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Movement in your body leads to movement in your life. Shrink Session founder Erin Stutland combines the mindfulness of yoga with heart-pumping cardio.

Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine focus on treating the “whole person,” not just a symptom. We’ve spoken with the American Osteopathic Association for their tips on how yoga and osteopathic medicine are intimately linked.

Rina Jakubowicz wants you to let the season inspire your practice and make a commitment to let something go. Get centered with her sequence

Looking for the courage to open your heart? Power everything you do with love using these mudras from Dana Trixie Flynn.

Our writer spent a day with Annie Carpenter at YJ LIVE! and came away with a newfound respect for her feet. Use this sequence as your owner’s manual.

We’ve all felt like we’re too weak, too timid, too small or ill-equipped to accomplish our goals. It's time to GET TOUGH.

Feeling frazzled by change? Coral Brown offers a new perspective on transitions and a sequence to keep you centered through them.

Bikram Choudhury’s sequence of 26 yoga poses and two breathing exercises is not entitled to copyright protection, an appellate court affirmed last week.

Pancha-what? Our writer takes us along on a 10-day traditional Ayurvedic retreat, as part of her journey toward healing. Discover this ancient detox method.

Got low back pain? Adopt these three slow, subtle yoga strategies from Tias Little to get more relief out of each practice.

Police officers, firefighters, and others who face extreme stress and trauma on a regular basis can find peace in asana, breath, and affirmation.

Practice these backbends and inversions for increased flexibility and strength and feel the freedom of greater range of motion in your chest and shoulders.

With so many yoga studios popping up around the country, it can be hard to find the competitive edge against other businesses in town. Here's how to stand out.

A paraplegic yoga teacher shares his practice for finding feeling and healing in body and mind.

Move inward and quiet your mind as you transition step by step into Kurmasana (Tortoise Pose).

Open your hips and increase hamstring flexibility 
and core strength in these prep poses for Kurmasana.

Modify Malasana (Garland Pose) 
if needed to find safe alignment for your body.

Find freedom and flexibility in your groins, lengthen your spine, and create overall balance and strength in Garland Pose (Malasana).

Reverse the effects of slumping and slouching.

This is a practice for mothers, focused on building your core—physical and 
emotional—to sustain you through the overwhelming love and challenges of motherhood.

This sequence is designed for mothers. The seated poses will fire up your core and help balance out a stressful day of parenting.

Designed especially for mothers, this core work with leg lifts and lunges is for those moments when children push you to your very edge.

This practice focuses on building core—a strong physical core and 
a strong emotional core to sustain you through the love and challenges of motherhood.

Hands-on assists can be an incredibly potent tool for helping yoga students find better alignment, relaxation, stability, and extension. Learn five from AcroYoga teacher Deven Sisler.

Sianna Sherman says this time of year is perfect for calling on Kali and delving into the darker places of your Self with fearless honesty.

When your chakras are balanced, you can experience clarity, access power, and feel more joyful, fearless, and free.

Find the wisdom 
and confidence 
to achieve your 
goals through this 
centering sequence.

The winners of YJ’s second annual Natural Beauty Awards are in! All are free of harsh chemicals and full of rejuvenating plant compounds.

Keep your skin feeling soft and oil-free all day with these 9 winning natural face-care products from YJ's annual Natural Beauty Awards.

Look fabulous naturally with the 8 winning makeup products in Yoga Journal's Natural Beauty Awards.

These winning natural body care products in Yoga Journal's Natural Beauty Awards are free of harsh chemicals and full of plant compounds.

Michael O’Neill spent 10 years photographing the masters and gurus of our time for his new book On Yoga. Here, he shares his experience and work with YJ.

Compassion is an essential skill that can be improved over time to transform your life and increase your happiness.

A San Francisco–based yoga teacher offers asana as a doorway to creativity.

Olympic gold medalist in figure skating, lifestyle blogger, and TV personality in Los Angeles, Tara Lipinski gives YJ a peek into her practice.

Just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A study found that yoga helped cancer survivors feel better physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Completing a 200-hour teacher training is a major accomplishment for a yogi, but it's not all that’s necessary to become a yoga teacher, says Eddie Modestini.

Fight frenzied Fall energy with this grounding sequence designed for the outdoors. Go ahead, get your feet dirty and feel the earth between your toes.

In this excerpt from his new book Everything Mind, author Chris Grosso explores the what and why of the spiritual path.

