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Ask Our Expert: Tias Little
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Inspired Minds: Drew & Myra Goodman
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Bringing Happiness Home
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Ask Our Expert: Barbara Benagh
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Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana (One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose)
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Don’t Shoot!
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Happy Land
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Combining Pilates & Yoga For Balance with Tom McCook
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Yoga For Scoliosis with Elise Browning Miller (Video Tape Review)
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The Lost Art of Compassion: Discovering the Practice of Happiness in the Meeting of Buddhism and Psychology by Lorne Ladner
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Killing the Buddha: A Heretic’s Bible by Peter Manseau and Jeff Sharlet
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From Inside Out: Body EnergyA Yoga Notebook from the Teachings of Angela & Victor, Book 3 by Victor
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Tibetan Buddhist Life by Don Farber
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R.E.G. Project: II
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Yantra: The Tantric Symbol of Cosmic Unity by Madhu Khanna
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Chris Smither: Train Home
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Intro to Chanting, Mantra, and Japa
Mantra and Chanting have long been associated with yoga practice, but should you teach them? Learn the history of these practices and some popular chants to help you get started.
A Guide to Common Chants
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30 Essential Yoga Poses: For Beginning Students and Their Teachers by Judith Lasater
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Teach Students to Discern Between Force and Feeling
Teaching students the difference between force vs. feeling won't only make them better yogis—it will also make them better citizens of the world.
Recipes for Found Foods
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Keeping Students Coming
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Meditation 101: 6 Ways to Get Started
In the classical yoga tradition, hatha yoga is practiced as preparation for seated meditation. So over time, you might naturally find yourself drawn inward toward more contemplative practices.
Finders Keepers
Check out Dayna Macy's author page.
Q&A: What If I Prefer Not to Partner Up?
Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, offers advice for students who feel uncomfortable with partner poses.
A Show of Hands
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Q&A: Which Asanas Might Help Someone with Emphysema?
Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, gives advice on asanas for people suffering from emphysema.
The Pose of Happiness + Ease: Sukhasana
Think like a kid and take a seat. Find out how Sukhasana, aka the Pose of Happiness, encourages a natural sense of ease. Just try it.
Focus on Your Feet: How to Improve Balance and Prevent Injuries
If you want your yoga to build strong, stable, balanced legs, it's important to work the feet properly—even when you're not standing on them.
Under Your Skin
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Swami Mommy
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Round Out Your Practice: A Sequence for Flexibility
Try this series for a practice that promises to increase flexibility.
Ask Our Expert: John Friend
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Uncommon Respect, Part Two
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Creating a Safe Space
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How to Open a Yoga Studio, Part 6: Making Money
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Uncommon Respect
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One Chef’s Organic Values + Lifestyle
Chef Nora Pouillon draws strength from a holistic fitness practice and Synergy Yoga.
Sequencing Primer: 9 Ways to Plan a Yoga Class
Yoga teachers, there are so many ways to sequence a class. Here's your primer, complete with 9 sample sequences, each with a different target.
How to Teach Students to Intuitively Use Proper Alignment: Tadasana Hips
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Attracting Top Teachers
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Force of Nature
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Talking Shop with Dharma Mittra
Dharma Mittra, the master teacher behind the 908 yoga asana poster, shares his insight on the practice.
Spice of Life
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The Life of Paramahansa Yogananda: The Early Years in America (19201928)
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Jai Uttal: Kirtan! The Art and Practice of Ecstatic Chant
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Q&A: How Can I Protect My Knees in Pigeon Pose?
Learn how to warm up for and modify pigeon pose to ease knee pain.
Yoga in Health Care: Flexible Strength and Vitality Through the Joint-Freeing Yoga Series with Mukunda Stiles and Holly Minor
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How to Set the Yoga Pace For Your Home Practice
When practicing at home, there are a few things to remember about how to stay safe, go at a good yoga pace, and keep from counting in your head.
Down and Dirty
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Building Your Bridge to the Self
Richard Rosen explains the meaning of bridges in yoga philosophy, shedding new light on Bridge Pose.
Lights! Camera! Asana!
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I Can Do…Yoga: Beginners Level (Ages 3 to 8) and I Can Do…Yoga: Level 1 (Ages 6 and Up), both with Rana Kirkland
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Ghazal: The Rain
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Various Artists: Neti-Neti Audio Letter Remix
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Yoga Volume 3: Pranayama, Preparations and Beginnings with John Schumacher
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Michael Mandrell and Benjy Wertheimner: Anjali
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Living Faith: Windows into the Sacred Life of India by Dinesh Khanna and Pico Iyer
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The Drowned Book: Ecstatic and Earthly Reflections of Bahauddin, Father of Rumi by Coleman Barks and John Moyne
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Bede Griffiths: An Introduction to His Interspiritual Thought by Wayne Teasdale
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City Dharma: Keeping Your Cool in the Chaos by Arthur Jeon
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Doug Swenson’s ‘Mastering the Secrets of Yoga Flow’
Doug Swenson created Sadhana Yoga, a holistic approach to yoga that connects the vital life force energy of exercise with the spiritual flow of the universe.
In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honoré
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Next-Level Wrist Protection Tricks
Learn how to start protecting your wrists and properly use props during your practice with these tips from Julie Gudmestad.
Make Everyday Noise a Mindfulness Practice
Everyday noises can be irritating and distracting or they can provide another vehicle for mindfulness.
Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana (Half Bound Lotus Standing Forward Bend)
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Soul Food
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5 Tips for Maintaining Your Yoga Practice While Traveling
Tips on how to maintain your sense of balance and keep up your yoga practice when you travel.
Positive I.D.
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The 5 Stages of Detachment: Learning How to Let Go
You can work on it every day, starting with the small stuff. Here’s how.
Decoding Your Energy During Yoga Practice
Every day is different. Tune in before your practice to decide if you need more yang or more yin to balance your energy.
Strong-Arm Tactics
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Wake Up Your Body and Mind with Bridge Pose
Great for beginners, Bridge Pose preps you for bigger backbends and brings you into the present moment.
Plumb Perfect: The Physics + Power of Balancing Poses
One-legged poses give us a chance to find our center of gravity and dance around its edges. Here's how to still the wobbling and create a sense of fluid stability.
Q&A: Have I Hit a Plateau?
Mary Dunn offers advice for identifying plateaus in your practice and working with them.
Blanket Stand-In?
Check out John Schumacher's author page.
Strapped for Insight
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A Pause That Refreshes
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Mastering Viparita Karani
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