Tadasana is one of those yoga poses that's easy to ignore. Nobody's lying awake at night thinking, "Man, I really need to nail my Tadasana."

You stand there, feet on the floor, arms by your sides or hands together at your chest. Seems simple enough.

But Tadasana is more important than it looks.

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One of the least effective cues I’ve ever heard in a yoga class is for Triangle Pose (Trikonasana): “Imagine your body is stuck between two panes of glass.”

You’ve probably heard it in class. The intention is good, it’s meant to help you open through the chest, stack the torso over the front leg, a...