Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From a standing split position, place your palms onto the mat directly below your shoulders and gaze at the space between your ...

Welcome to day 28 of the month-long Houston Chronicle Yoga Challenge. Today's move is Standing Halfmoon Backbend. This will give you a great openness in your chest while challenging the muscles in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yoga is all about being in the present moment: meeting yourself exactly where you’re at on the mat without judgment or ...

As their name suggests, they are usually reserved for seasoned yogis because they're more challenging to do than your standard downward-facing dog and sun salutations. So if you're up the challenge, ...

Yogasana is a form of posture exercise whose roots lie in the ancient Indian yoga practices. Standing poses in yoga are performed while standing upright, often focusing on balance, strength, and ...

There’s one type of yoga pose that typically elicits more questions than answers when it’s cued in class—and that’s any type ...

The stand and bend yoga pose lengthens your spine, shoulders and chest. It focuses on your core, helping to reduce belly fat. It also gives your full body a great stretch. The energising beginner yoga ...

In WH’s resident yogi Jessica Skye’s latest column, she demystifies backbends. The backbend – it’s one of the Marmite poses of yoga. However elegant and ‘Gramable a slinky arched back can look; our ...

Balancing yoga poses: Beginners' balances are an important way to build core strength for advanced yoga poses. Backbends: Beginners generally start with gentle spine flexion and extension, eventually ...