Everyone has a favorite asana (or two, or three, or…), and the pigeon pose is one of mine. Something about the stretch, which can be modified in a number of ways for varying degrees of challenge and intensity, is deliciously satisfying!
The pigeon pose has several benefits. Primarily it stretches your thigh muscles, groin muscles, and [...]

Mantra, or sacred word, can be defined most simply as “subtle sound vibration, which through repetition aims at expanding one’s awareness or consciousness” (source). You’ll know a common example from the repetition of “om”; “om” itself is a mantra.
Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati, aka Swami J, has a great series of videos about the usage of mantra [...]

Anyone who’s tried to meditate for extended periods of time knows that a sagging spine is a major source of distraction. Sooner or later your upper back aches from the natural curve that comes from a lack of mindful posture, or your lower back smarts from compression.
You don’t have to look far in Yoga and [...]

I’m trying out hubpages.com , so I have posted a yoga article there. It’s about yoga and celebrities. I think it’s worth reading
Please check it out: http://hubpages.com/hub/Celebrities-and-yoga

A Yoga Mudra is a variation of an asana that engages the hands to bring about specific effects, the purpose of which may vary according to the sequence or flow of your practice or the goals you have set for your routine (such as healing a specific illness). Sometimes Mudras are as simple as hand [...]

I read a great article about how to get high and smart on Cosmopolitan, to bad it is in swedish.
The pictures will give you the idea. We have written about those exercises here on Train Yoga.

Whether you’re day is mostly sedentary or always on the go, chances are you’re rough on your feet. Most of us are! We don’t realise how shoes, even the most comfortable sort, squish and constrict our feet in ways that are not conducive to yoga.
(A healthy yoga foot has, at rest, toes that are a [...]

Yoga doesn’t have to be serious all the time! It’s a misconception that the practice is solely solemn, involving only stone faces, minds empty of all thought, and free of any distractions in the environment.
Sometimes it’s all those things, but let’s face it: we live in real life and very few of us can achieve [...]

Did you ever think you’d learn yoga from Paul McCartney of The Beatles? Well thanks to YouTube, you can! Here, Paul teaches us yoga exercises for your eyes, to improve your eye health.
Spending hour upon hour on the computer, as many of us do, our eyes tend to suffer the brunt of the work. No [...]

Check out this highly educational video about Pranayama, including a thorough introduction to seated positions. Kavita Maharaj teaches you about the anatomical benefits of breathing practice - such as increasing lung capacity and reducing everyday scar tissue in your lungs (we all have it!), boosting metabolism, and aiding digestion. Learn some basic and advanced seated [...]