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Warrior 3 – or Virabhadrasana 3 as it is called in Sanskrit – is a standing balance yoga pose and the third variation of the warrior...

As most of us nowadays are spending a big share of our day in the head – busy planning, working, thinking – the practice of yoga offers us...

When you think of yoga, the first picture that probably comes into your mind is a person sitting with crossed legs in Lotus pose or...

Yoga is a great workout to improve breathing, balance, and strength. One of the core components of yoga are standing poses. These can...

The yoga pose Half Moon, or Ardha Chandrasana in Sanskrit, is quite a challenging yoga asana. Not only does it require core strength and...

We spend so much energy balancing our work and personal lives, but forget how important our physical sense of balance is. This is where...

According to a study carried out in 2017, hip injuries account for 6% of all sports injuries. They even occur in high-level athletes. But...

Tadasana – or Mountain pose in English – may not look like much. It’s simply standing on two feet. Anyone can do that, right? Well,...

The meaning of the Sanskrit term Chaturanga Dandasana is four-limbed staff pose – and that is a pretty good description of this yoga pose....

Wheel pose, or Urdhva Dhanurasana, can be considered the queen of backbends in yoga. And you certainly don’t approach a queen just like...

Practicing yoga arm balances can easily discourage you and make you want to abandon your yoga practice once and for all. Many yogis...

Most practitioners – whether advanced or beginners – experience it quite intense and somewhat scary to learn how to do backbends and have...

One of the most fascinating things about yoga is that the simplest movements and poses can be much more strenuous and complex than...

According to Psychology Today, approximately 80 to 90% of visits to the doctor are in some way related to stress, but hardly any...

The Side Crow yoga pose, which is called Parsva Bakasana in Sanskrit ("parsva" means "side"), is a playful arm balance variation...

Whether you practice yoga in the morning or in the evening – both options provide benefits. However, if you practice in the...

To warm up or not to warm up – that’s the question many yoga teachers have when planning their next yoga class. But what does warm-up...

Accomplishing Crow, or Bakasana, in yoga may be one of the first big milestones in anyone's yoga career. But the struggle is not over...

Wild Thing is an asana that has many names: Rock Star, Flip Dog, or its Sanskrit name Camatkarasana. The...

When you think about backbends in yoga, mixed feeling may emerge. You may feel excited, nervous, or even anxious. Extending the spine...

Sitting in front of a computer all day slouches your back, leaving you with back pain at the end of the day. Cobra pose (Bhujangasana) can...

Five syllables that make every yoga student sigh and every yoga teacher feel like a drill instructor: ut-ka-ta-sa-na, an asana also...

Vrksasana (Tree pose) is one of the first standing balancing poses practitioners of yoga learn. However, the fact that it is a fairly...

Even if you didn't fancy maths in school, Triangle may be a yoga pose that awakens your passion for geometrical...

Warrior 1 is a yoga position called Virabhadrasana 1 in Sanskrit and is the first variation of a series of three standing asanas...

You can't think of a single yoga class without Downward-Facing Dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana as it is called in Sanskrit. It is...

Warrior 2 is a yoga pose that is very common and because it seems so basic, it's often neglected. However, if properly...

Let's face it: Forward folds and backbends are big in yoga. You don't have to attend many yoga classes to see fellow yogis pretzeling into...

One can hardly imagine a yoga class without at least one round of Surya Namaskar, or Sun Salutations, which is a composition of a...

You may have heard your yoga teacher saying: “And now, float from Downward-Facing Dog into Standing Forward Fold.” Maybe, your yoga...

How can you practice yoga at home? That is a very common question yoga students have. At first, it's not that hard as it may seem. But...

When people think of yoga, the most abstruse images flash in their heads. Distortions, extreme handstands in even more extreme places or...