Yoga for a Healthy Mind & Body

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Start your holistic journey to a healthier mind and body.

Western Yoga

Meet Heidi Sormaz and begin by exploring the roots of hatha yoga, a form of yoga that’s widely practiced in the West. Focus on three main principles: breath, physical postures (asanas), and meditation. Then get started with some simple exercises.

Yoga Begins With the Breath

Practice a mini yoga class that highlights mindful breathing to relieve stress. Add three new asanas to your yoga routine: warrior two, bound angle and downward-facing dog.

Yoga & Pain Relief

Heidi considers key yogic tools that address physical pain, including attention to breath and sensation, release of chronic muscle contractions and healthier movement patterns. You’ll practice asanas for each of these pain-reduction techniques.

Yoga for a Healthy Heart

Yoga promotes a healthier heart by providing a transition from sedentary lifestyles to more active ones. Build your practice as you learn two new breathing exercises that are paired with asanas including warrior one, knee-to-chest and bridge.

Yoga & Addictive Behavior

Discover how paying attention to the body’s sensations can help break the vicious cycle of addictive behaviors. Practice a sequence of patterned breathing, side bends, cat/cow, downward dog, lunges, forward fold and reclined twist. End with savasana, the traditional closing posture in a yoga practice.

Yoga for Depression & Anxiety

Mindful yoga movements can interrupt the physical and psychological habits that lead to depression. In this lesson, learn the classic sun salutation, a series of movements and poses linked by breath.

Iyengar Yoga

Heidi introduces the Iyengar style of yoga, named for the pioneer yoga teacher B. K. S. Iyengar. Using optional props, including a wall, chair, strap and blocks, you’ll practice nine essential asanas.

Power Yoga

Transition to a more aerobic form of yoga, power vinyasa, in which a sequence of poses is strung together at an energetic pace. Try a challenging flow, modifying the poses where appropriate for your fitness level.

Yin Yoga

Yin yoga is the complementary practice to a yang form, such as power yoga. Unwind with yin poses that gently stretch your connective tissues, such as tendons, ligaments and fascia.

Anusara Yoga

Experience the spiritual dimension of yoga through an Anusara practice, which combines the Iyengar system of alignment with elements of Hindu spirituality. After a Sanskrit invocation, follow a sequence of asanas that emphasizes the body’s awareness of energy flow and muscle action.

Forrest Yoga

Developed by Ana Forrest, Forrest yoga was designed to address emotional issues, trauma and addiction by creating a calm and untroubled internal state. Using the techniques and postures you’ve already learned, discover a new way to tune into your feelings.

Everyday Yoga

Finally, drawing on the poses and routines you’ve learned above, develop a personalized yoga routine that accommodates the realities of a 21st-century life. Keep sight of these three principles: breathe deliberately, move in non-habitual ways, and pursue mindful awareness.