Whether you have chronic low back pain, herniation, osteoporosis, or trouble with your SI joints, these supported variations will help you enjoy the benefits of Triangle Pose with ease.
YJ Influencer Laura Burkhart offers the story of her own chronic pain and hip injury as a caution to yogis and encourages you to get honest about your own practice.
As a yoga teacher and a longtime student, Erica Rodefer Winters has learned that her body is the best expert about what is right for her.
In a follow up to his first post on the knees, Baxter Bell addresses knee injuries and how your yoga practice, done mindfully, can help.
Athletes, and often yogis, believe that the harder they push, the bigger the benefit. Sage Rountree cautions against too much of a good thing, and urges all of us to take "comfort in comfort."
Almost all sports injuries are caused by imbalance in the body, says Sage Rountree. Here she explains how to achieve balance throughout the hips for greater comfort and freedom in your activities.
Baxter Bell disagrees with New York Times writer William Broad that men are more prone to being injured in yoga.
Baxter Bell describes an alternative to the dorsiflexed position in Upward-Facing Dog for yoga students with ankle injury.
We all experience flexibility in some areas more so than others. Sage Rountree discusses the importance of balance in and around the hips and offers poses that help to create opening where needed.
Veterans who suffer concussive brain injuries find relief from a Department of Defense supported program that includes yoga.
When you've pushed yourself too hard in yoga, it's time to slow down, not give up.
Yogis are pretty much infamous go-getters. But how do you know when you're trying too hard?
Find out how to use yoga for soreness and different ways to modify your practice.