The Vrksasana, or the tree pose, is the one to help as it is the one that enhances the balance and keeps you well grounded and focused. Stand on one leg, place the sole of the other foot on your inner ...

If you like the idea of an hour-long yoga flow but simply don’t have that much time, you can zero in on the most beneficial yoga poses and focus on them instead. By whittling down the yoga roster to a ...

Hours spent sitting in cars and at desks have created an epidemic of tight hips. Here, yoga poses to open your hips and ...

Social media feeds filled with photos of fitness models twisted into poses requiring extreme strength, flexibility, and balance may leave you thinking, “Yoga is not for me.” Nadine Kelly, MD, founder ...

High uric acid in the body can quietly create pain in joints, trigger gout, and affect daily movement. It forms when the body ...

Heart-opening yoga poses stretch the muscles around your heart, says yoga instructor Liz Wexler. These include back extensions and other moves that expand your chest and push your shoulders back for a ...

What Is the Half-Moon Yoga Pose? The half-moon pose is an asymmetric balancing pose. It focuses on improving hip strength and your body’s stability from head to toe. Difficulty level. The half-moon ...

Yoga inversions are various poses, also known as asanas in Sanskrit, in which your heart and hips are above your head. They may sound intimidating, but don’t worry — yoga inversions start simple and ...

For thousands of years, yoga’s combination of physical and mental exercises has hooked practitioners around the globe. The good news is, you don’t have to be a yogi or yogini to reap the benefits.

Share on Pinterest A new study suggests yoga reduces pain and improves mobility in people with chronic lower back pain. AzmanL/Getty Images New research builds on existing evidence supporting the ...