If you're preparing to attend a yoga class for the first time, it would be perfectly natural to feel some low-level anxiety. You might be worrying: What's it like to execute a Downward Dog pose? How ...

So you’ve summoned the courage to try yoga — congrats! — but you aren’t quite sure what to bring to, or expect from, your first class. Don’t fret. We got tips from two yoga instructors, Irene Pappas ...

If you’ve never done yoga, it looks intimidating. People are flexible, fit, trendily dressed—wait, I might be thinking of Lululemon ads rather than actual yoga classes. It turns out you can have a ...

Whenever my friends invite me to sunrise yoga sessions, I recoil. For one thing, I’m not a morning person. Another: I don’t like yoga. I prefer cardio-based workouts. Besides, it’s embarrassing trying ...

Celebrating International Yoga Day on the beach in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2022. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images International Yoga Day, dedicated to celebrating yoga as part of the “intangible ...

Recently, I found myself on the floor of a well-appointed outdoor yoga studio in a trendy neighborhood of Los Angeles, panting as I contorted myself into what seemed like the hundredth in a series of ...

About 10 years ago a friend invited me to a yoga class. Just divorced, I was feeling open to new things. Yoga was really not something I'd considered before, but I didn't evaluate it, overthink it or ...

Phyllis Sues has never exactly rushed into things. She launched a business at 50 and became a trapeze enthusiast at 75. At 85, she took her first yoga lesson, got into tango dancing shortly after, and ...

Yoga is a fantastic form of exercise that focuses on strength and flexibility. It has multiple long-term health benefits and is an excellent choice for people of any age. If you’re about to start your ...

We might earn a commission if you make a purchase through one of the links. The McClatchy Commerce Content team, which is independent from our newsroom, oversees this content. Yoga is a fantastic form ...