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Yoga Etiquette for Beginners: How to Show Up Right in Studios and Online Classes

Your first class starts in an hour and nobody handed you a rulebook. This yoga etiquette guide for beginners covers studios and online classes.

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Right Triangle Pose (Trikoṇāsana) - pillar item
Body, Mobility & Posture Right Triangle Pose (Trikoṇāsana)

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
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Body, Mobility & Posture Corpse Pose (Śavāsana)

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) - pillar item
Body, Mobility & Posture Upward-Facing Dog Pose (Ūrdhva Mukha Śvānāsana)

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
Chair Pose (Utkaṭāsana) - pillar item
Body, Mobility & Posture Chair Pose (Utkaṭāsana)

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
Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana) - pillar item
Body, Mobility & Posture Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvāṅgāsana)

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) - pillar item
Body, Mobility & Posture Cat Pose (Mārjārāsana)

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 Pose (Adho Mukha Śvānāsana) - pillar item
Body, Mobility & Posture Downward-Facing Dog Pose (Adho Mukha Śvānāsana)

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