Ashtanga Yoga Meets Raga Video
Would you love to practice yoga in an temple in India? Imagine yourself there by watching this inspirational video of Andrea Panzer practicing during one of her annual trips to…
Timothy Burgin
Be Inspired To Pick Up and Jump Back!
In this beautifully produced video, ashtanga yoga practitioner Paige Warthen demos and discusses how to do the “picking up and jumping back” transition. I’m always amazed at how simple and…
Awesome Half Moon Sequence Video
This time lapse video of yoga teacher Christine Genge has filled me with enough inspiration to last months, and some of these amazing transitions might take me a lifetime to…
Fun Yoga Sequence Video from Australia
Siberian born power vinyasa teacher Masha G. has filmed a short, fun, inspiring, and challenging yoga sequence. Shot in Victoria, Australia, the sequence is set to a sweet Xavier Rudd song and…
Beautiful Ashtanga Yoga Demo Videos
Filmed during a two month trip to India, Laruga Glaser has published two amazing yoga demo videos. I’m inspired by the grace, poise and strength shown in her practice, as well…
Nightline Reports on Bikram’s Rape Accusations
The ABC news program Nightline has aired a disturbing and quite damming report on the sexual assault lawsuit against Bikram Choudhury, one of the most well-known and richest yoga “gurus”…
Inspiring AcroYoga Sequence Video
Check out this amazing short video of an AcroYoga sequence, filmed in Israel and performed by Noga Schwartz and Roi Silberberg. They artfully filmed the sequence in several locations then…
Sadhana by Baird Hersey & Prana
The new album by Baird Hersey & Prana is a magical and mystical journey into sound, vibration, and sacred chant. Using only overtone singing, vocal harmonics and sparse percussion this…
RSA Shorts: The Power of Empathy
In this wonderfully animated 3-minute RSA Short you will learn the difference between sympathy and empathy, as well as the four qualities of empathy: perspective taking, resisting judgement, recognizing emotion in…
About YogaBasics.com
YogaBasics.com was launched in 2001 to provide a comprehensive online resource for yoga. Since then we have continued to refine and expand our site’s offering of yoga postures, sequences, yoga…
Practicing Yoga with Common Injuries
We often bring injuries with us into our yoga practice – both from pushing ourselves too hard in yoga and from overworking our bodies in other exercise or daily activities….
Vipassana (Insight) Meditation
Insight or vipassana meditation is Buddhist style of meditation which focuses the mind on the present sensations arrising in the body.
Shitali Pranayama
The cooling breath cools the body and calms the mind.
Sit Cari Pranayama
The hissing breath cools the body and calms the mind.
Bhramari Pranayama
The bee breath soothes the nerves and calms the mind.
Kapalabhati Pranayama
The breath of fire or the skull shining breath is invigorating, energizing, and purifying. Kapalabhati is a very active, forced exhalation with a passive inhalation. To exhale, the belly quickly…
Pose Sequences
Yoga posture sequences are a series of postures arranged to flow together one after the next. This is often called vinyasa or a yoga flow. Start with the Basic sequences…