The latest hybrid in the yoga-plus-sports trend, equestrian yoga, is designed to connect human and horse in the great outdoors.

Use Kathryn Budig's three-pose prep to wake up Parsva Bakasana's key players in your body and get geared up for takeoff.

With yoga continually evolving, CE is crucial for teachers. Here, five tips for getting the most you can out of your time as a student.

Ever try a yoga pose and feel like your body just doesn’t make that shape? Erin Motz has three ideas to help you get your Flying Pigeon off the ground.

I AM Yogi Twist™ Flash Cards, a new game from yoga-teacher-to-the-stars Alanna Zabel, is a fun and silly way to teach kids yoga postures.

This meditation for mothers is meant to evoke feelings that will help ground you in a place of calm and appreciation.

Let’s set the record straight about what really goes on at yoga festivals and events. No, you don’t have to speak Sanskrit fluently.

Kick off fall by resetting your intentions. Then link them with these three strong poses to seal in your new aims for the season.

What’s the recipe for a great city for yogis? 
Start with renowned teachers and studios, 
mix in a supportive community and healthful amenities, and then sprinkle in some fun, innovative events. 
These 10 are blue-ribbon winners.

Here’s a deep dive into the deep pose from Nikki Costello, that you can and should return to long after the 21-Day Yoga Challenge is over.

To help cultivate your ojas, Ayurveda offers these simple yet powerful tips for letting your inner radiance shine through.

Find energetic and physical balance as you twist into Rope Pose.

Congratulations on completing our 21-Day Yoga Challenge! We we hope you’ve fallen in love with yoga that you want to adopt a daily practice habit.

Try this simple 5-step meditation on the question “Who am I?” to look beyond your ego’s definition of you and discover what lies beneath.

As simple as Mountain Pose seems, it is immediately grounding—and portable! Keep this pose in your pocket to pull out and practice anywhere this fall.

The 24-year-old Olympic gold medal-winning snowboarder reveals how yoga helps her balance on and off the slopes.

Gwen Lawrence, the yoga coach for the New York Giants who has also worked on and off for the New York Rangers, the New York Knicks, and New York Yankee players including Alex Rodriguez, as well as many other athletes and celebrities, explains how she amps up her yoga game with weights, tackles tight spots, and challenges even the mightiest NFL players with Frog Pose.

Christen Press, the 26-year-old professional soccer forward who helped the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team win the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in July, explains how yoga and meditation “quiet the distractions” in her life and make her a more dynamic athlete. Plus: Her twice-daily Vedic meditation ritual.

Here, Johnston offers 3 hybrid moves that will get you out of your yoga rut AND give you a metabolic boost. Remember to warm up with Sun Salutations before beginning.

Cristi Christensen, co-founder of Yoga Surf Camp, a 180-minute workshop that combines beachfront yoga with surf lessons at Exhale Center for Sacred Movement in Venice, Calif., says yoga gives surfers the focus they need to charge a wave full force and the strength and flexibility they need to stay up. Plus: Must-do poses for building a strong core.

Dana Santas explains how her yoga-based moves help prevent injury and give players the full range of motion they need to excel in their sports.

We asked Guru Jagat to demystify Kundalini, explain why it is trending, and tell us what is next in her effort to bring this practice to the masses.

A new line of eco-friendly props thinks outside the blocks with inventive yoga tools designed to enhance both your practice and the health of the environment.

Is it safe to get your om on at that time of the month? Teens, learn what yoga can teach you about listening to your body and practicing self-care.

Steal these three three core-building balance moves from The YogaSlackers to cultivate slackline-ready strength.

If you’re tossing and turning in bed at night, or have trouble calming your mind before going into meditation, spend a few minutes doing Nadi Shodhana, or alternate nostril breathing.

These poses, mudras, and mantras will help you embody and explore yoga’s ethical and moral codes, on and off the mat.

Use asana, mantra, mudra, and meditation to incorporate ahimsa into your yoga practice and bring into focus its unique lessons.

Use asana, mantra, and mudra to help bring into focus the unique ways this yama plays out in your life.

Use asana, mantra, and mudra to help bring into focus the unique ways this yama plays out in your life.

Use asana, mantra, and mudra to maintain vitality and bring into focus the subtle and not-so-subtle ways the yama plays out in your life.

Use asana, mantra, and mudra to help bring into focus the subtle and not-so-subtle ways this niyama plays out in your life.