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The 15-Minute Yoga Flow for Runners You Should Do Every Week

The 15-Minute Yoga Flow for Runners You Should Do Every Week

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'Share the Mic' Is Taking On the Yoga Community Next—These Are the Voices To Listen For

'Share the Mic' Is Taking On the Yoga Community Next—These Are the Voices To Listen For

You won't want to miss this three-day campaign.

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How to Use Yoga to Combat Brain Fog (Because Yes, It Helps With That Too)

How to Use Yoga to Combat Brain Fog (Because Yes, It Helps With That Too)

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I'm a Black Yoga Instructor in Appalachia—And Here's What I've Learned

I'm a Black Yoga Instructor in Appalachia—And Here's What I've Learned

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This Yoga Flow Makes Even the Most Unbendy People More Flexible

This Yoga Flow Makes Even the Most Unbendy People More Flexible

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Let Your Stress Melt Away Completely With This 30-Minute Yoga Flow

Let Your Stress Melt Away Completely With This 30-Minute Yoga Flow

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Why Nicole Cardoza Says Racism in the Wellness Industry Is Particularly Egregious—And the Time To Change Is Now

Why Nicole Cardoza Says Racism in the Wellness Industry Is Particularly Egregious—And the Time To Change Is Now

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How the Position of Your Gaze Improves Your Yoga Practice in so Many Ways

How the Position of Your Gaze Improves Your Yoga Practice in so Many Ways

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The Secret to Stability in Yoga Lies in Your Nether Region, and It’s Called Mula Bandha

The Secret to Stability in Yoga Lies in Your Nether Region, and It’s Called Mula Bandha

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This Hip-Opening Yoga Flow Totally Unwinds the Largest Joint in Your Body in Just 20 Minutes

This Hip-Opening Yoga Flow Totally Unwinds the Largest Joint in Your Body in Just 20 Minutes

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Toss the Weights! This 20-Minute Strengthening Yoga Flow Will Fire up Your Full Bod

Toss the Weights! This 20-Minute Strengthening Yoga Flow Will Fire up Your Full Bod

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Yoga Pros See Chaturanga Done Wrong All the Time—Here's How to Build Enough Strength to Nail It

Yoga Pros See Chaturanga Done Wrong All the Time—Here's How to Build Enough Strength to Nail It

By Rachel Lapidos

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This 20-Minute Stress-Busting Yoga Routine Is Like WD-40 for Your Tightest Muscles

This 20-Minute Stress-Busting Yoga Routine Is Like WD-40 for Your Tightest Muscles

By Rachel Lapidos

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How to Stack Shorter Workouts to Create the Best Combinations at Home

How to Stack Shorter Workouts to Create the Best Combinations at Home

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Move Through This 30-Minute Energizing Yoga Flow to Stretch Out Every Cramped Muscle in Your Body

Move Through This 30-Minute Energizing Yoga Flow to Stretch Out Every Cramped Muscle in Your Body

By Rachel Lapidos

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How to Pair Yoga and Strength Training to Reach Any Fitness Goal You Have

How to Pair Yoga and Strength Training to Reach Any Fitness Goal You Have

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9 Neck and Shoulder Stretches That Melt Away a Month's Worth of Tension in 8 Minutes Flat

9 Neck and Shoulder Stretches That Melt Away a Month's Worth of Tension in 8 Minutes Flat

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How to *Really* Clean Your Yoga Mat

How to *Really* Clean Your Yoga Mat

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The Best Type of Yoga to Wake You up *and* Help You Fall Asleep

The Best Type of Yoga to Wake You up *and* Help You Fall Asleep

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Do You Need to Stretch After Yoga? A Physical Therapist Explains

Do You Need to Stretch After Yoga? A Physical Therapist Explains

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60 Seconds in This Yoga Pose Will Unwind Rounded-Shoulder Tightness

60 Seconds in This Yoga Pose Will Unwind Rounded-Shoulder Tightness

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The Best IT Band Stretches to Loosen up Your Lower Body After a Hard Day of Sitting

