Yoga Basics: Yoga Poses, Meditation, History, Yoga Philosophy & More

Building a Home Yoga Practice

April 1, 2011

Starting or strengthening a home practice can be a great way to maintain and even deepen your yoga practice. It’s also a great option if you struggle to fit classes in to your schedule, or want to practice more often than is financially realistic. One great thing about a home-based practice is that it can be whatever you need it to be. It can start and end at any time, target your

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The Importance of a Daily Yoga Practice
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8 Ways To Prevent Yoga Injuries
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Why Practice Yoga at Home?
September 25, 2012
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.
Yoga Meditation
June 11, 2011
Mantra Meditation
March 10, 2010
Inner Peace Meditation
June 11, 2009
Pranayama: Yogic Breathing
Pranayamas are breathing exercises developed by the ancient yogis for purification and to cultivate “life force energy.”
Dirga Pranayama
May 11, 2012
Ujjayi Pranayama
June 11, 2011
Nadi Sodhana Pranayama
June 11, 2010
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
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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

11 Ways to Improve Your Yoga Practice

October 23, 2018

The tradition of yoga holds great depth and diversity, providing us with endless opportunities to explore and grow. While improving strength and flexibility are two obvious places to focus in order to progress in yoga, there are many other, more subtle, paths and tools that can help you become more proficient in your practice. This list of 11 ways to improve your yoga practice is not meant 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.

Awesome Half Moon Sequence Video

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Mindfulness is a Superpower Video

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: What Animal Should you Practice Yoga with?

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9 Wonderful Ways To Stay In Love With Yoga

October 15, 2019

Yoga, just like anything else in life, has its ups and downs. You might love yoga more than anything else in the world and still wake up some days with absolutely no motivation to get on the mat. We can even end up unconsciously avoiding our yoga practice because sometimes it’s hard to face up to whatever might be going on in our inner world! To reap all of the wonderful benefits of yoga,

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.

Yoga of Social Media: Navigating with Integrity

10 Ways to Stay Dedicated to your Yoga Practice

6 Ways to Boost Your Prana

Shatkarma and Yogic Purifications

Stop Being so Easy on Yourself in Yoga

Responsibilities Of Being In a Practice Community

Yogic Wisdom

“We look at the world through our likes and dislikes, hopes and fears, opinions and judgments. We want everyone to behave as we think they should; otherwise we get agitated. But we are here to accept the world as it is, even as we work to make it better.” ⏤ Eknath Easwaran
“Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think ‘My life will be upside down’ don’t worry. How do you know down is not better than upside?” ⏤ Shams Tabrizi
“It's also helpful to realize that this body that we have, this very body that's sitting here right now in this room, this very body that perhaps aches, and this mind that we have at this very moment, are exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, and fully alive.” ⏤ Pema Chodron
“All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.” ⏤ Mencius

The 6 Best Positions for Practicing Meditation

February 18, 2020

When we think of meditation, we often conjure up the image of someone sitting peacefully still with eyes closed, a blissful smile and legs twisted into a pretzel-like shape. Although Full Lotus pose certainly has benefits, the most essential part of a meditation position is that it facilitates stability and a solid foundation for your practice–a quality not necessarily inherent of a

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