How To: Stretch your should with a yoga strap
Grab a strap, necktie or belt to do this shoulder stretch. Remember your Ujjayi breathing and be sexy.
Grab a strap, necktie or belt to do this shoulder stretch. Remember your Ujjayi breathing and be sexy.
Want to add a little variation to the plank position? When you are ready to take it up a notch, lift a leg. Watch this video first, to see what it looks like.
Don't be shy, grab a pair of books and lift up into this core strengthening scale pose. Practice the scale pose and work your way up to the lotus pose.
Joe Kulak shows us how to do the pigeon pose in yoga.
Joe Kulak shows us how to do the lion pose in yoga.
Joe Kulak shows us how to do the shooting bow pose in yoga.
Joe Kulak shows us how to do the cobra pose in this video.
Part of the lunar flow yoga series with Shiva Rea. A brief introduction is given, and the video continues on without narration, watch and see how to do standing backbend preparation.
Part of the everyday yoga with Rodney Yee series. This video shows how to do forward bends which serve to open up the backs of the legs and relieve tension. This is a great classic stretch.
Yoga sun salutations are a great way to warm up for an exercise routine or more advanced yoga poses. Learn how to do a yoga sun salutation routine with tips from a yoga instructor in this free video series.
Yoga is a great workout and fitness can be even more fun with props and outside tools. This video series will show you ways to use blocks straps and blankets to better your exercise.
Yoga is a great way to treat insomnia. Learn how to do a variety of relaxing yoga poses to help you sleep, with expert tips on insomnia in this free yoga video series.
In this video series Scott Soller will teach you Hatha Yoga from the ground up. You will learn popular poses like the bridge pose, baby, warrior, triangle, and table poses. Scott also gives you tips on breathing, safety, and more! Add shoulder stands, mountain pose, baby and corpse pose, and you are set in Hatha Yoga!
In this video series, Cindy Mastry will teach you many positions of Restorative Yoga. This yoga is designed for people who are going through physical therapy, out of shape, or who cannot benefit from more intense forms of yoga for whatever reason.
Bhakti yoga focuses on the concept of love and devotion. Learn how to practice Bhakti yoga in this yoga video clip. To practice Bhakti yoga you should shatter your ego, surrender yourself to object of devotion, and pray & meditate. With this how to video you will be able to practice the principles of Bhakti yoga.
Cat and camel exercises are great for stretching and strengthening muscles of the back, especially the lower back. Learn how to do cat and camel exercises in this strength training video. Take action: get on hands and knees, arch back like cat, flexing abs, let the back sag, sticking out butt, holding each position for 3 seconds, and repeat for 5 reps. Tom Clifford, the instructor of this how-to video, has a degree in physical education, fitness and health from Eastern Michigan University, wh...
In this 6 part how to video series, we play with moving from "sirsasana" (headstand) yoga pose to "bakasana" (crow/crane). This yoga tutorial breaks down some of the components and looks at ways to access the transition more easily. Watch this tutorial and you'll be able to practice yoga in no time.
In this online video series learn from advanced Yoga poses from expert Samantha Raphael, as she teaches Yoga techniques such as the one legged, one armed downward facing dog, and the warrior 1 into forward fold with bound hands.
In this series our expert, Hitesh Shashikant Shah, gives tips and advice on Surya Namaskar Yoga exercises and leads you through the mantras, poses, and positions including safety tips and advice on how to relax after untangling yourself.
In this video from modernmom Cindy Mastry shows how to lose belly fat using yoga. Bring your right knee to your chest, holding it with your hands. Flex both feet, and as you inhale lift left foot off the ground and press it out towards the heel. Hold it here using your belly strength. As you exhale, send energy out the crown of head and out the foot. As you inhale next slowly bring the leg up to the sky and as you exhale lower the leg back down, pushing the energy out hovering the leg off the...
Tara Stiles shows us how to work on yoga handstands. Don't worry if you're afraid of handstands, as Tara Stiles will show us how to build slowly with tips and tricks to overcome any fears. We begin with our hands on the floor, about a foot away from a wall, and then kick your legs over and up against the wall so you re upside down. Don't worry about your form yet; this is to get comfortable with the position. When that feels comfortable, the video shows different positions to try that will bu...
Ready to stretch out and relax? Yoga will help you out. Yoga's been known to help with flexibility and health. This is a perfect exercise to start out with. Watch this video to learn how to do a basic shoulder stand.
