If you're looking for a way to improve your flexibility, reduce stress, avoid injury and extend your range of motion to help boost your exercise performance, take a tip from Mother Nature: Stretch.

Participants do some yoga stretching during the Yoga + Hike program at The Nature Institute in Godfrey on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Amanda Bailey of Bethalto relaxes during the Yoga + Hike program at ...

A few years ago, I noticed that I was practicing yoga only in the mornings. That happened to be when I had the most time, and by then yoga been part of my routine for so long, I hadn't thought about ...

Move over CrossFit, yoga and Peloton. Stretching sessions are the hot revival fitness fad. Studios like StretchLab, Stretch Zone, Lymbr and Stretch’d are popping up in strip malls and street corners, ...

Tight, tense, and stiff? Try these simple poses for lower back relief. How many times have you felt the need to stretch after having sat for a long time, whether behind a desk, in a car, on a plane, ...

Yoga straps, also known as yoga belts or stretching straps, are an additional tool to include in your yoga classes, as well as in your stretching sessions more broadly. The purpose of yoga straps are ...

Older women struggling with urinary incontinence can benefit from regular, low-impact exercise, with yoga as well as stretching and strengthening showing benefits in a new study published Aug. 27 in ...