Occasionally I like to plan yoga classes around a particular family of asanas in order to spend more time exploring the benefits of a particular posture. Whilst I use forward folds in most of my yoga sequences, as the nights grow cooler and darker, I enjoy practicing and teaching forward folds and here are a few of the reasons why: 1. Forward folds allow us to explore length along the entire back of the body, from the heels to the crown of the head or fingertips. This helps