A proper warm-up is required before attempting any of these advanced yoga poses. I suggest giving them a try during or after an active flow. Start slow and ease your way into each move, listening to ...

From a standing split position, place your palms onto the mat directly below your shoulders and gaze at the space between your hands. Stack the standing foot directly below your hip with a slight bend ...

In this challenging yoga pose tutorial, I'm pushing my flexibility to the limit by attempting the infamous 'Leg Behind Head' ...

As their name suggests, they are usually reserved for seasoned yogis because they're more challenging to do than your standard downward-facing dog and sun salutations. So if you're up the challenge, ...

In this quick #shorts video, we'll show you how to do the challenging tortoise pose in yoga. This pose is great for opening ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Yoga can be more than ...

Hold on to your yoga mat because you are about to see some pretty advanced poses, and this isn't from an ordinary yogi — this woman is 39 weeks pregnant. Backbends, handstands, splits, crazy arm ...

Certain fitness feats—like finishing a 10-K in less than an hour or busting out 20 real-deal pushups—earn you instant respect. In yoga, holding a handstand (without the help of a wall) or bending your ...

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTR) via zoom. Some of the keynote speakers for SYTR included a professor from Harvard University Medical School, ...

If you’ve mastered the basics of yoga, you might be ready to take on something a bit more challenging—like those gravity-defying holds your 6 a.m. front-row is known for. To help you get started, we ...