PSA: Looking to get away? We'll be headed to the Costa Rican jungle in November and would love for you to join us for a relaxing yoga retreat! Also, if you have a second to review the YBC Official App in the App Store, we'd be so grateful!

I'm not going to lie to you - I don't love binds. My shoulder always makes this embarrassing popping sound, and it sort of feels like my chest might rip open, but they say the poses you avoid are the ones you need to do, so I'm making more of an effort to incorporate binds into my practice. 

If you're ready to take your practice to the next level, learning how to bind can be helpful. Binding is simply a way to take poses deeper. The above pose is trikonasana (heres how to do trikonasana). To bind from trikonasana, take the lower arm to the inside of the leg, and wrap it behind. Reach the top arm back behind you, intending to grab hold of the other hand. If necessary, use a yoga strap to assist.