“I Practiced Yoga in Wide-Legged Pants—And It Was a Revelation”
Free up your practice with yoga clothes that let you flow.
Free up your practice with yoga clothes that let you flow.
Tired of Boat Pose? Then you need to try Lolasana.
What does it mean when the place you turned to for solace also inflicted harm? Sarah Herrington explores the demise of Yoga to the People and its repercussions.
No matter where you are in your practice, these fundamentals provide you with what you need.
How to find, enhance, and maybe even play around with your balance.
How to find the shape (and the benefits) of the pose without necessarily balancing on one leg.
As Neptune emerges from retrograde, you'll find greater clarity around your sense of purpose and your perception of truth.
Sometimes the intersection of spirituality, critical thinking, and group think can go terribly, terribly wrong.
Yoga Journal's contributors have got you covered with their recommendations.
These gestures can help you explore your practice when you know how to use them properly.
You may not be able to avoid that moment when your heart races and your mind blanks. But you can calm yourself down in seconds. Here's how.
Your routine may be different but your vibe doesn't need to be.
Some days, you just need to slow things down and accept a little support.
Find safer and more stable alignment.
Here's how to offer older adults a practice that meets them where they are.
Stretches to help you move with greater ease in everyday life.
Prepare to be reminded that life can be more beautiful than you'd dared to imagine.
Struggling to practice through pain and exhaustion, I eventually had to ask myself some difficult questions about my understanding of yoga.
It's time to learn what happens when you challenge your fears and instead ask, what if the best case scenario happens?
Find energy naturally through foods and good habits.
Training teachers in accessibility helps make yoga inclusive for everyone.
A must-try practice to stabilize your core.
Because different poses ask you to use your core in different ways.
Ever feel like it's challenging to find "correct" alignment in this common standing pose? Here's how to find your alignment.
Wisdom may be the secret to good health, happiness, and aging with grace.
Venus and Mercury in Sagittarius remind you that life is on your side. Allow yourself to dare. Big.
The model inspired one of our editors to try yoga—not to get a model’s body but for the grace and other traits that became touchstones of her practice and her life.
The answer, as with most things in life, has to do with moderation.
Wellness trends often rely on catchy jargon, complex methods for optimizing health and fitness, and unsustainable practices. Our health columnist believes that simpler is usually better when it comes to developing a routine.
It's complementary to your Sun sign in ways that, not surprisingly, illuminate your darkest corners.
A study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center makes the case for MBSR.
There's a science and an art to preparing your students' bodies for Pigeon Pose. Here's how.
Feels so much harder than it looks, doesn't it?
The theme of this upcoming full Moon is slow, steady, and indulgent. This Yin practice delivers on each of those.
The full Moon and lunar eclipse create a moment in time that exists for you to release the old and step into who you were always meant to be.
Why not use your yoga practice as inspiration for a core workout?
The Under Armour HOVR Phantom 3 keeps its high-energy return DNA intact while pushing the envelope on innovation
It's time to find steadiness and stillness as some old situations come around for closure, completion, and integration.
Some poses simply don't work for those of us with knee trickiness. These workarounds help you find what does work.
This sequence has your back when you need to feel secure and supported in your practice.
This is your fail-proof sequence for preparing your—or your students—body and mind for Handstand. You're going to find yourself going back to it again and again.
The unexpected happens. Having a few reliable go-to sequences that you can turn to when you're caught unprepared will make your teaching experience better for everyone—including you.
Hear me out.
Instead of putting pen to paper, consider audio journaling as an alternative method of reflection
And why confronting them is so essential.
A yoga teacher—and longtime student—considers the qualities that make an instructor truly exceptional.
As Mars enters a longer-than-usual retrograde in Gemini, it's time to slow down, reassess, and ask if our actions are aligned with our truth.
If you run, hike, bike, ski, walk, or sit, you have tight hamstrings. Here's how to remedy that.
No, you don't need a large, spacious room for your class.
An exploration and explanation of the good, the bad, the confusing, and the just plain hilarious.
Garudasana is never easy. But with these instructions, prep poses, and variations, you will find it easier.
Shoulders need a break? You can still move around your mat in creative and challenging ways without transitioning through Chaturanga.
Wrists aching? Feeling like you're about to collapse? Here's everything you need to know to fix that.
Plus nerve flossing stretches to try at home.
These exercises will help you stand tall—and boost your athleticism
Not everyone finds this resting pose restful. These tweaks on tradition help everyone experience comfort.
The most challenging of the Warrior poses, Virabhadrasana I requires what can feel like completely contradictory alignment in your body. Here's everything you need to know to find strength as well as ease in the posture.
Constantly helping others can be energizing and exhausting all at once. This calming practice reminds you how to help yourself.
Activist and yoga teacher Reggie Hubbard says, yes. Here's how he uses his practice to create change on Capitol Hill.
The Wimbledon champion is instructing others in yoga and meditation, a German paper reported earlier this week.
With Scorpio influence strong, we are being drawn into our shadow side so that we can witness, transform, and reemerge.
Teachers, chances are you're violating copyright law with your playlists.
It's time to trust the process of becoming...even when that means unbecoming who you once were.
These poses help you get back down to business without losing your yoga high.
A starter guide on improving your athletic performance through meditation.
How to relieve pain with passive stretching.
A familiar challenge to many of us, Down Dog doesn't have to take its traditional form. Here's how to create the same shape in ways that accommodate different needs.
No, you don't need an entire hour to practice yoga.
It's complicated. But knowing the difference can ensure you derive the most benefit from your practice.
It's time to deepen your sense of self-worth—something you're probably wildly overdue to experience—and take initiative in creating the life you want.
And what it doesn't say.
A look at the science and the strategies that work.
Craving more intensity? First ask yourself why.
Yes, you know the basic shape of Down Dog. But do you understand the subtle awarenesses that will help you maximize strength and minimize strain?
Alternative approaches to a traditional shape that won't overtax your knees.
Practicing sankalpa, the yoga of purpose, can help clear the path for your seeds of intention to grow.
How to practice safely with a common pregnancy complication.
Cleared to return to your practice? Here's how to minimize your chance of reinjury.