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Hip Openers: Tips, Benefits, Anatomy & Poses

February 22, 2022

Hip openers are an essential part of a strong and balanced yoga practice. While hip opening poses have many great benefits, they are often challenging and uncomfortable to practice, especially for beginners. These poses are not only great for physical well-being, hip opening asanas also encourage emotional release and stress relief. If you follow some basic practice tips, you can conquer

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Discover the latest yoga news, trends and happenings throughout the world in our Yoga Blog. Find our most recent yoga articles, practice tips, and detailed instructional guides below.

15 Powerful Yogic Ways to Remove Samskaras

Sutra 2.47: Prayatna Saithilya (Finding Effortless & the Infinite)

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Samskaras: Unveiling Our Hidden Habit Patterns

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Yoga for Beginners
New to yoga? Our Yoga for Beginners guide will give you all the tips, guidelines and recommendations you will need to start a successful yoga practice!

The Best Free Morning Yoga Videos for Beginners
January 28, 2021
Morning Yoga for Beginners: How to Start
January 21, 2021
How to Choose the Perfect Yoga Block
September 1, 2020
Meditation: Create Calm
Meditation is a focusing of the mind on a single object with the goal of creating the cessation of all thought. The techniques of meditation are simple and easy to learn, but the ability to keep the mind focused takes time, patience and practice.

Gratitude Meditation: Benefits, Tips and Technique
November 24, 2021
Meditation Before Work: Benefits, Tips and Techniques
August 30, 2021
6 Fabulous and Free Morning Guided Meditation Videos
May 27, 2021
Pranayama: Yogic Breathing
Pranayamas are breathing exercises developed by the ancient yogis for purification and to cultivate “life force energy.”

7 Morning Breathing Exercises to Boost Energy and Productivity
August 12, 2021
Udgeeth Pranayama: Benefits and Technique
August 10, 2021
Diaphragmatic Breathing in Yoga: Benefits and Technique
August 6, 2021
Yoga 101: the Basics
Throughout the long history of yoga a vast collection of spiritual techniques and practices aimed at integrating mind, body and spirit have been developed. What is normally thought of as “yoga” in the West is really Hatha Yoga, one of the many paths of yoga.

Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom
March 17, 2020
Tantra Yoga – Defined and Demystified
October 17, 2019
What is a Yogi? And How Do You Become One?
September 5, 2019

Asana: Yoga Poses

Explore over 125 yoga asanas in our yoga pose index. All of our posture pages have full instructions and multi-photo illustrations. Our four main categories of yoga poses are listed below, but you can find many others in our main section.

Seated Yoga Poses

Standing Yoga Poses

Supine Yoga Poses

Prone Yoga Poses

24 Ways to Clear Negative Energy From Your Body and Home

January 30, 2022

Negative energy is something that everyone experiences at some point or another. Whether it’s a bad day at work, a stressful situation at home, or even just being around someone who has a bad attitude, negative energy can affect us in ways we don’t always realize. Negative energies are harmful to our health—it can cause us stress, depression, anxiety, insomnia, etc. If you want to

Be Inspired to Practice Yoga

Find the motivation and inspiration for a dedicated yoga practice by reading interviews with inspirational teachers and watching our collection of inspirational yoga videos.

Interview with Kelly Golden

Practice to Inspire Connection yoga video

Watch: A Yoga Practice to Inspire Connection

Watch: Yoga Is the Key to Connection to the World Around Us

Take a Yoga Quiz

Discover and learn more about yourself by taking one of our fun and easy yoga quizzes. Check out one or more of our classic personality-style quizzes to help guide your yoga journey. Each quiz provides immediate feedback and reveals your results at the end.

Yoga Quiz: Discover Your Ayurvedic Dosha

Yoga Quiz: What’s the Best Yoga Based on Your Zodiac Sign?

Yoga Quiz: What Is Your Chakra IQ?

26 Yoga Goals to Expand and Deepen Your Practice

January 1, 2022

Yoga is traditionally associated with only one goal—to attain samadhi or enlightenment. Yet householder yogis find it helpful and beneficial to pursue smaller and easier attainable goals. Yoga goals can be quite diverse, depending on if the focus on yoga's physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual benefits. Having clear and specific yogic goals can help deepen one’s practice, improve your

Deepen Your Yoga Practice

Discover great tips, sage advice and expert how-to’s on the many ways to explore, deepen and refine your yoga practice. In our in-depth topics and articles, we examine and investigate the subtitles and modern applications of this ancient practice.

Transforming Your Yoga Practice Through Samyama

Gentle Yoga: Definition, Benefits and Styles

The Duality of Standing Balance Poses

Is Your Yoga Practice Getting Stale? 4 Ways to Change It Up!

Is It Really Yoga without Meditation?

The Robotic Evolution of Yoga

Yogic Wisdom

“Reality is beyond speech and thought. Only that which can be expressed in words is being said. But what cannot be put into language is indeed That which IS.
” ⏤ Anandamayi Ma
“Yoga allows you to rediscover a sense of wholeness in your life, where you do not feel like you are constantly trying to fit broken pieces together” ⏤ B.K.S. Iyengar
“This world is like a mountain. Your echo depends on you. If you scream good things, the world will give it back. If you scream bad things, the world will give it back. Even if someone says badly about you, speak well about him. Change your heart to change the world.” ⏤ Shams Tabrizi
“Seek to know him from whom all beings have come, by whom they all live, and unto whom they all return. He is Brahman.” ⏤ The Taittiriya Upanishad

The Best Free Bedtime Yoga Videos on Youtube

September 9, 2021

Yoga is a great way to unwind and relax before bed, but often it is helpful to have some expert guidance and a little bit of encouragement to get on our mats and practice. We have compiled the best bedtime yoga videos that are specifically designed for relaxing after work, winding down from a long day at school or work, and getting you into a calm state of mind so you can fall asleep

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