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Yoga-on-the-Go Guide How many times during your last trip did the serene thought of a few rounds of Sun Salutation float into your mind? We’ve tracked down the most useful and portable yoga goods to help you keep up your practice while trekking the world.

3 Keys to a Better Bum: A Guide to a Shapelier Lower Body If you’re looking to fill out your favorite pair of jeans in all the right places, or simply trim your hips in proportion with the rest of your physique,we have a routine that will work for you.

Sculpting Your Arms with Yoga Whether you’re already studying yoga or want to begin a practice, this discipline is arguably one of the best for sculpting your upper body into tank-top material.

Secrets of Successful Strength Training It’s easy to fall into a weight training rut, doing the same old routine of favorite exercises day in, day out. The key to successful training lies in varying the training stimuli.

10 Exercise Myths Although some old fitness fictions are fading fast, plenty of popular exercise misconceptions still exist. Here are some of the most common myths debunked.

Body Fix-Ups That Work: Belly, Thigh and Butt Shapers FIRM instructor-trainer Kirsten Palmer shares 5 techniques that will help fix your most problematic body parts. In other words, she explains how to make your body bathing suit-friendly.

Top 5 Ways to Lose More Weight with Your Existing Workout You’ve established a healthy workout schedule, working up a sweat three to five times a week—but why aren’t you losing weight?

5 Workout Techniques to Burn Major Calories in Less Time Want noticeable results in less time? Get the fastest results by combining cardio and sculpting into a single workout (and even a single move). Here are 5 techniques that will help you get fit and look good—fast!

5 Ways to Boost the Bone Building Power of Your Workout Tweak your workout to build bone density even if you already have bone loss or osteoporosis. How weight-bearing vs. weighted workouts help, plus multidirectional movement, balance exercises and more.

Best Cross-Training for Your Core Sport Personal training, physiology, and biomechanics experts share their top tips to help you cross-train for the specific sports and activities you love most, from cycling and running to swimming, golf, yoga, racquet sports, volleyball ...

How I Stay So Happy: Q&A with Patricia Moreno What keeps this powerhouse personal trainer so darned joyful — and how the rest of us can get our hands on whatever she eats for breakfast.

Kick Off Your Detox with a Restorative Twist Twist your torso to help your body detox. Here’s how to do a restorative seated yoga twist to give your cleanse a gentle and painless jump-start.

8 Insider Tips for Tighter Abs Here are 8 tips I share with anyone who asks me about having tighter abs. They work for me so I know they will work for you, too!

Beat the Blues with Heart-Opening Yoga Feeling blue? Yoga instructor Kate Hanley explains how to do simple yoga poses that open the chest -- a surprisingly simple and effective way to lift your mood.

How to Lose Weight with Yoga Experts weigh in on the best ways to put specific yoga styles, poses and side-effects to work helping you lose weight and get healthier.

Lose Weight Permanently with Ayurveda Is simply being an American making you fat? This plan for what, when and how to eat to lose weight and keep it off for life is based on Ayurveda and European ideas about food.

QUIZ: What Kind of Yogi Are You? How can you find a yoga practice that suits your personal tastes, abilities, and quirks? Take this quiz to find the yoga style that appeals to your unique personality.

Never-Boring Yogawear Guide From your top to your shoes to your yoga mat bag, fun and funky yoga fashion statements look cool-and-groovin' and work with your body and your style, on the mat or on the street.

10 Essential Yoga Poses: How-To + Video with Rodney Yee Step-by-step instructions plus video how-to with yoga expert Rodney Yee for 10 essential yoga poses including Downward Dog, Warrior I, II and II, Cobra position, Triangle, Tree, Fish Pose and more.

6 Easy Ways to Work Healthier From improving your ergonomics to reducing eye strain and releasing stress fast, these six tips and solutions can make your corner of the office a healthier place to be.

Cancer Survivors Thrive with Yoga In Laura Kupperman’s Yoga for Survivors class, sore shoulders and tight hips are likely the least of students’ complaints. But here they find help with exactly what cancer has brought them today.

Om in a Combat Zone: Story of Two Women Marines Downward Dog in a war zone? Amid surprise attacks and artillery fire in Iraq, two women Marines are creating their own peace with yoga.

5 Ways to Lose More Weight with Walking Workouts Top five ways to get better weight loss results from your walking workouts, from high-energy superwoman and Walkvest diva Debbie Rocker.

Study: Ab Crunches Work 38% Better on a Ball How and why using a ball can sculpt abs faster with less strain and effort — plus a how-to guide to three abs exercises supercharged with a stability ball or fitness ball.

Gyrotonic: Exercise Outside the Lines Working out can be so linear: Treadmill, stair climber, bike path …Break out of “front-facing” workouts. Gyrotonic is an fusion of circular movements combining elements of dance, yoga, swimming, t’ai chi and gymnastics.

Face Yoga: Fountain of Youth? Face yoga students are abandoning face-lifts and Botox for Downward Dog. Here’s the good, the bad and the need-to-know on face yoga and its anti-aging benefits, plus four poses with photos and instructions to help you see if it’s for you.

Yoga Therapy: The Next Wave in Yoga Can yoga fix your bum knee? Your bad back? Western doctors are referring patients to yoga therapy as an alternative to physical therapy. Here's what you need to know about this growing, but still fledgling, healthcare approach.

Improve Your Sex Life with Yoga Yoga is a true physical and mental workout, so it's no surprise it can help you have better sex. Find out how Yoga can improve your sex life and make the next time a real mind-body experience.

Workout Rut? Variety Boosts Results Bored with your same-old fitness cardio or toning workouts or athletic training routine? Not getting the results you used to? Muscles learn to perform the same exercises using the least energy. Fitness trainer Rick Olderman recommends these circuit and interval techniques for variety that boosts results.

Yoga as Cross-Training Being physically fit today is about finding a physical and mental equilibrium that will allow you to be a lifetime athlete. Yoga may just be the yin you need for your yang.