10 Inspiring Instagram Quotes We Couldn’t Wait to Re-Post This Week
Sure, social media can be a total time suck. But it can also be a great tool to help you up-level your yoga practice and stay motivated to accomplish your goals.
Sure, social media can be a total time suck. But it can also be a great tool to help you up-level your yoga practice and stay motivated to accomplish your goals.
Here’s how one yoga teacher’s relationship with her mother has evolved thanks to their shared yoga practice. Plus, a customizable sequence to inspire you to practice with your mom, too.
The best part? All of them raise money for a good cause.
In this hectic technological age, restorative yoga is a bountiful vehicle for easing tension and bringing forth a profound sense of calm. Try this deeply relaxing sequence, paired with introspective journaling, to get present and comfortable on and off your mat.
Are common cues in standing poses wreaking havoc on your knees, sacroiliac joint, and lower back? Follow this anatomy advice to find better alignment from the ground up.
The team joins two Soul Astrologists to discover how asana can help tap into the power and wisdom of astrology.
Through classes and panels that bring together recoverers, organizations, and researchers, Pure Yoga Austin is making a positive impact on local yogis.
Want to go from a dreamer to a doer? Get on the fast track to creating the life you want with these 10 tips from Jenna Kutcher, host of The Goal Digger Podcast.
Whether you’re looking to find more compassion in your life or simply want to counteract the effects of sitting at your computer all day, this supportive and strengthening yoga sequence will awaken your heart, body, and mind.
Shift your perspective as you move step by step into Salamba Sirsasana II.
Modify Prasarita Padottanasana if necessary to find safe alignment in your body.
Strengthen your arms and upper back in these prep poses for Salamba Sirsasana II.
The team attends 4 eye-opening studios and events in the ATX that drove home the meaning of community.
Her family would be hit hard if a current lawsuit overturns the Affordable Care Act’s provision on pre-existing conditions. In response, Julie Oliver has her drishti set on a House seat in Texas to try to change the world, one vote—and breath—at a time.
As a new season dawns, shamanic teacher Sandra Ingerman helps us celebrate changing tides with these ceremonies.
You know it’s good for you. You’ve been trying to keep your commitment to this goal for a while. And yet, the snooze button wins out every time. If you can relate, read on for tips that’ll help.
The famous yoga photographer shares his thoughts on how to be more mindful when taking asana images and using your camera to give back.
Whether you love grabbing your journal and pouring out your innermost thoughts or you loathe the thought of it, here’s all the prompts you need to feel more connected to yourself and those around you.
Sheer muscle strength can take you far in your movement practice, but your fascia is full of potential energy just waiting to give you an extra boost.
Free your stride with this simple rhythmic flow from Karin Gurtner.
Fall is a time of transition—and transformation. Here’s a flow to help you handle anything that comes up this season, and release what’s no longer serving you.
Through his organization Im'Unique, the yoga teacher and activist is using the practice to help facilitate important at-the-table dialogues between people with wildly opposing viewpoints.
Wrangle your attention span and increase productivity with these tips for improved concentration
Practice this kriya with teacher Karena Virginia to align all of the chakras and create a Kundalini energy for stamina and vitality.
Here, watch a video recap of their lively day of practice followed by a toast to adventures on the road.
Here’s what you can learn from one writer’s path toward healing
Here’s how to integrate the physical, energetic, psychological, and spiritual to create a journey of true healing.
The team discovers how one principal and community-driven yoga teacher just outside Salt Lake City are empowering kids and teens through movement, meditation, and breath practices—and what students say about it is promising.
Personal-growth guru and former professional snowboarder Katie Brauer shares her four-step plan for connecting with empathy—even when others try your patience.
You may not be surprised to know that your hands are myofascially connected to your back. Through Bridge Pose, Karin Gurtner, who e reveals how your hands, arms, and shoulders affect the movement and alignment of your back.
The ambassadors visit Better Living Yoga, a SoCal yoga studio committed to serving yogis over 40 through stress-busting practices that help prevent chronic illnesses and support those dealing with disease. Here, Aris Seaberg learns more about its mission, along with supported variations of common postures that calm the nervous system and extend the life of your practice.
Not feeling optimally happy lately? These five mindfulness practices can help get you there.
Want to launch or grow your own yoga service organization? Here are the top resources recommended by the 2018 Good Karma Awards advisory panel.
Looking to give back and not sure where to start? Get to know these 10 remarkable yoga-service organizations and the ways they are shaping the future of yoga.
A women's correctional facility in Salt Lake City offers a program that brings hope and rehabilitation inside the prison and spreads peace into the community.
Ever wonder how you're going to "make it" in the holistic hustle, when there are more new yoga teachers than new students getting on the mat? Jeremy Falk sat down with yoga teacher Tiffany Russo, who shares how to find success while staying on the yogic path.
If this week’s news cycle retriggered your own traumatic experience, you aren’t alone. Here, Sarah Platt-Finger shares her own empowering path toward healing and a grounding sequence to help you reclaim a sense of steadiness and ease.
