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 ...

Reaching your arms upward, like in mountain with arms up, stabilize through your core as you lift your chest and extend from your mid back, directing your arms and head gently backwards. Initiate the ...

Yoga Journal’s archives series is a curated collection of articles originally published in past issues beginning in 1975. This article first appeared in the 2006 issue of Yoga Journal. I think of ...

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 ...