Health Yoga Life Yoga instructor Siga Bielkus demonstrates Sun Salutation A, a sequence performed 5 times at the beginning of each Ashtanga class. Sun Salutation A is a common sequence in other yoga ...

If you’re looking for a yoga class that’s likely going to make you sweat, stretch your muscles, and build strength, vinyasa yoga might be for you. A vinyasa yoga class can often be rigorous and ...

To some people, the word “yoga” evokes ritualistic chanting, long breaths and slow movement. To others, it means contorting your body into ever more complicated positions until sweat drips onto the ...

From all-day-every-day leggings to the sea of "Namaste" bumper stickers in your hometown, there’s no doubt that yoga has spread far beyond hippie culture and Madonna. No matter who you are, you’ve at ...

Perhaps I’m biased since it’s the one form of fitness I’ve ever unconditionally loved, but it always bums me out when people dismiss yoga for being “too easy.” (Have you tried Bikram?) Or that it ...

The word "vinyasa" in Sanskrit means arranging something in a special way. Thus, vinyasa yoga links postures together, so you flow from one to the next. It also synchronizes movement with the breath, ...

Yoga is one of those workouts you either love or hate. If you fall in the latter camp, let us pose a question: Have you tried Vinyasa yoga? While Bikram and Ashtanga are typically more intense ...

Of the many yoga forms, Ashtanga has a reputation for being one of the most athletic. Founded in India by K. Patthabi Jois in 1948, a classic Ashtanga routine demands fitness, flexibility and focus, ...