Beyond Asana: Other Yoga Therapy Tools
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Meditation for an Aching Heart
Learn how to explore, welcome, and accept your toughest emotions to begin to make peace with them.
Max Strom Yoga: Strength Grace and Healing with Max Strom
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One Step at a Time
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Opening to Change, Forgiveness, and Lovingkindess with Bob Stahl, Ph.D
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Picture of Peace
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Q&A: What Are the Best Breathing Techniques for Asthma?
Breathing specialist and yoga therapist Leslie Kaminoff offers advice for asthmatic kids.
The Ancient Meditation Technique You Need
Try this Tantric meditation on light. One of its purposes is to make you aware of the essentially spiritual, or subtle, nature of the physical body, which Tantrikas regard as a condensed form of divine light, or divine sound vibration.
Suffering Is Optional: Mindful Pain Management
Be curious about your pain and you'll find that though it may not be optional, the pain of your reaction is.
Get Wrapped Up in Yogic Sleep Pose
In the deep forward bend Yoganidrasana, your limbs wrap around your torso and hug in, bringing on an inner stillness.
Happy in Your Own Skin
Whatever your struggle, yoga can help you feel happy in your own skin.
Inspired Style
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Tight Shoulders? 3 Gomukhasana Trouble Spots
Is Gomukhasana nearly impossible for you? These tips can help you come closer to clasping your hands.
Meditation for Body Aches and Pains
If you think there's no way to get your mind off of discomfort in your body, try this practice to shift how you experience it.
Tune In, Tune Up
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Find Your Roots in Tree Pose
To find your balance in Tree Pose, plant deep roots to get grounded.
When to Slow a Student Down
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Learning To Let Go On a Mother-Daughter Retreat in Mexico
A mother uses a yoga retreat with her daughter to help in learning to let go of her parental guilt.
Paradise Found
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Defining “Vinyasa”
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The Joy—and Challenge—of Teaching Beginners
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Does Weight Matter?
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When Your Students Become Your Teachers
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Practice Along to Sat Kriya Meditation
Sat Kriya is one of the most basic and powerful exercises of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan.
Learning from Injury
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Share Your Opinion: Vegetarianism
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Teaching during Medical Treatments—Or Not?
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3 Ways to Know You’re Ready to Teach Yoga
Whether you've practiced for years or just found yoga recently, there are a few things to think about before you start teaching yoga.
How to Structure a Yoga Therapy Session
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Inverted and in Trouble
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Yoga Sutra Study
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How to Plan a Basic Class
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The Nature and Use of Yoga Props
The use of props in Iyengar Yoga has been one of the fruits of Mr. Iyengar's innovative genius—and also the object of jokes.
How to Exit Savasana
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Yoga in Schools
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Teaching Students with Insomnia
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The Teacher’s Guide to Sadhana
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Yoga Tips to Thaw a Frozen Shoulder
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Yoga + Rock Climbing: Find Your Climbing Edge Through Yoga
A seasoned rock climber conquers her fear of falling through yoga.
How to Assess Teacher Trainings
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Admitting an Error
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4-Step Meditation to Beat Holiday Stress
Try this calming meditation to keep holiday stress at bay.
Treating Knee Pain
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Climbing out of a Rut
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New Year, New Tradition
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Bamboo Nation
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Leading the Blind
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Try This Airplane Meditation for a Centered Flight
Use this Kundalini meditation in flight to ease the stress of travel.
Better Bedding
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How To Determine Your Proper Pay For Teaching With These Tips
Dean Lerner reveals how to uncover what your proper pay should look like when you start teaching yoga.
No Pain, No Gain?
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Poses for Controlling Weight
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Ethical Culture
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Taking Care of the Knee
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Coordinating Yoga Therapy with Doctors and Other Health Professionals
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The Rise of Eco-Friendly Yoga Studios
Find out why creating an eco-friendly yoga studio is becoming a popular business practice of ahimsa, non-harming.
Behavior Management
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Postures for High Blood Pressure
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Sitting Right
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Postures for Low Blood Pressure
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Teaching With a Detached Retina
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Restoratives for Chemo Patients
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Spirited Away
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Down the Garden Path
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Shiva Rea’s Twisting + Soaring Visvamitra’s Pose
It's a twist! It's a standing pose! It's an arm balance! The super-pose Visvamitrasana is all of those things and more.
With a Song in His Heart
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Global Harmony
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Can Yogis Eat Meat?
Ahimsa, yoga's moral code of non-harming, tells us we shouldn't eat meat. But what if you're not ready to become a vegetarian: By changing your eating habits, you can become a more caring carnivore.
YJ Interview with David Swenson
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Doing Yoga Therapy Safely, Part II
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How to Teach Yoga for the Core
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Thigh Master
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Make Peace: Meditation for Reconciliation
When you feel at odds with the world, practice this meditation to regain harmony.
Is Your Ambition Healthy?
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Kind Ambition
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The Path to Happiness and Letting Go of Suffering
We all suffer in this world, to one degree or another, but yoga offers ways to mitigate it. The first step is to become aware of the causes of suffering, which according to Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, are the five kleshas (CLAY-shas), a word meaning "pain, affliction, distress."
Playing on the Edge
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Inward Bound
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Relief Effort
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How Yoga Can Help You Stretch This Overlooked Part of the Body
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