The Best IT Band Stretches to Loosen up Your Lower Body After a Hard Day of Sitting

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5 Yoga Backbends That Work to Mobilize a Contracted Spine

5 Yoga Backbends That Work to Mobilize a Contracted Spine

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The 'Handstand Challenge' Is Actually a Great Workout—Here's How to Modify It

The 'Handstand Challenge' Is Actually a Great Workout—Here's How to Modify It

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Hot Tip: When Doing Yoga, You Can Use Parts of Your Body to Massage and Relieve Muscle Soreness

Hot Tip: When Doing Yoga, You Can Use Parts of Your Body to Massage and Relieve Muscle Soreness

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Sorry, Pigeon Pose: the ‘Fire Log’ Gets Way Deeper Into Your Hips

Sorry, Pigeon Pose: the ‘Fire Log’ Gets Way Deeper Into Your Hips

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Everything You Need to Know About Yoga for Sleep, Because an 8-Hour Savasana Never Hurt Anybody

Everything You Need to Know About Yoga for Sleep, Because an 8-Hour Savasana Never Hurt Anybody

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8 Stretches to Open Your Heart Chakras During This Stressful Time

8 Stretches to Open Your Heart Chakras During This Stressful Time

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Think Outside the Mat and Try These 9 Yoga Block Exercises for Building Strength

Think Outside the Mat and Try These 9 Yoga Block Exercises for Building Strength

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The 5 Tibetan Rites Distill Thousands of Yoga Poses Down to a Single Handful

The 5 Tibetan Rites Distill Thousands of Yoga Poses Down to a Single Handful

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The Best Way to Open up Your Body in Yoga (and Combat Rounded Shoulders)? Get Into a Bind

The Best Way to Open up Your Body in Yoga (and Combat Rounded Shoulders)? Get Into a Bind

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5 Yoga Breathing Techniques to Cultivate Chill Vibes on and Off the Mat

5 Yoga Breathing Techniques to Cultivate Chill Vibes on and Off the Mat

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Online Workouts You Can Do at Home to Ease Social Distancing

Online Workouts You Can Do at Home to Ease Social Distancing

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The Strength-Boosting Sequence That'll Help You Master the Yoga Headstand

The Strength-Boosting Sequence That'll Help You Master the Yoga Headstand

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The Only Post-Work Stretches You Need to Call It a Day on Tension

The Only Post-Work Stretches You Need to Call It a Day on Tension

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Yoga Has Literally Thousands of Poses, but a Stretching Expert Says This One Unwinds Every Muscle

Yoga Has Literally Thousands of Poses, but a Stretching Expert Says This One Unwinds Every Muscle

By Kells McPhillips

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A Laughing Yoga Session in India Gave Me the Most Powerful Sense of Human Connection I've Ever Felt

A Laughing Yoga Session in India Gave Me the Most Powerful Sense of Human Connection I've Ever Felt

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This Yoga Teacher Swears by Weekly Baths With 200 Pounds of Ice

This Yoga Teacher Swears by Weekly Baths With 200 Pounds of Ice

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The Soothing Yoga Pose Variations That Provide a Stretch Where You Need It Most

The Soothing Yoga Pose Variations That Provide a Stretch Where You Need It Most

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'Somatic Exercises' Stretch the Stress Right Out of Your Poor, Aching Body

'Somatic Exercises' Stretch the Stress Right Out of Your Poor, Aching Body

By Kells McPhillips

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Pros Say Meridian Exercises Have the Potential to Open up Your Entire Body

Pros Say Meridian Exercises Have the Potential to Open up Your Entire Body

By Rachel Lapidos

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How to Use Your Yoga Practice to Boost Your Stamina While Standing Still

How to Use Your Yoga Practice to Boost Your Stamina While Standing Still

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These Chest-Opening Yoga Moves 'Flush Out' Your Lungs for More Open Breathing

