Twists have been said to do a lot of things in yoga, from detox to deep release. While science has debunked the theory that twists wring our organs and therefore detoxify our bodies, Traditional ...

Join Paola Pietri, an experienced yoga teacher, for this 20-minute Yin Yoga class designed to boost your flexibility, support ...

As a teacher of yoga, I constantly witness how so many common poses we practice in vinyasa classes are affected by shoulder mobility and flexibility--or lack thereof. Our shoulders have a primary or ...

Yin is a slow-paced style of Yoga, where postures are held for between three and five minutes. A modern interpretation of ancient Yoga practices, Yin was pioneered in 1980s California (more on this ...

Even if you're a beginner, these step-by-step instructions from a yoga teacher will keep your blood flowing—and body feeling ...

My motivation here is simple: if you haven’t yet tried Yin yoga, I want to convince you to do so by the end of this feature. The most common response I have after teaching a Yin class is, to quote one ...

I HAD NEVER been so excited to relax. I needed to unwind. A lot of the movement I love most taxes my body and nervous system (see: Olympic weightlifting). Like the rest of the world, I also deal with ...

Yoga as practiced in North America is almost exclusively ""yang"" in nature, meaning that it relies upon postures that aggressively stretch the muscles. Paul Grilley offers his book Yin Yoga: Outline ...