Let's settle something that has confused a LOT of yoga students:

Is Crane Pose just Crow Pose with straight arms?

Because if you look at the two poses, it certainly seems that way. Same general shape. Same arm-balance-y-ness. Same "why the hell are my feet not on the floor?" energy.

So when your ...

Every time someone tells me they can't step their foot between their hands because they have short arms, I want to ask...

"Who told you that?"

Because it's one of those yoga myths that just keeps getting repeated.

Somewhere along the way, "You have short arms" became the go-to explanation for any...

If you've taken more than a handful of yoga classes, you've almost certainly heard the (probably slightly confusing) cue: "Engage Mula Bandha."

Usually, it arrives right before something that requires a little extra oomph.

Maybe you're setting up for an arm balance. Maybe you're about to kick into...

You've done thousands of poses. Maybe tens of thousands. But here's a question worth sitting with: do you actually know what's happening inside them?

Most of us learn yoga shape by shape. Down dog, warrior, pigeon, repeat.

Eventually, you hit a ceiling where you've been practicing for years but so...

I want you to think about the best yoga class you've ever taken.

Not the hardest. Not the sweatiest. Not the one with the most impressive poses.

The one where something clicked.

Where you arrived at a pose you'd practiced a hundred times before, but somehow it felt completely different. More stab...

If you're in the tight upper body club, there's a good chance Eagle arms feel like a practical joke.

The teacher cheerfully says, "Wrap your arms," and somehow everyone around you manages to stack their elbows, intertwine their forearms, and press their palms together.

Meanwhile, you're standing t...

After I shared my recent article about alternative arm positions in pincha, I got quite a few comments and emails recommending different prop setups for forearm stand (click here if you have not had the chance to check the article out yet!).

A lot of people suggested using straps around the upper a...

For the longest time, I thought my forearm stand problem was a strength problem.

Every time I kicked up into pincha, my elbows would slide apart, my chest would drop toward the floor, and my face would end up much closer to the ground than felt comfortable. No matter how much I tried to “hug everyt...

You've probably heard it a gazillion times in yoga class: "Flex your foot to protect your knee."

This cue usually appears when you're in some kind of "figure 4" shape (think pigeon pose, tree pose, or any variation where your knee is bent and your hip is externally rotated.)

But here's the thing: ...

If you've ever settled into pigeon pose only to feel that sharp, uncomfortable twinge in your knee, you're not alone. I hear this all the time: "Nat, my knee hurts as soon as I get into that position. I don't know what's going on. What can I do to help it?"

Here's the thing that might surprise you:...