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Yoga Practice Tips

Keep Your Spine Healthy in Forward Bending Yoga Poses – Best Ways to Use a Yoga Strap

The first time I encountered yoga props was way back in 1982. I’d been…
Mar 26 – By: Charlotte Bell
Yoga Practice Tips

7 Variations of Yoga’s Side Plank to Gradually Build Shoulder and Core Strength

Vasisthasana, or Side Plank, is an especially challenging asana. It takes the challenge of…
Mar 25 – By: Leah Sugerman, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Back Pain

Yoga for a Healthy Back: Elise Miller Shows How to Lengthen Your Back in Downward Dog Pose

Wall ropes are a staple in many Iyengar-based yoga studios. Invented by BKS Iyengar,…
Mar 05 – By: Bridget Frederick, eRYT 500
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Pose Library

Yoga 2.0 Variations of Downward Facing Dog

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Pose Library

Yoga 2.0 Variations of Downward Facing Dog

Downward Facing Dog Pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana) is often taught as a “beginner” yoga…
Align Your Body's Inner Wisdom

Yoga Practice & Teaching Tips

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Yoga Practice Tips

Stabilize Your Core: 6 Side Plank Variations

Side Plank Pose (Vasisthasana) is a good strengthening pose for so many reasons. Improving…
Jul 22 – Bridget Frederick, e-RYT 500
Yoga Practice Tips

Short Yoga Practice for Long Car Trips

Personally, I cannot drive or ride in a car for more than a couple…
Jul 14 – Olga Kabel
Yoga Practice Tips

Make Mindfulness a Daily Practice

By now, you’ve probably heard the word “mindfulness” on TV, people talking about it…
Jul 14 – Diana Zotos Florio
Yoga Teaching

Why Your Yoga Students Need You

A few months ago, I had a conversation with a yoga teacher (I’ll call…
Jul 14 – Kristine Kaoverii Weber, MA, C-IAYT, e-RYT 500, YACEP
Yoga Practice Tips

Do You Shortchange Your Savasana?

Decades ago I attended an early morning—6:00 to 7:00 am—asana class for a few…
Jul 13 – Charlotte Bell
Yoga Practice Tips

Improve Your Agility with Yoga Practice

Agility is the ability to move easily through a series of positions while you…
Jul 13 – Nina Zolotow, RYT 500
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Yoga for every body

How to Avoid the Top 3 Pitfalls of Forward Bends

With Julie Gudmedstad

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Yoga Health Benefits

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Stress Relief

Relax Your Facial Muscles to Relieve Stress

If you’ve ever watched the TV show “Lie To Me,” you know that people…
Jul 22 – Sarah Warren St. Pierre
Healthy Eating

Boost Your Mood with Food—and More

During this strange time, we’re all experiencing a wide range of emotions and concerns.…
Jul 06 – Elise Museles
Yoga & Wellness

Inflammation and the Aging Process: How to Stay Healthy and Supple at any Age

In 2019, the Journal of Anatomy published a research paper titled Fascia Thickness, Aging, and Flexibility: Is There…
Jul 06 – Dr. Russell Schierling
Yoga & Wellness

Learn to Forgive, For Health and Happiness

“If one by one we counted people out for the least sin, it wouldn’t…
Jun 28 – Aashna Sanghvi
Yoga & Wellness

Keep Learning to Boost Your Brain

They say youth is wasted on the young, which may be particularly true when…
Jun 28 – Jon Barron
Stress Relief

Find the Goodness Within

There’s a choice at the moment, do we go with Hobbes’ assertion that the…
Jun 25 – Charlene McAuley
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Back Pain

Balance and Awareness: Yoga to Ease Scoliosis Symptoms

A name for the human torso is the “trunk,” because, in the majority of…
Jul 14 – Kathryn Boland, R-CYT, R-DMT
Women's Health

Postpartum Depression: A Calming Yoga Sequence

New parents may expect the first year of their baby’s life to be filled…
Jul 05 – Lacey Ramirez, E-RYT-200, M.S.
Chronic Pain

3 Ways to Care for Your Knees

Knee pain is one of the most common types of chronic pain that people…
Jul 05 – Sarah St. Pierre
Back Pain

4 Yoga Poses for Low Back Health

While learning to practice yoga at home is challenging, especially with all the other…
May 29 – Lillah Schwartz C-IAYT
Women's Health

Study Suggests Yoga Can Help Manage Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a loss of bladder control and is most commonly seen…
Apr 05 – By: Ram Rao Ph.D.
Women's Health

Yoga for Pelvic Floor Health: Why Kegels May Do More Harm than Good

In seeking the cause of ailments such as back pain, constipation, or even dysfunctional…
Mar 17 – By: staff writers Lynn Crimando and Charlotte Bell
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