Practice Yoga

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Esther Myers explains how you can learn to trust your body strength in Handstand.

Heels together or apart? Squeeze the buttocks to protect my lower back—always or never? Which is correct?

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 teaches us how to sit comfortably.

Esther Myers describes integration of yoga as the process of making your practice a part of your life.

Esther Myers offers advice for managing and preventing sacroiliac pain.

Esther Myers offers advice for specific stretches for cyclists with knee problems.

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Here's a primer from Sara Chambers, founder of Hugger Mugger yoga products, on the best ways to clean a yoga mat.

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.

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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Check out Roger Cole's author page.

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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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Check out Roger Cole's author page.

Roger Cole offers advice for safely practicing inversions with high blood pressure.

Is there a perfect medium between pushing yourself and finding relaxation in yoga?

These tips for balancing will make challenging poses easier when you're first learning 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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Barbara Benagh offers advice for tuning into the nuances of your home practice.

Know whether to exhale through the mouth or nose during pranayama breathing or just in natural breathing.

Learn how to transition from having the help of a yoga teacher to developing your own home practice.

As many chiropractors and back specialists have discovered, yoga can help improve your posture, and even scoliosis.

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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.

Barbara Benagh offers advice for balancing ab strength and deep breathing.

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Barbara Benagh's tips and tricks for opening the hip flexors.

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Check out Robert Gray's author page.

Usher in a meditative state of awareness.

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Check out Richard Rosen's author page.

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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Are you a mouth breather? Poor breathing habits are easy to spot. Use these 6 tests to identify your own breathing problems.

Jivamukti founder David Life discovers that practicing mula bandha makes the body less earth-bound.

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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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Find out why many beginning yogis often quiver a lot and how to control those shaking muscles.

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Expert Richard Rosen explains the meaning behind the word "Ashtanga."

We often hear about locking knees in yoga. Learn how to correctly lock your knees without hyperextending them.

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Check out John Schumacher's author page.

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Check out Barbara Benagh's author page.

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This mysterious tissue is so much more than a muscle. Learn how to keep it healthy and supple, so you can enhance your core awareness and move with ease.

If you're having difficulty with forward bends, don't assume it's your hamstrings. Inflexible rotator muscles may be to blame.

Reconsider how you define healthy abdominal muscles. Think strong, not hard.

You say Ashtanga, I say Kundalini. What's the difference? Use this guide to find the right yoga for you.

By asking the right questions, you'll find a match that's right for you.

Richard Rosen's recommendations for the most indispensable yoga videos and books for your home practice.

Head-of-the-Knee Pose fosters flexibility in the hamstrings and spine while calming the nervous system.

Not just for beginners, Extended Triangle Pose can unlock tension in your legs, hips, and spine.

You spend most of your life in forward bends. Give your body the backbend it craves with bridge pose.