Jnana yoga refers to wisdom and discernment in meditation. Learn how to practice Jnana yoga in this video lesson. To practice Jnana yoga you should center on a question, reject all knowledge, and meditate on intuitive knowledge. With the steps from this how to video you will be able to practice Jnana yoga.
Many of the minor pains in the lower back are directly related to tight hips and psoas. In this fitness how to video, Deborah York guides the viewer through a yoga routine designed to stretch out the lower back, hips and psoas muscle. Yoga help us both obtain physical balance and helps us in keeping balance in our lives. Watch this tutorial and you will learn how to gain strength and flexibility through yoga.
This yoga bow pose, as our host suggests, is great for soccer athletes. After a long game stretch out those sore upper leg muscles with a this yoga pose. Watch this how to video and learn how to do the bow pose in yoga.
You've tried the beginning level yoga poses, now to an intermediate level pose. In this yoga how to video we show you how to do the lotus yoga pose. The lotus pose is also known as padmasana. To try this at home you have to make sure that your hip muscles are open enough. If you feel any resistance while in the lotus position pull back.
Learn a how to become more aware of your tailbone while practicing yin yoga. Watch this Yoga How-to video as our host demonstrates a few poses that focus on tailbone awareness. Becoming more aware of certain areas of the body, such as the tailbone, will help improve your yoga practice.
Here's an energizing, quick yoga routine to kick start your breathing. Yoga breathing is great at the start of the day or to boost your energy during the day and an essential start to any workout. Watch this how to video and practice your yoga breathing with abdominal lifts, side bends, and butterfly breathing.
This video details how to do easy yoga poses for beginners. To start out, assume 'mountain pose' which involves placing the feet at about a hip width distance apart. After the feet are placed, lengthen up through the spine and roll the shoulders back while also tucking the chin slightly back. Arms are then raised upward while inhaling, and lowered while exhaling and in the same exhale lift out of the hips, hinge, then enter a forward bend. Note, it is acceptable to bend the knees in this proc...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to perform frontal splits in yoga. The frontal split is a stretch that targets the hamstring muscle. Begin by extending your right leg forward and flex the toes out in front of you on the mat. Very slowly and carefully, slide your right leg forward until you feel some resistance. Once you start to feel a stretch in your hamstring, you need to get your fingertips firmly planted into the floor or else on top of a block. This video will benefit those vie...
Cindy Mastry, Yoga instructor from YogaEtcStudio shows us how to do the yoga exercises to flatten the stomach. She considers the best exercise to flatten the stomach is the cleansing practice called as Agnisaar kriya which actually means Fire wash where you are washing the fire in the stomach. it not only flattens your abdomen but also improves the digestive and eliminatory system. For this you need to do is to inhale and reach your arms up to the sky and then you need to exhale and bend your...
Stand with feet shoulder width apart. Shifting your weight to one leg, bend your knee while slightly lifting your other leg off the ground.
Sun salutation are one of the most basic forms of yoga. This fitness how to video demonstrates the proper way to a sun salutation with breathing. Proper breathing during yoga poses is crucial in maintaining form and strength. Watch and learn how to inhale and exhale while doing sun salutations.
One of the most challenging yoga poses is the handstand. In this yoga how to video, our host, demonstrates the proper preparation for practicing a handstand. If this is your first time doing a handstand have someone else present for extra support.
In this yoga how-to video Esther demonstrates a routine to strengthen your upper and mid back. Start on your hands and knees and curl your back. Proceed to downward dog and then plank pose. Watch to learn more about strengthening your mid and lower back with this yoga routine.
In this yoga How-to video Kira Ryder looks at how cactus arms can help create the support necessary for forearm balance, or tail of a peacock feather. Watch and learn how the cactus arm movement can help you not only in doing the tail of a peacock pose but also in other yoga poses that require intense forearm balance.
Watch this how to video to use a breathing theme with your stretches. Improve your flexibility and stronger mind body connection with yoga. This yoga breathing theme makes your stretches wonderfully fluid and helps you pace your breathing. It's a good strategy when flexibility is the goal.
Whether you like 'em or not, down dogs are like the bread and butter of any yoga practice, from vinyasa to ashtanga. Which is why it is so important to do them correctly (gut pulled in, looking at your hamstrings). It is also crucial to flow into the down dog with ease.
Before adding advanced yoga poses and twists to a yoga routine, make sure the postures are safe for your fitness level. Learn advanced yoga poses and twists from an instructor in this free yoga video.