Try It Now: Yoga

Your body weight provides all the resistance you need to strengthen and sculpt from head to toe.

It's the perfect way to cross-train because it stretches tight muscles, increases range of motion, enhances balance, and improves alignment.

It's good for your body and mind: Yoga boosts energy and calms you as it teaches awareness, focus, and patience.

Stand with legs 3 to 4 feet apart, turning right foot out 90 degrees and left foot in slightly.

Bring your hands to your hips and relax your shoulders, then extend arms out to the sides, palms down.

Bend right knee 90 degrees, keeping knee over ankle; gaze out over right hand. Stay for 1 minute.

Switch sides and repeat.

Stand with arms at sides.

Shift weight onto left leg and place sole of right foot inside left thigh, keeping hips facing forward.

Once balanced, bring hands in front of you in prayer position, palms together.

On an inhalation, extend arms over shoulders, palms separated and facing each another. Stay for 30 seconds.

Lower and repeat on opposite side.

Begin on all fours; press spread fingers firmly into the floor.

Bring your knees off floor as you lift tailbone toward ceiling.

Gradually straighten legs by shifting thighs back, pressing heels toward the floor.

Press shoulders down and keep head between arms. Stay for 1 minute.

a. Stand with feet 3 feet apart, hands on hips.

Inhale, then exhale and hinge forward from hips until chest is parallel to floor, hands on floor directly under shoulders.

b. Exhale, then bend elbows and deepen stretch by lowering head toward floor, palms pressing down and upper arms parallel to the floor. Hold for 1 minute.

Lie on floor with knees bent and directly over heels.

Place arms at sides, palms down. Exhale, then press feet into floor as you lift hips.

Clasp hands under lower back and press arms down, lifting hips until thighs are parallel to floor, bringing chest toward chin. Hold for 1 minute.

Sit on the floor with your legs extended.

Cross right foot over outside of left thigh; bend left knee. Keep right knee pointed toward ceiling.

Place left elbow to the outside of right knee and right hand on the floor behind you.

Twist right as far as you can, moving from your abdomen; keep both sides of your butt on the floor. Stay for 1 minute

Switch sides and repeat.