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Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Salute): How to Do It Step by Step

Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Salute): How to Do It Step by Step

Urdhva Hastasana (Upward Salute) is a standing yoga pose in which you stand in Mountain Pose and reach both arms straight up over your head. It is the first movement of the Sun Salutation, done on an inhale, and it stretches the sides of the body, the shoulders and the upper back. It looks easy....
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Tuladandasana (Balancing Stick Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Tuladandasana (Balancing Stick Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Tuladandasana (Balancing Stick Pose) is a standing balance in which you tip forward on one leg until your arms, torso and lifted leg form one straight line parallel to the floor, like the letter T. It is the seventh posture of the 26-posture Bikram or Hot 26 sequence, held for about 10 seconds...
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Meditation for Beginners: How to Start, Step by Step

Meditation for Beginners: How to Start, Step by Step

Meditation for beginners is the practice of resting your attention on one thing, usually the breath, noticing when the mind wanders off and bringing it back. That return is the whole exercise. Start with 5-10 minutes a day, sitting upright on a cushion or a chair, at the same time each day. You...
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Meditation
Tadasana (Mountain Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Tadasana (Mountain Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Tadasana (Mountain Pose) is the basic standing pose of yoga: you stand upright with your feet together or slightly apart, legs active, spine long and arms by your sides. It looks like ordinary standing, but every part of the body has a job. Most standing poses start and end in Tadasana, and the...
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Hanumanasana (Monkey Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Hanumanasana (Monkey Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Garudasana (Eagle Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Garudasana (Eagle Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Breathing Exercises for Anxiety: 8 Techniques and How to Do Them

Breathing Exercises for Anxiety: 8 Techniques and How to Do Them

Pranayama Breathing
Yoga Injuries: 10 Tips to Practise Asana Safely

Yoga Injuries: 10 Tips to Practise Asana Safely

Yoga Practice
Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Baddha Konasana (Bound Angle Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (One-Legged King Pigeon Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (One-Legged King Pigeon Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas
Dhanurasana (Bow Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Dhanurasana (Bow Pose): How to Do It Step by Step

Yoga Asanas