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Yoga and Your Core, Part I
Yoga Anatomy Core: This guide to your core muscles will help you to understand the core so you can strengthen and tone the area with yoga.
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Yoga and Your Hips, Part 1
Hip joint anatomy | This Illustrated Guide to Yoga and Your Hips, Part 1 focuses on the joint structure and ligaments. Learn more now.
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Yoga and Your Hips, Part II
Discover a simple framework for understanding your hip muscles and enhance your yoga practice with this guide to hip anatomy.
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The Expert’s Guide to Chaturanga, Part I
Keep your shoulders stable and build strength in Chaturanga Dandasana with these shoulder alignment tips. Learn more.
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The Expert’s Guide to Chaturanga, Part II
Learn Chaturanga Dandasana for beginners, build strength, and discover key poses for safety in this foundational yoga pose.
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The Expert’s Guide to Chaturanga, Part III
The best and worst modifications and alternatives for Chaturanga Dandasana. 5 Chaturanga modifications for injuries or learning the posture.
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A New Take on Twists
Yoga Twists – Should you keep the hips square or not? Here’s an explanation from yoga teacher Jason Crandell. Learn more now.
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The Expert’s Guide To Chaturanga, Part IV
Chaturanga Dandasana is repeated throughout the vinyasa yoga practice — here are tips for how to do Chaturanga transitions safely.
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The Expert’s Guide to Chaturanga, Part V
Here are four common challenges yoga teachers face when teaching Chaturanga Dandasana with concrete solutions.
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Backbends: When and Why to Engage your Glutes
Should you squeeze the glutes in backbends? Jason Crandell shares why most students would benefit from engaging the glutes in backbends.
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Sequencing Solutions: Strengthen your Hamstrings
Modify your yoga to strengthen hamstrings safely with this sequence designed for balance and strength in this muscle group.
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Yoga Anatomy in Action: Stronger, Safer Side Plank (Vasisthasana)
Optimize your Vasisthasana (Side-Plank) with proper alignment of the bottom arm. Find out the benefits of a 90-degree angle for stability.
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The Surprising Way to Deepen Your Backbends
King Arthur’s Pose helps open the front of your thighs, hips, and abdomen, making backbends more accessible.
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Yoga and Your Core, Part II
Yoga anatomy core: There’s more to the core than abs. This guide includes illustrations of the glutes, hamstrings, adductors, and more.
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Yoga and Your Hips, Part III
Hip Opening Yoga Poses: 15-pose sequence that address the outer hips, inner legs, hamstrings, and external rotators. Learn more now.