These Chest-Opening Yoga Moves 'Flush Out' Your Lungs for More Open Breathing

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This Yoga Flow Boosts Flexibility so You'll Be Touching Your Toes in No Time

This Yoga Flow Boosts Flexibility so You'll Be Touching Your Toes in No Time

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I’m a Yoga Therapist and MD, and These Are the 5 Middle Back Stretches I Recommend Every Day for a Healthy Spine

I’m a Yoga Therapist and MD, and These Are the 5 Middle Back Stretches I Recommend Every Day for a Healthy Spine

By Kells McPhillips

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How to Do Wheel Pose the Right Way, Straight From a Yoga Pro

How to Do Wheel Pose the Right Way, Straight From a Yoga Pro

By Erin Bunch

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I Do Hundreds of Yoga Classes a Year, but None Has Lit up My Arms Like This 10-Minute Flow

I Do Hundreds of Yoga Classes a Year, but None Has Lit up My Arms Like This 10-Minute Flow

By Kells McPhillips

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These Are the Most Popular Studios Around the U.S., According to Classpass

These Are the Most Popular Studios Around the U.S., According to Classpass

By Zoe Weiner

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One of the Most Common Yoga Poses Is Also One of the Easiest to Mess Up

One of the Most Common Yoga Poses Is Also One of the Easiest to Mess Up

By Zoe Weiner

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This 12-Minute Butt-Sculpting Yoga Flow Will Put Squats and Lunges to Shame

This 12-Minute Butt-Sculpting Yoga Flow Will Put Squats and Lunges to Shame

By Rachel Lapidos

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This 11-Minute Yoga Flow Fires up Every Single Muscle in Your Core

This 11-Minute Yoga Flow Fires up Every Single Muscle in Your Core

By Rachel Lapidos

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This Is Exactly How Many Weeks of Yoga You Need for Stress Relief

This Is Exactly How Many Weeks of Yoga You Need for Stress Relief

By Kells McPhillips

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This Physical Therapist-Approved downward dog variation Gives Your Core Extra Love

This Physical Therapist-Approved downward dog variation Gives Your Core Extra Love

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A Ballet Dancer’s Secret for Ironing Out the Kinks in Your Neck

A Ballet Dancer’s Secret for Ironing Out the Kinks in Your Neck

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10 Yoga Tips That Have Us Better Stretched and More Mobile Than Ever Before

10 Yoga Tips That Have Us Better Stretched and More Mobile Than Ever Before

By Rachel Lapidos

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There Are 38 Million Power Yoga Videos—These Are the 9 Best You Can Do in 10 Minutes or Less

There Are 38 Million Power Yoga Videos—These Are the 9 Best You Can Do in 10 Minutes or Less

By Tehrene Firman

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Want to Work Out but Just... Can’t Even? These 10 Videos Get Your Blood Pumping in Less Than 10 Minutes

Want to Work Out but Just... Can’t Even? These 10 Videos Get Your Blood Pumping in Less Than 10 Minutes

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The Most Common Mistakes People Make in Down Dog—and Exactly How to Fix Them

The Most Common Mistakes People Make in Down Dog—and Exactly How to Fix Them

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I'm a Massage Therapist, and This Is the One Spot You Should Target to Release Years of Tension

I'm a Massage Therapist, and This Is the One Spot You Should Target to Release Years of Tension

By Tehrene Firman

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The Key to Lower Body Strength Is the 'Foldability of Your Legs'

The Key to Lower Body Strength Is the 'Foldability of Your Legs'

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If You've Heard of Goat Yoga, It's Time to Level up and Try Horseback Yoga

If You've Heard of Goat Yoga, It's Time to Level up and Try Horseback Yoga

By Rachel Lapidos

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A Physical Therapist Explains 2 Easy Ways to Fix 'Pelvic Tilt'

A Physical Therapist Explains 2 Easy Ways to Fix 'Pelvic Tilt'

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It's Been 5,000 Years, but Yoga Just Can't Be Stopped

It's Been 5,000 Years, but Yoga Just Can't Be Stopped

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Here's Why Core Stretches Are so Important If You're a Plank Queen