Here, one of his students shares his thoughts on the silent monk who inspired so many
With some awareness and the right exercise, aligning one will help align the other.
Try these RESTORE yoga stretches at home.
Spurred in part by the crushing opioid epidemic, the Department of Defense and other federal agencies have been spearheading efforts to manage and mitigate pain and mental health problems among active service members. Yoga, as it turns out, is one of the rising stars. While those in the trenches say there is a long way to go before yoga can be broadly and systemically deployed within the military, the foundation is being laid for using asana, meditation, and other holistic therapies to make military personnel more resilient.
This Kundalini Yoga kriya, or sequence, from teacher Karena Virginia will strengthen your aura and protect you from bad energy.
Join Karena Virginia in a guided Kundalini meditation.
I was a little (okay, very) skeptical at first. But now? I’m Taroting all day, every day.
Expand the foundation of your shoulder girdle to allow your muscles to unwind.
Often, when we find a teacher or a class we love, we stick to it. Here, Jeremy Falk makes the case for finding inspiration everywhere—even when we encounter styles we don't aspire to.
Get an inside look at the team's sunset shoot with the legendary photographer, get a glimpse into about the process he calls 'the yoga of seeing'—and, of course, see their final snapshots.
This yoga sequence will help awaken your inner muse. Active poses open you up to get creative juices flowing, while restorative ones give space for your inspiration to bloom.
Ever wonder what top yoga teachers’ yoga and meditation practices really look like? You know, when they’re not filtering out every imperfection to create the perfect Gram? Click through to find out.
Learn how to recruit deep core strength along with superficial, movement-oriented muscles for more power, inside and out.
Looking to start a regular morning yoga practice? The first step is to make yourself a morning person—even if you’re not. Here are 6 tips to help.
The team sits down with Savitri and Aadil Palkhivala at Alive and Shine Center in Bellevue, WA, for a conversation they won’t forget.
After a summer filled with retrogrades, eclipses, and supermoons, September is bringing an invitation to settle in—and make yourself useful. Here’s how to use what’s happening in the stars in your yoga practice.
Yoga Journal sat down with the singer to talk about how she got her start as a musician, what singing mantras means to her, and why the new long-form Gayatri mantra is like medicine for the soul.
Find postural ease and balance with with an exercise that helps lengthen the lumbar extensors.
The ambassadors discover that yoga can take many on forms as long as it’s done with intention.
Fact or fiction? We asked a yoga teacher and licensed acupuncturist specializing in women's health for her take.
Your spine may look or feel out of balance, but it could be a symptom—not the cause—of the issue.
Grief expert and author of It’s OK That You’re Not OK reveals what she's learned about the practice of supporting loved ones as they navigate some of the hardest times of their lives.
In a peaceful, lush vineyard in Carmel-by-the-Sea, the ambassadors discover the story behind Nirvana Bars.
Strengthen your lower back as you move step by step into Ardha Matsyendrasana.
Experience stability in your legs and mobility in your torso in these prep poses for Ardha Matsyendrasana.
Increase the circulation in your lower spine, abdomen, and pelvic region, improve balance, and build stability.
Modify Parivrtta Trikonasana if necessary to find safe alignment in your body.
You use sage or palo santo to clear the energy in your home or yoga studio. Here’s how the pros clear their own energy—and how you can, too.
The most inspiring yoga photos speak for themselves. Check out Yoga Journal’s top pics for inspiring Instagram accounts.
You know that little voice that pipes up to tell you that you’re not enough? Well, here’s how to silence it—for good.
The stability and mobility of your hips play a big role in your posture.
Want to enhance well-being in your body, mind, and relationships? Start doing this practice by renowned neuropsychiatrist Dan Siegel from his new book, AWARE.
This trendy yoga class brings your practice onto a vibe board that looks like an electrified descendent of a step aerobics platform. But in a world full of yoga hybrids, is it worth the buzz? Jeremy Falk finds out.
Hint: When it comes to a bad mood, don't let anything fester. Get your body (and Qi) moving.
Feeling down or anxious about the end of the weekend? Try one (or all!) of these uplifting yoga poses to change your mood—stat.
The Be Here Now author teaches us about gracefully embracing death in his new book collaboration, Walking Each Other Home.
Syncing up with hormonal fluctuations can help you experience more ease all month long.
Tiffany Cruikshank shares five creative ways to blend two powerful traditions of healing.
Want to wow even the youngest yogi in your life? Check out this guide to the best yoga gifts for kids.
You may have heard people blame their crushing exhaustion, brain fog, and moodiness on burnout or adrenal fatigue. But experts say those usually aren’t accurate diagnoses. Here, a new term for what ails us, along with new thinking on exactly how chronic stress is affecting our health—and why yoga can help.
The best part? You can incorporate all of these insights into your own daily practices, starting today.
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Sure, a week-long yoga retreat is what you really want. But if you think you won’t get a lot out of a one-day getaway, think again.