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One of the world's leading Ashtanga teachers talks about his experiences as a businessman, Hare Krishna, and finally, a yogi.

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This simple yet demanding pose builds courage, poise, and confidence to explore more challenging arm balances.

Which poses should you practice to reverse the effects of chronic stress? Our expert Roger Cole recommends a regular restorative sequence.

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Senior teacher and scientist Roger Cole explains why you might get dizzy during yoga practice and how to prevent it.

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Roger Cole offers advice for safely practicing inversions with high blood pressure.

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These tips for balancing will make challenging poses easier when you're first learning yoga.

Is there a perfect medium between pushing yourself and finding relaxation in yoga?

Knowing what to do with your wandering thoughts is perhaps the greatest challenge for meditators.

Why many are turning to yoga for a more natural, effective approach to infertility.

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Understanding the mechanics of your feet in yoga and the patterns in your foot health is the first step to establishing a solid foundation in your practice.

In 1990 River Huston was a kick-ass fitness trainer in New York City. Her workouts were about pain, tight buns, and thousands of stomach crunches. Pushing herself beyond physical limits was her modus operandi.

Need insight on how to pursue your dream and become a yoga teacher? Sudha Carolyn Lundeen gives insider tips on how to accomplish your goals.

Every meditator knows the pain of stiff knees and an aching back. By stretching the connective tissue, Yin Yoga conditions you to sit longer—and more comfortably.

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Finding the right concentration technique for your meditation practice means opening as many doors as possible.

Barbara Benagh offers advice for tuning into the nuances of your home practice.

Know whether to exhale through the mouth or nose during pranayama breathing or just in natural breathing.

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Learn how to transition from having the help of a yoga teacher to developing your own home practice.

Iyengar's first new asana book in 35 years, Yoga: The Path to Holistic Health, is a beautiful addition to yoga literature.

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As many chiropractors and back specialists have discovered, yoga can help improve your posture, and even scoliosis.

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Use your core to lift your belly and distribute your weight correctly in Bakasana.

If you like the Bikram sequence but can't stand the heat, you can still benefit from the poses without the high temps.

Practiced with careful alignment, yoga poses can help alleviate past neck problems and prevent future ones.

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Barbara Benagh offers advice for balancing ab strength and deep breathing.

Barbara Benagh's tips and tricks for opening the hip flexors.

Whether traditional rituals provide you with the comfort of familiarity or turn you away, here are some more ways for your soul to celebrate.

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Shiva Rea offers a meditation is based upon the mantra "so hum," ("I am that") used within the traditions of Tantra and Vedanta.

Meditation invokes a shift in consciousness, whether in stillness or motion.

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This contemplation meditation is an opportunity to focus "thinking mind" on the mystery of being.

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Virasana is a balm for tired legs at the end of the day, as well as an alternative to Lotus for seated meditation.

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Usher in a meditative state of awareness.

Also called Seated Twist Pose or Ardha Matsyendrasana in Sanskrit, this pose energizes the spine and stimulate proper digestion while improving postural and body awareness.

Oh, your aching back? Or maybe you can't crack those tight hamstrings. Supta Padangusthasana I or Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose I is for you.

Bharadvaja's Twist, or Bharadvajasana in Sanskrit, is a gentle and loving twist that inspires postural and body awareness.

This version of Shoulderstand is performed with blanket support under the shoulders.

Janu Sirsasana, or Head-to-Knee Pose, is appropriate for students of any level and melds a forward bend with a spinal twist.

Need an energy boost? Urdhva Dhanurasana can help—and strengthen your arms, legs, abdomen, and spine in the process.

By providing a conscious opening in the chest and stretch in the shoulders, Cobra Pose, called Bhujangasana in Sanskrit, fights fatigue and relieves lower back pain, boosting both the energetic and the physical body.

From loincloths to leotards, yoga has come a long way in 5,000 years. But is yoga as we know it really that old?

You may not even know it but Krishnamacharya's legacy has influenced or perhaps even invented your yoga.

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The teacher of Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and Desikachar emphasized individuality rather than one treatment for every illness.

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