Have you ever been in yoga class and the teacher tells you to "rest" in Child's Pose...but all you can think to yourself is, "This pose does not feel restful to me!" Just because a certain position ...

Yoga can look like a sweaty, hour-long workout — or it can look like a handful of easy poses that you melt into while watching TV. You can’t go wrong either way, but you might prefer one over another ...

Yoga requires a lot from our hands and wrists. Some of our most powerful inversions--think Handstand, Down Dog--are weight-bearing poses that rely on hand and wrist strength. But the graceful wrist ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Beyond just regularly stretching, it's a good idea to exercise and keep active, too. "Along with ...

In a dimly lit yoga studio, I was somewhere between cat-cow and threading the needle when tears started swelling up in my eyes. The feeling of deep grief and hopelessness I fought back all day came to ...

In my movement routine, stretches come and go. But there are always a few fan favourites that I come back to - like child’s pose. Suitable for most fitness levels? Yep. Restful? You betcha! Kind to ...

“Yoga’s aim is to connect the mind and body in friendship,” says Holiday Johnson, director of the Health and Fitness Yoga Center in Portland, Oregon, and instructor to many mountaineers, boardsailors, ...