Here's Why Core Stretches Are so Important If You're a Plank Queen

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I'm a Yoga Teacher, and These Are the Best Back Stretches for Your Spine

I'm a Yoga Teacher, and These Are the Best Back Stretches for Your Spine

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These 10 Yoga Stretches Will Help Your Aching Feet

These 10 Yoga Stretches Will Help Your Aching Feet

By Jessica Estrada

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5 Powerful Ways Yoga Benefits Your Brain, According to Scientific Research

5 Powerful Ways Yoga Benefits Your Brain, According to Scientific Research

By Kells McPhillips

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"Cardio Yoga" Will Hands Down Give You the Best Full-Body Sweat You Can Ask For

"Cardio Yoga" Will Hands Down Give You the Best Full-Body Sweat You Can Ask For

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What It Actually Means to 'Close Your Rib Cage'—in Yoga and Beyond

What It Actually Means to 'Close Your Rib Cage'—in Yoga and Beyond

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5 Strength-Building Yoga Poses That Are Also Full-Body Stretches in Disguise

5 Strength-Building Yoga Poses That Are Also Full-Body Stretches in Disguise

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4 Lessons You Can Learn From Yoga to Propel You to Career Success

4 Lessons You Can Learn From Yoga to Propel You to Career Success

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Crisscross Your Downward Dog for a Hip Stretch That 'Feels Like Heaven'

Crisscross Your Downward Dog for a Hip Stretch That 'Feels Like Heaven'

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How to Create the Perfect Weekly Workout Formula, According to Charlee Atkins

How to Create the Perfect Weekly Workout Formula, According to Charlee Atkins

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I Found a Yoga Mat That Turns Into a Full Gym in Seconds

I Found a Yoga Mat That Turns Into a Full Gym in Seconds

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How to Deal When You Experience Less-Than-Chill Feelings in Yoga Class

How to Deal When You Experience Less-Than-Chill Feelings in Yoga Class

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Yoga Is the Most Popular Workout in the World—Here’s How to Find the Right Type...

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Cat Stretch Is Yoga's Easiest Backbend, but It Can Open You up Like Nobody's Business

Cat Stretch Is Yoga's Easiest Backbend, but It Can Open You up Like Nobody's Business

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On the Fence About Taking up Yoga? These 3 Mental Health Benefits Might Change Your...

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We Need Naked Yoga (and Its Confidence-Boosting Magic) Now More Than Ever

We Need Naked Yoga (and Its Confidence-Boosting Magic) Now More Than Ever

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'Perfect Yoga’ Is Overrated—Here's Why to Focus on a Relaxed, Feel-Good Flow Instead

'Perfect Yoga’ Is Overrated—Here's Why to Focus on a Relaxed, Feel-Good Flow Instead

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Having Trouble Focusing? Start Your Day With the Brain-Boosting Sun Salutation A

Having Trouble Focusing? Start Your Day With the Brain-Boosting Sun Salutation A

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5 Yoga Poses That Banish Bloat Faster Than You Can Say 'Namaste'

5 Yoga Poses That Banish Bloat Faster Than You Can Say 'Namaste'

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The Yoga Foot Stretches That Will Have the Other Muscles in Your Legs Writing Thank...

The Yoga Foot Stretches That Will Have the Other Muscles in Your Legs Writing Thank...

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Master the 'Big Five' Yoga Poses to Set the Foundation for Your Entire Practice

Master the 'Big Five' Yoga Poses to Set the Foundation for Your Entire Practice

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Sun Salutation B Is the Best Way to Fire up Your Entire Body in a...

Sun Salutation B Is the Best Way to Fire up Your Entire Body in a...

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Target the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of Back Pain With These 3 Stretches

Target the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ of Back Pain With These 3 Stretches

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The Class by Taryn Toomey Is Coming to a City Near You (You Heard Me!)

The Class by Taryn Toomey Is Coming to a City Near You (You Heard Me!)

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