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Corpse Pose - Savasana

Step by step instructions for Cat Pose as part of a Cat - Cow Stretch in yoga. Includes big yoga photo of Cat Pose.

Seated Wide Legged Straddle - Upavistha Konasana

Boat Pose - Navasana

Most yoga apps for the iphone or ipod touch follow a similar model. These apps are basically an electronic version of yoga flash cards, though some also include narration and sequencing.

Ear Pressure Pose - Karnapidasana

Get yoga advice from Aunt Yoga. This column: How to improve hamstring flexibility.

Is yoga just stretching? Find out how stretching is part of yoga, but not the only thing that makes up what yoga is all about.

In uttanasana, let your head hang heavy. This means you'll probably be looking at your kneecaps. I have to remind myself to do this almost every time I do this pose. It's amazing how strong the urge is look at your toes, thereby cranking your neck, and how much better the pose feels when you don't.
Carry on!

Forward Bending Tip of the Week originally appeared on About.com Yoga on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 23:42:17.

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Yoga can help open your airways and ease allergies. Learn the recommended yoga poses and breathing exercises for seasonal nasal allergies.

It is well-established that yoga helps combat stress. Find out how yoga techniques work for stress managment and relaxation.

Does your sex life need a boost? Find out if doing yoga can improve your sex life.

Sun Salutations - Surya Namaskara are the core of a Vinyasa style yoga practice. A sun salutation is a series of poses done in succession so that one pose flows into the next. The pace of the flow and how long the poses are held may vary, but the movement is done in accompaniment with the breath. With variations for beginning and advanced practitioners and links to yoga pictures.

When your yoga teacher says "go through your vinyasa," what is she talking about?

Poses to avoid in the third trimester of pregnancy and poses you can substitute.

A sequence of yoga inversions, including Headstand and Shoulderstand.

In the Ashtanga yoga tradition, each practice starts with sun salutations. First comes several rounds of surya namaskara A, followed by several of surya namaskara B.

Defintion of drishti, a Sanskrit term used in yoga to refer to the gaze.

Pyramid Pose III - Parsvottonasana III

Eagle Pose - Garudasana photo