Yoga Sequences

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Embrace the stability and expansion of Triangle Pose to ground your body and steady your mind.

Tony Sanchez offers advice for approaching headstand cautiously to avoid injury.

Veteran yogi and yoga teacher, Jason Crandell, gives insight on how to better achieve standing poses in your practice.

Tony Sanchez gives advice on how to assess your own readiness for more advanced yoga poses in your practice.

Almost all yoga moves benefit from and help towards strengthening your core.

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What do I wear for a yoga class? It's a common concern for beginner yogis to wonder what to wear so they're comfortable.

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If you can't afford to take a class, what is the best path to take in beginning a practice at home?

How often you should be doing yoga as a beginner? Learn how a consistent practice at home can help you make progress.

Want to start an inversion practice? Here's what you need to know about the when and why.

Natasha Rizopoulos explains where and how you can start with pranayama, yoga breathing.

Natasha Rizopoulos shares her tips for camel pose—to improve the pose and relieve pain in the upper back.

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How to alleviate pain in Savasana if long days at your desk and computer cause you to tighten up.

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Find poses that help with insomnia to get a restful night's sleep.

Frazzled nerves? Let’s bring things down a notch.

It's easy to think we practice yoga just to be able to touch our toes. But Cyndi Lee reminds us that true flexibility means having an adaptable mind as well as a limber body.

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Step away from the squat machine and strengthen your entire leg on your mat.

Use these simple, but important, twisting techniques that help elongate the spine and have a host of physical and emotional benefits.

A pose to restore your energy.

If you have yet to find joy in opening the front body with backbends, it's time to develop a different approach to your practice.

Follow this meditation-heavy practice to connect to the spirit within.

Your mom was right: You'll look better and feel great if you stop slouching and stand up straight. Yoga can help you do just that—in a way that honors your spine's natural curves. Here's a guide to assessing and improving your posture.

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Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, offers advice for students who feel uncomfortable with partner poses.

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Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, gives advice on asanas for people suffering from emphysema.

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If you want your yoga to build strong, stable, balanced legs, it's important to work the feet properly—even when you're not standing on them.

Try this series for a practice that promises to increase flexibility.

Think like a kid and take a seat. Find out how Sukhasana, aka the Pose of Happiness, encourages a natural sense of ease. Just try it.

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Learn how to warm up for and modify pigeon pose to ease knee pain.

Richard Rosen explains the meaning of bridges in yoga philosophy, shedding new light on Bridge Pose.

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Learn how to start protecting your wrists and properly use props during your practice with these tips from Julie Gudmestad.

Every day is different. Tune in before your practice to decide if you need more yang or more yin to balance your energy.

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One-legged poses give us a chance to find our center of gravity and dance around its edges. Here's how to still the wobbling and create a sense of fluid stability.

Great for beginners, Bridge Pose preps you for bigger backbends and brings you into the present moment.

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Get rid of the office chairs and sofas, this yoga practice can help ease muscles, strengthen your back, and tighten your core. Have a seat on the floor—as our writer did—to let your joints loosen.

Mary Dunn offers advice for identifying plateaus in your practice and working with them.

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You don’t have to choose sides.

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When life has you dying to curl up into Child's Pose, try empowering Boat Pose instead to recharge your spirit.

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Is it safe to go upside down when you're having your period?

A Beginner's Guide to Yoga's Key Inversions: Learn how to face your fear of going upside down and why it's so worth doing.

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Richard Rosen ponders what draws us to the yoga mat and keeps us coming back.

An eye opener, Parsvottanasana can shine light on easy-to-overlook truths.

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Your antidote to stress: At least 10 minutes to breathe and surrender in restorative Viparita Karani.

Building strength in the lower back can enhance your performance in daily activities and help you avoid sports injuries.

The best prescription for rotator cuff health is to maintain a well-rounded asana practice.

Open tight shoulders and an achy back in this beginner-friendly seated twist, Marichyasana III.

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Learn how to infuse your hatha yoga practice with metta in motion to find your lovingkindness.

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