I've been doing yoga for 25 years, and in that time, I've learned a lot about the practice. In my 20s, I did yoga to lose weight and didn't appreciate the mental-health benefits. There are many ...

Taking your first yoga class? You don't need external things as much as a willingness to explore how you show up in life.

Whether you can barely touch your toes or successfully hold a one-legged backbend, you can do yoga. The mind-body practice focuses on connecting breath to movement while flowing through a series of ...

In yoga, the wheel pose is also called chakrasana or urdhva dhanurasana in Sanskrit. It's sometimes called the upward-facing bow pose as well. Regardless of its name, wheel pose is an ...

You can do yoga as a workout in a way that strengthens the muscles, putting them under an increasing amount of tension as you ...

This is a great pose for people who spend a lot of time on their feet. Legs Up the Wall is an inversion pose, which means gravity can act on your body in a way that it normally can't. Unlike a ...

Yoga can be challenging to begin with, but doing it in a heated room can feel next-level intimidating. Like most forms of exercise, hot yoga comes with benefits as well as risks to know about prior to ...

Yoga may not be the most intense, calorie-torching workout, but the practice can help you shed pounds if weight loss is your goal. Yoga can increase heart rate, burn calories, improve sleep, and ...

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At LXRYOGA in California, you can have a ball python slither across your back for a “grounding” experience Courtesy LXRYOGA A yoga studio in Costa Mesa, Calif., offers “Snake Yoga,” where participants ...

Inside The Warrior, a collection of photos and interviews of men who do yoga, explores the more masculine side of the practice. Sure, yoga started with men, but now, when most people think “yoga,” ...