Q&A: How Can I Overcome My Fear of Handstand?
Esther Myers explains how you can learn to trust your body strength in Handstand.
Browse our extensive yoga sequence library and find a home practice that fits into your schedule. We break up our yoga sequences into levels of difficulty so you’re keeping your body safe in every pose-including Yoga for Beginners. You can search for details on a specific pose like Sun Salutation. Or search through our list of yoga sequences by anatomy to target different aspects of the body. We also break down our sequences into different types, in case you’re looking for the perfect Kundalini or Ashtanga sequence. In a hurry? Search our yoga sequences by length, so you can fit in your workout during any time crunch.
Esther Myers explains how you can learn to trust your body strength in Handstand.
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Yoga gives us deeper breathing awareness–and brings greater concentration to the parts of the body that allow us to exhale and inhale fully.
Esther Myers describes integration of yoga as the process of making your practice a part of your life.
Esther Myers teaches us how to sit comfortably.
Here's a primer from Sara Chambers, founder of Hugger Mugger yoga products, on the best ways to clean a yoga mat.
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Esther Myers offers advice for specific stretches for cyclists with knee problems.
Esther Myers offers advice for managing and preventing sacroiliac pain.
Develop an attitude of a dancer to explore your inner rhythm transitioning from Downward-Facing Dog Pose to Wheel Pose.
Plow Pose increases circulation, suppleness, and vitality and also prepares the body for relaxation and meditation.
This simple yet demanding pose builds courage, poise, and confidence to explore more challenging arm balances.
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Which poses should you practice to reverse the effects of chronic stress? Our expert Roger Cole recommends a regular restorative sequence.
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Senior teacher and scientist Roger Cole explains why you might get dizzy during yoga practice and how to prevent it.
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Roger Cole offers advice for safely practicing inversions with high blood pressure.
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These tips for balancing will make challenging poses easier when you're first learning yoga.
Is there a perfect medium between pushing yourself and finding relaxation in yoga?
Understanding the mechanics of your feet in yoga and the patterns in your foot health is the first step to establishing a solid foundation in your practice.
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Learn how to transition from having the help of a yoga teacher to developing your own home practice.
Know whether to exhale through the mouth or nose during pranayama breathing or just in natural breathing.
Barbara Benagh offers advice for tuning into the nuances of your home practice.
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Check out Barbara Benagh's author page.
As many chiropractors and back specialists have discovered, yoga can help improve your posture, and even scoliosis.
Use your core to lift your belly and distribute your weight correctly in Bakasana.
Practiced with careful alignment, yoga poses can help alleviate past neck problems and prevent future ones.
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Barbara Benagh's tips and tricks for opening the hip flexors.
Barbara Benagh offers advice for balancing ab strength and deep breathing.
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Practicing Anjali Mudra is an excellent way to induce a meditative state of awareness.
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Shaking muscles and too much quivering may be a sign of overworking. Learn why you should slow down and listen to your body.
If your headaches happen often, body awareness can help predict the onset of a headache. Try practicing yoga for headaches to ease the pain.
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Relieve tension in your wrists, back, and shoulders at your desk.
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Check out Richard Rosen's author page.
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In both yoga and cooking, the better your skills, the better the results. We explain why yoga and food challenge you to find full expression and accept what is.
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Mary Pullig Schatz talks about yoga for sciatica and different ways you can ease the source of pain.
Jivamukti founder David Life discovers that practicing mula bandha makes the body less earth-bound.
Are you a mouth breather? Poor breathing habits are easy to spot. Use these 6 tests to identify your own breathing problems.
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No two styles of yoga teach the same pose the same way, and nowhere is this more evident than with Trikonasana (Triangle Pose). So who's right? We asked five instructors to show us their approach to Triangle and compared their methods.
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We often hear about locking knees in yoga. Learn how to correctly lock your knees without hyperextending them.
Expert Richard Rosen explains the meaning behind the word "Ashtanga."
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Find out why many beginning yogis often quiver a lot and how to control those shaking muscles.