Yoga Sequences

Practiced with careful alignment, yoga poses can help alleviate past neck problems and prevent future ones.

Use your core to lift your belly and distribute your weight correctly in Bakasana.

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

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

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Relieve tension in your wrists, back, and shoulders at your desk.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

A twist like beginner-friendly Bharadvajasana I can bring release no matter what your level of ability.

Whether you are devotional or intellectual in nature, yoga has a path for you. Discover all five branches of yoga.

This is no easy chair. Sit back and power up in Chair Pose.

Learn how to do Downward-Facing Dog Pose properly for the ultimate full-body stretch.

Let Warrior II teach you how to bring more wisdom, courage, and unwavering focus into every action.

Reclining Big Toe Pose provides a safe stretch for tight hamstrings —and opens the door to a host of other asanas.

More than a rest stop, Child's Pose requires you to surrender to gravity and a state of nondoing.

Mastering the actions of Urdhva Hastasana can help you move into more advanced poses.

These practices can complement and strengthen your yoga, giving you new tools to integrate mind and body.

John Friend offers advice for handling overwhelming emotions during asana practice.

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Yoga Works' Julie Kleinman offers advice for dealing with disruptive students and new students.