yoga and osteopathic medicine are intimately linked.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis explains how learning how to breathe helped her tap into her power on and off the mat.

Rina Jakubowicz wants you to let the season inspire your practice and make a commitment to let something go. Get centered with her sequence

Looking for the courage to open your heart? Power everything you do with love using these mudras from Dana Trixie Flynn.

Our writer spent a day with Annie Carpenter at YJ LIVE! and came away with a newfound respect for her feet. Use this sequence as your owner’s manual.

Got low back pain? Adopt these three slow, subtle yoga strategies from Tias Little to get more relief out of each practice.

Practice these backbends and inversions for increased flexibility and strength and feel the freedom of greater range of motion in your chest and shoulders.

This is a practice for mothers, focused on building your core—physical and 
emotional—to sustain you through the overwhelming love and challenges of motherhood.

This sequence is designed for mothers. The seated poses will fire up your core and help balance out a stressful day of parenting.

Designed especially for mothers, this core work with leg lifts and lunges is for those moments when children push you to your very edge.

This practice focuses on building core—a strong physical core and 
a strong emotional core to sustain you through the love and challenges of motherhood.

Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, lifestyle blogger, and TV personality in Los Angeles, Tara Lipinski gives YJ a peek into her practice.