Author
Hannah Cole
Hannah Cole writes the pose library - the guides that walk through each posture step by step - along with much of our mobility and posture coverage. Her rule for the column: every claim about what a pose does for the body has to trace back to a named source at the end of the piece, and where the research is thin, the piece says so.
By Hannah Cole
Mountain Pose (Tāḍāsana) is the foundational standing pose that trains whole-body postural alignment, balanced weight distribution, and upri...
Hannah ColeNovember 10, 20255 min read
Right Triangle Pose (Trikoṇāsana, right side) is a foundational standing posture that stretches the hamstrings and side body while building...
Hannah ColeNovember 9, 20254 min read
Śavāsana (Corpse Pose) closes your practice with full-body stillness, letting muscles decompress and breath return to its natural rhythm.
Hannah ColeNovember 8, 20254 min read
Upward-Facing Dog Pose (Ūrdhva Mukha Śvānāsana) lifts the entire front body off the mat in a full prone backbend, building spinal strength a...
Hannah ColeNovember 7, 20254 min read
Sink into Chair Pose (Utkaṭāsana) and you're simultaneously building lower-body strength, core stability, and shoulder endurance in one heat...
Hannah ColeNovember 6, 20254 min read
Glutes, spine, hip flexors, and chest all get addressed in a single shape: Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana), a beginner backbend that...
Hannah ColeNovember 6, 20254 min read
Cat Pose (Mārjārāsana) is a beginner kneeling shape that rounds the spine on an exhale, engaging the core and mobilizing the back from tailb...
Hannah ColeNovember 4, 20254 min read
Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Śvānāsana) is a foundational inverted V-shape that stretches the posterior chain and builds shoulder strengt...
Hannah ColeNovember 4, 20254 min read