No, You’re Not Doing Anything Wrong When You Waver in a Balancing Pose
Think you’re messing up when you sway or falter? Think again.
Think you’re messing up when you sway or falter? Think again.
Lilias Folan shared the practice on PBS long before there was Zoom.
Sometimes yoga teachers get it completely right.
Change what you can. Dance with what you can't.
Jessica Huneycutt brings yoga, breathwork, and meditation to elite athletes.
A reminder of how to see the extra in the ordinary from author and positive psychology researcher Neil Pasricha.
Mindfulness practices help young people's mental health—and they desperately need the support—but my college student just can’t see it.
Look past logic. There's unprecedented creativity waiting to be found.
Understanding the art of doing less is essential, especially for societally marginalized populations.
Pranayama, or breathwork, is an essential component of your yoga practice that influences your blood pressure, mood, and sleep.
How to derive the benefits without the strain.
Yoga programs across the country are celebrating the resilience and beauty of Blackness.
Achieving your potential relies on equal parts imagining and actualizing.
Finally, some space to consider what you actually want from your day, your week, and your life.
Trying to control everything is overrated. Try just observing for a change.
The organizers of the week-long class series in Vancouver announced they have postponed the event due to scheduling conflicts.
One yoga teacher immersed herself in freezing water for 31 days. Here's her advice for how you can do it, too.
These days, my asana practice focuses on mobility, range of motion, and tension relief, instead.
It's about soooo much more than a soak in the tub.
The message was clear. "I am enough."
Dropping your expectations of what should be happening becomes easier.
The purpose coach and former monk shares a perspective shift that can help you move from begrudging your alone time to appreciating yourself and your solitude.
It's an inexact algorithm of action verbs, metaphors, brevity, and authenticity.
A new book examines why Americans are more obsessed with exercise than ever, yet also unhealthier.
The retrogrades, eclipses, and transits that will influence you and society.
I was forced to tap into my muscles, mind, and breath.
Having a contemplative practice can curb the impulse to "want want want."
A petition, an open letter, and posts on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter call for organizers to cancel the event.
It’s not just people of color who are traumatized by racial injustice. A therapist invites everyone to consider how yoga can help balance an overwhelmed nervous system.
It's time to discard any outdated and distorted perceptions of yourself.
Following scandal after scandal, the founder of hot yoga refuses to pay court-ordered damages or admit wrongdoing. How is he still teaching?
Acceptance of your truest self is waiting.
When the world around you seems to be spinning out of control, these poses will help you stay grounded and manage your energy
Like turning metal into gold, you can transmute anger, hatred, and pain into powerful and transformative forces in your life. Here's how.
How to stretch, expand, and otherwise release all that tension.
The happiest parts of my life came when I learned the true meaning of brahmacharya.
It's time to allow the unfolding that comes with surrender.
It involves an iguana.
The insight comes from the longest happiness study in history.
How contemporary research and ancient tradition explain the unexpected emotional release.
You've heard again and again that it can. Science weighs in.
Slow down and soothe discomfort.
Seamless transitions that take you from the front of the back to the mat in an almost meditative state.
Because a healthy pelvic floor is, well, essential.
The answer starts with awareness. Sarah Powers explains how.
No, they're not true for all of us.
Meditation to enhance awareness may be key to making the most of the “anti-diet.”
The answer may surprise you.
But don’t call it lazy yoga.
Also known as Half Lord of the Fishes, this twist often inspires thoughts of "I don't think so." Think again.
You're being asked if the story you keep telling yourself is actually true.
There can be unintended consequences to your practice. Here's how to ensure that doesn't happen.
In Patagonia, half a world away from where yoga was born, I made an unexpected connection with the practice.
It's time to explore the unknown.
The tendencies, traits, and ways of interpreting things that play out in your most intimate partnerships.
Some of these might surprise you.
Our experts asked the AI tool to generate a yoga class. Did it hold up?
Yes, it is possible to find a tension-less experience of this stretch. Here's everything you need to know.
It's taken a long time to process—and come back from—what happened. I'm only now considering unrolling my mat again.
The standing pose is far more accessible than you might have been led to believe. (Also, who said it had to be done standing?!)
As Mars returns to forward motion, so does your ability to make decisions and take actions to create the life you want.
Short answer: There's no need to rush things.
Yes gratifyingly comfy, supportive, and fashionable leggings do exist in all sizes.
Even 5 minutes of decompressing can make sleep less elusive.
Not all of us have the flexibility or the balance to come into the traditional version of this pose. And that's perfectly okay.
Yes, you can still practice yoga, even when it feels like you can't breathe.
There's a capacity to sit quietly with your emotions, even when they seem to make no sense.
Bird of Paradise Pose, called Svarga Dvijasana in Sanskrit, builds confidence in the mind and body while improving balance, boosting energy, and fighting fatigue.
Amid the chaos, there was still love. And not just in your relationships.
These uncommon cues can help you find unprecedented release—physically, mentally, and emotionally.
A little perspective can bring about a lot of closure.
A few minutes of rest can't change anything about your circumstances. But it can change everything about how you show up to them.
Putting your intentions on paper can be the first step in reaching them.
When you feel strong from within, it changes everything.
Yoga is more than bending, breathing, and meditating. These core principles can help you expand your understanding of yoga and yourself.
Sometimes it's the simplest cues that change your practice the most—both on and off the mat.
How to navigate the year with grace and (relative) ease.
Instead of rushing into the new year, you're being nudged to slow down.
I found success in a city I loved. But my practice sent me on a different path.