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Yoko Ono urged the world to give peace a chance with the unveiling on October 9th of the Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland on what would have been John Lennon's 67th birthday. The plan is for the tower to be...

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Arm strength isn't everything. The secret to mastering Peacock Pose lies deep in your belly center.

Saul David Raye's true calling? To be a father, healer, and yoga teacher—in that order.

Angela Farmer talked to us from London about Iyengar, aging gracefully, and the true meaning of contentment.

You've tried everything and still aren't where you want to be. So stop struggling and let life move through you with spiritual surrender.

A teacher at an elementary school in Georgia has decided to get her students out from behind the desk and onto a mat to help them learn about Greek mythology.

I can't think of a better way to spend a fall weekend than in Bozeman, Montana, taking a yoga for equestrians workshop. The program is run by riding instructor Annie Bolognino and yoga teacher Margaret Burns Vap. The first part...

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I recently stumbled across the website www.yogakitty.com. The "spiritual humor disclaimer" reads: "It is well known that almost all Yogis have a great sense of humor. Many great spiritual leaders have valued a good joke. We certainly wish to offend...

Learn about the healing power of voice in your throat chakra and different ways to get familiar with your voice.

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Kelly Neylan, a yoga teacher based in Columbia, M.D., has created an affordable line of yoga-themed T-shirts and tanks. "I was seeing $60 yoga T-shirts and just thought about how so many people who teach and do yoga can't...

Time magazine recently reported that over the past three years, 13,000 Americans were treated in an emergency room or a doctor's office for yoga-related injuries. Why do you think so many people are getting hurt practicing yoga? How many of...

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Most yoga poses fall into the harder-than-it-looks category. Lolasana? Well, give it a try. You may be pleasantly surprised.

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As more yoga teachers incorporate music into their classes, practitioners debate the merits. Is it a distraction or an enhancement?

It's 8 a.m. at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at the University of Missouri-Columbia: you wouldn't normally expect a bunch of frat boys to be up at this hour, never mind doing Sun Salutations with the campus yoga instructor. But...

A climbing yogi has found a unique way to improve his balance, focus, and core strength: doing yoga poses on a slackline.

Shoulder injuries are common among yogis, but they don't have to be. Here's how to care for your shoulders, not tear them down.

Can you relax your way to a slimmer body—and stave off a dangerous ailment, too?

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You don't have to be Pythagoras to enjoy a great Triangle—and get the health benefits of this valuable standing pose.

Grace aside, most of us cannot leapfrog from injury to forgiveness with ease. A process is necessary, and it begins by turning toward your own hurt.

When you forgive a long-held grievance, you open the door to true freedom.

Rod Stryker's deep study of Tantra has taught him to be fearless and joyful.

By letting go of control, you allow yourself to enter new realms of freedom.

Find out why traditionally dawn and twilight are the most powerful times for asana practice.

What do cows have to do with yoga philosophy?

We've heard of yoga for your back, yoga for menopause, yoga for any number of ailments, but a yoga facelift? "Face yoga" expert Marie Nadeau and author of The Yoga Facelift (Conari Press, 2007) says the concept is the same...

Sometimes you have to find yourself in order to find your soul mate.

Find out how you could be facing fear to create the foundation for true spiritual awakening.

It's easy to get mired in sadness. But it's also possible to let sorrow move through you and open you to the light within your heart.

The yoga tradition often compares the human body to a field. Find out why.

Learn why this ancient Indian text has had such a powerful and lasting influence on Western writers, thinkers, and yogis.

Vishnu lives in luxury, but the Hindu god abandons his opulent ways to save the world from evil.

If you hope to find lasting happiness, you must first answer the question, what is your priority—your inner or your outer life?

Tried and true tips for the people who love yoga and travel on a budget.

Many viewers of the reality series "Survivor: Exile Island" became fascinated with Aras Baskauskas and his apparent love of yoga. Aras junkies are in luck: on November 30, his 90-minute yoga DVD, "Yoga for Health and Wellness," will be released....

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Strong and flexible toes are key to improving your balance. But the toes can be stiff and clumsy, especially for beginner yogis. Here’s how yoga can help.

Now you can receive a weekly installment of Nischala Joy Devi's interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, via email. Based on her book, The Secret Power of Yoga (Random House, 2007), the free service begins November 1 and will highlight 111...

The Yoga Health Foundation, has announced "Yoga Month 092008," a grassroots, community-based global campaign to educate people about the health benefits of yoga. The organization has planned a year-round program that will peak September 2008 with millions of health and...

Lucid dreaming, also known as dream yoga, has been used for centuries by Tibetan Buddhists and Taoists to reach enlightenment. The practice begins with recognizing that you are dreaming and then sustaining that awareness. Next, you learn to control the...

One of the ways San Francisco vinyasa teacher Janet Stone has created a fun, joyful environment for her vigorous flow classes is through a playful mix of songs that aim to lull yogis into a more balanced place.

When was the last time you wore a pair of jeans to yoga class? I'm guessing never. Montreal's Second Denim (secondclothing.com) would like to change that. The company's Yoga Jeans ($120), designed to stretch as you move into Downward-Facing Dog...

Maintain the qualities that make you unique without distracting your students—and yourself—with your ego.

A study conducted by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, found women being treated for early-stage breast cancer who participated in a yoga program experienced a smaller decline in social well-being than women who did not do...

No, that's not my new alias. It's the name of a one-woman show in London. In Yoga Bitch, Suzanne Morrison tells the story of her two-month stint in Bali training to be a yoga teacher. Have your heard of any...

A Mommy and Me yoga class has been banned from two church halls in England. Louise Woodcock, who was looking for a new home for her Yum Yum Yoga class, was turned away by vicars who described yoga as a...

Bow Pose works against hunched shoulders by opening them from the front and strengthening them from the back.