Welcome to day 28 of the month-long Houston Chronicle Yoga Challenge. Today's move is Standing Halfmoon Backbend. This will give you a great openness in your chest while challenging the muscles in ...

This pose is a reminder that you're the expert of your body.

Backbends in yoga are the perfect antidote to a hunched over, contracted spine. Yoga instructors explain how to do them properly and how they benefit you. We live in a world filled with ...

Backbends are a wonderful way to build strength, flexibility, and mobility. You can start at a beginner stage and transition into intermediate or advanced backbends over time. Backbends are an ...

Camel pose shouldn't feel like crossing a desert of agony. Mala Yoga co-founder Christina Hatgis shares three tips to stay safer—and go deeper. Christina Hatgis backbending at Mala Yoga in Cobble Hill ...

Editor’s note: Dana Santas is the creator of Radius Yoga Conditioning, a yoga style designed to help athletes move, breathe and focus better. She’s the yoga trainer for the Atlanta Braves, the ...

In WH’s resident yogi Jessica Skye’s latest column, she demystifies backbends. The backbend – it’s one of the Marmite poses of yoga. However elegant and ‘Gramable a slinky arched back can look; our ...

The stand and bend yoga pose lengthens your spine, shoulders and chest. It focuses on your core, helping to reduce belly fat. It also gives your full body a great stretch. The energising beginner yoga ...