Yoga Sequences

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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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.

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.

Check out Barbara Benagh's author page.

Check out Barbara Benagh's author page.

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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Check out Robert Gray's author page.

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Check out YJ Staff's author page.

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Check out YJ Staff's author page.

Check out YJ Staff's author page.

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

Check out Yoko Yoshikawa's author page.

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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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Check out YJ Staff's author page.

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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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Check out YJ Staff's author page.

Check out Richard Rosen's author page.

Mary Pullig Schatz talks about yoga for sciatica and different ways you can ease the source of pain.

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Check out YJ Staff's author page.

Check out YJ Staff's author page.

Check out YJ Staff's author page.

Check out YJ Staff's author page.

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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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.

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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Check out John Schumacher's author page.

Check out John Schumacher's author page.

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Check out John Schumacher's author page.

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

Become an A+ yoga student by copping a humble attitude and minding your manners.

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

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

Follow these tips to get the most out of the yoga classes you attend.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spread consciousness throughout your body, head to toes, surface to core in Cobra Pose.

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