Upward-Facing Dog is an introductory backbend that helps prepare the body and mind for all sorts of challenging yoga poses.

Every field of study has its share of heated controversies. One of the debates that has long smoldered in the yoga world is whether or not we should engage our gluteus maximus muscles--aka squeeze our ...

Doctors and physical therapists are marveling at a 6-year-old girl who is making unexpected progress after a simple backbend in her living room left her paralyzed. Eden Hoelscher, a first-grader from ...

Camel pose shouldn't feel like crossing a desert of agony. Mala Yoga co-founder Christina Hatgis shares three tips to stay safer—and go deeper. Christina Hatgis backbending at Mala Yoga in Cobble Hill ...

When Eden Hoelscher was five years old, she became paralyzed after doing a backbend in her California living room. Her family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, to participate in a pioneer program for ...

Eden Hoelscher was a typically active child until she attempted a backbend in the living room of her family's California home last December. “I look at her and she's collapsed on the floor from the ...

For six years now, Li Huan has worked at a school cafeteria to keep her 12-year-old daughter Qingqing in class. Though deep in debt, there’s more at stake than money: Paralyzed and wheelchair-bound ...