How to See Your True Self
Connect with the part of you that remains steady to accept change.
Connect with the part of you that remains steady to accept change.
A survey of Facebook users offers a hypothetical brand outline of the 2012 presidential candidates based on their fans' interests.
A new book out this week, explores North American yoga and its connection to increasingly relevant issues plaguing the yoga community.
Five habits that will help you feel great today and in the future.
Erica Rodefer Winters presents five questions you should ask yourself before you push yourself deeper into a pose.
Sage Rountree shows us how to transition from Lord of the Dance Pose to Warrior III, tapping into lower leg, hip, and core strength.
Films that celebrate yoga are finding their way to film festivals and cinemas. Erica Rodefer Winters looks at three coming to theaters near you.
A new class for "curvy, curly girls" offers women who shy away from yoga a fun way to try it—and hair-care tips to boot.
Leaving behind a busy urban life to help out at a yoga retreat in Alaska, Aaron Davidman is stilled by the majesty of Mother Nature.
Can you walk the yogic path and smoke pot? Neal Pollack suggests you look at the issue of attachment to find your own answers.
Ayurvedic practitioner Katie Silcox offers tips for staying healthy and feeling your best this fall season.
The controversial leader of Bikram Yoga hosts a $1,000-a-head fundraiser for a Nevada congresswoman.
Not everyone has a positive experience the first time they unroll a yoga mat. Erica Rodefer Winters asks the question: Whose responsibility is it to make sure first-timers feel at ease during class?
YJ blogger Neal Pollack publishes a new novel, a murder-mystery steeped in ... yoga.
A yogini struggles through her work duty at an ashram, until she finally finds peace with her chores—and a miracle happens.
If you suffer from low-back pain, your posture may provide clues as to why. In his continuing exploration of yoga for back pain, Baxter Bell explains how.
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Check out YJ Editors's author page.
The disgraced founder of Anusara Yoga returns to teaching with a new practice called The Roots.
"I think it's when you quit caring whether or not you are considered an 'advanced' practitioner that maybe you actually are," writes Erica Rodefer Winters. How would you define "advanced" yoga?
Equinox releases a second sexy yoga video, this time showing yoga as a couple's practice.
Having strong, well-functioning glutes is critical for your integrity in both yoga poses and in sports. Sage Rountree explains and shares a glute-strengthening practice.
Let yourself be an expression of joy and beauty as you open your heart in Vasisthasana.
Sometimes things don't go your way. But understanding the causes of suffering can help you meet life's challenges with equanimity.
Head to the wall for deeper twists to lengthen and open up your front body.
Georg Feuerstein's body of scholarly works enlightened the yoga community. A friend and colleague remembers his influence.
Check out the 5 healthiest foods you should be eating and why a plant-based whole-foods diet is your ticket to good health.
Give thanks to your food by offering a blessing before you eat.
Easier on the host than a dinner party and more fun than a potluck, cooking parties invite everyone into the kitchen.
Practicing yoga won't make you live forever, but it can help you put the fear of death into perspective. Neal Pollack explains how.
Baron Baptiste's practice will stoke your inner fire to infuse your whole being with strength and vitality.
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When deadlines loom, Erica Rodefer Winters turns to these five go-to poses.
Practice the unique combination of flexibility, strength, and balance required by Scorpion.
Finding a quiet time seated meditation practice can be challenging when you've got a little one. But with a little creativity everyday tasks can become opportunities to go inward.
Yoga offers many ways for students to defy gravity. Aerial Yoga is a fun way to make defying gravity more accessible to all students.
Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III) can help us both watch our habitual patterns and work to change them. Sage Rountree explains how.
Yoga Scholar Georg Feuerstein died Saturday at the age of 65.
Understand why niche marketing works and how to best execute it.
Learn how to get clients more engaged with yoga studio communications and social media.
Learn how to host an open house to bring more clients into your studio.
Yoga helps kids manage pressure and cultivate strength, ultimately setting the stage for happiness and success.
Neal Pollack is doing his best to inject some yogic wisdom into his parenting.
Your yoga practice can help you adjust your stride to accommodate the rocks, dips, and turns of trails.
Some people come to yoga for fitness, others for spiritual enlightenment. Erica Rodefer Winters does it to keep her propensity for negative thinking in check.
Yogis are often asked "Is yoga cardio?" While it may not seem to be the case, all practices aren't created equal, and some strategic sequencing can help you get a cardiovascular workout from your practice.
Transform tight or achy neck and shoulders with this dynamic hands-free vinyasa sequence.
Department store J.C. Penney considers adding yoga to help boost the image of its store.
Kathryn Budig teaches how to Flip the Dog, or to come into Camatkarasana, also known as Wild Thing.
The Vancouver yoga-lifestyle outfitter accuses pant design patent infringement.
In the first of a series on back pain, Baxter Bell dives more deeply into a recent study that explored yoga for chronic low-back pain.
The San Francisco Giants open up its outfield for the first annual Yoga Day at the Park!
From variety and convenience to learning from many teachers, Erica Rodefer Winters shares how online yoga videos make her practice better.
Every activity requires a balance of finding the correct form and using the right kind of breathwork to propel the motion. Sage Rountree explains.
A new study finds that yoga can help ease depression during pregnancy.
Social scientists say that it's harder to make friends as adults. But Neal Pollack has found that yoga has filled his life with many true friendships.
One NYC activist is taking exception to the idea that men can practice in some studios without wearing a shirt, but women can't.
Even small adjustments in your practice, and in your life, can yield really big results.
Four stories of transformation to reinvigorate your own yoga practice.
Try One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose, plus a range of backbends to open your heart along the way.
Like the way bees process honey, humans need to learn to fully digest their emotions before they release them into the world.
A lot of yoga teachers promote products. Colleen Saidman Yee is the first superstar yogi to do so for a winery.
The NCCAM releases information on brand new research about yoga. Baxter Bell shares the good news.
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An marketing campaign that promises yoga will give you a "bikini body" angers some yoga bloggers. Do you think that weightloss is a reason to practice?
This summer Erica Rodefer Winters has had a difficult time keeping her love of ice cream in moderation. Her yoga practice is helping her to clean up her act.
These stretches can help.
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Create a stable base to build a stronger, more satisfying standing twist.
Studio owners sigh in relief when the state's taxation department decides not to impose a dreaded tax.
Sage Rountree presents two key stretches for the shoulders.
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Find balance between strength and flexibility in Adho Mukha Svanasana.
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Let music move you through this chakra-focused, confidence-boosting flow.
Forget plain old hot yoga, some yoga studios are turning to boot camp yoga classes that promise up to double the calorie burn.
Baxter Bell describes a small hip-lifting action that can relieve pain in this joint.