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Tips to relieve common pain points in this class yoga pose.

Rina Jakubowicz is a bilingual yoga teacher and Reiki practitioner based in Florida. She is the founder and owner of Rina Yoga, which now has three studios in Miami.

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Bringing her Hispanic roots, love of ancient yogic texts, and passion for creative movement, this Miami native has rocked the yoga world.

Compass Pose demands a lot of your shoulders, hips, and hamstrings. Learn how to warm up safely for this complicated seated pose.

This intricate arm balance relies on arm, core, and leg strength, balance, and spinal and hip flexibility. Rina Jakubowicz shows you how to warm up and take flight.

Balance, core strength, and range of motion in the ankles and hips will help you master this unconventional yet empowering standing balance. Miami vinyasa and vedanta teacher Rina Jakubowicz shows you how to warm up for and master her March cover pose.

Patience can be hard to come by when faced with problems or obstacles. Use this guided meditation to overcome frustration.

Corn interviews Tessa Hicks Peterson, PhD, assistant professor of urban studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and an activist for social justice and antibias education.

Daily does of Vitamin D might help remedy your eczema and itchy winter skin.

This heart-opening pose is perfect for Valentine’s Day. When you are open and available, you are present to truly give and receive love.

Yoga Journal readers share the yoga they practice in front of public art.

Kino MacGregor says careful emphasis on technique and strategic preparation will help you find the energy to move beyond your limits one breath at a time.

A slew of scientific studies suggest that mindfulness meditation offers some powerful holistic health benefits, making it an increasingly viable complement to conventional health care.

Our mindfulness meditation guide can help you get around roadblocks and on the path to contentment.

Release workday upper crossed syndrome pain with four relaxing poses to relieve a tight and weak neck.

Release workday lower crossed syndrome pain with four relaxing poses to relieve a tight and weak hip and calf.

Teacher Rina Jakubowicz offers a sequence of yoga poses to clear your mind and achieve a meditative state through breath.

Our home practice teacher Rina Jakubowicz gives you this short sequence of yoga poses to clear your mind and achieve a meditative state.

Not all meditation has to happen 
sitting still in Lotus Pose. Focus your awareness inward, on the breath and 
the way your body moves with these sequences.

Our home practice teacher Rina Jakubowicz demonstrates a short sequence of yoga poses to clear your mind and prepare your body for meditation.

It’s not likely to get an infection from a yoga mat, but that doesn’t mean those studio mats are clean.

This five-part series explores the insight "American Sniper" offers into the yoga of war, the mind of a veteran, and the practices crucial to finding the next mission.

Some teachers weave personal stories of romance, illness, and more into their instruction, while others stick to alignment and sequencing.

Find your seat and release physical and emotional tension by moving mindfully, step by step, into Padmasana.

Increase hip flexibility and learn how to keep your knees safe with these prep poses for Padmasana.

Find safe alignment for your body and be conscious of the second chakra

Learn how to open your hips and lengthen your spine in Bound Angle Pose

How a desert sanctuary helped Jean Weiss return home with an open heart, a more supple and integrated body, and renewed motivation to remain balanced.

A social-justice educator shares tips on how to move from raising your consciousness about inequalities and biases to taking actions that improve the world.

If Lizard Pose and Eka Pada Koundinyasana had a Scorpion baby, it would be this weird new arm balance. Get ready for some serious snuggling and hamstring action.

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Writer Heidi Hillman suspects her daughter is a Zen master in disguise. Could the key to the practice of parenting be maintaining a curious, student's mind?

If your knees don’t touch the ground, your hips are not ready for lotus pose. Learn how to protect your ankles and prep for the pose.

Ayurveda holds basil in high regard, stating that it opens the heart and mind, offering the energy of deep devotional love.

Grab a partner and celebrate American Heart Month with this chest-opening sequence from Two Fit Moms.

Deepak Chopra, M.D., invites you to take a few moments of mindful attention to center your thoughts in the face of stress.

Yoga teachers Tommy Rosen, Kia Miller, Nikki Myers, Rolf Gates, and Vinnie Marino talk about their addictions and how coming to the mat helped their recovery and renewal.

Integrate your entire being from head to toe to experience a vast connection between your innermost self and all things.

How former NFL player Keith Mitchell found healing through yoga and mindfulness. Now, he wants to share that experience with others.

No need to splurge on expensive lotions and potions. Yoga may be the answer to your winter skin woes.

One of the best tricks for slowing down a racing mind is meditation on the breath.

Feeling lethargic and just kind of blah? Go upside down!

Even yogis wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Use this meditation to shift a bad mood or keep your positivity flowing.

Every pose requires balance. Use these videos as a guide to advance your practice of this key asana skill.

Use this practice to open and build awareness in your ajna chakra to begin to see everything in your life more clearly.

Want to breathe a little bit easier? Some say the solution is sitting in a salt-filled room.

Ever feel like your body just doesn’t make that shape? Erin Motz (aka the Bad Yogi) has three ideas to help you rock Chaturanga.

Your whole life changes the minute you get pregnant, but it is still important to take care of your mind and body–before, during, and after pregnancy.

A well-tuned asana practice can free up energy and stimulate imbalanced chakras, paving the way for that wonderful internal shift for which yoga is known.

Alexandria Crow explains why a pose’s foundation is so key and what your teacher wants you to do with this key alignment cue.

Try this lighter more fluid exit from Tripod Headstand to Chaturanga, keeping a sense of humor and connecting your breath with the transition.

It’s common for students to essentially "sit" in poses and collapse into their joints instead of engaging the muscles.

Upward-Facing Dog (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) is a pose that is commonly performed incorrectly. Here's the right way to do it.

According to Ayurveda, we want to cultivate the opposite qualities of winter’s chill in our daily meal planning.

Work with the visuddha chakra to create spaciousness around the throat and neck, through which profound spiritual truths can flow.

Even the most committed yogis can find it difficult to make time for their practice. Turn to this quick fix on your busiest days.

DJ Drez spinning A Tribe Called Quest provided the beats for MC Yogi's Saturday night class/concert at YJ LIVE! SF.

Get an inside look at the event through these shots captured by photographer Tony Felgueiras in Friday's all-day intensives.

Get a sneak peek at the YJ LIVE! SF through these words of wisdom from some of the presenters.

Yoga classes are popping up in public libraries, city parks, and other public locations.

Use this sequence of heart openers to tune in to your anahata and inner voice and find the path to your heart’s calling.

Bo Forbes teaches how to release tension, increase prana, and promote physical and emotional digestion in the belly.

Not only does taking a scented warm bath help reset the nervous system for sleep, it can also be deeply healing for unraveling emotional processes.

Lord of the Dance Pose (Natarajasana) requires foundation, stability, concentration, flexibility, and balanced action -- everything you need as you set out to achieve your goals for the New Year.

Cooped up inside waiting out winter's deep freeze? This practice would be a wise use of your time.

Use core work, twists, and pranayama to target this fiery chakra and transform obstacles into assets and fear into freedom.

Try this 10-minute guided meditation video to develop the will to cultivate and sustain transformation at the core.

Use this hip-opening and forward-folding practice for the second chakra to unleash creativity as you cultivate fluidity in your pelvis.

Wake up and feel energized with these this morning sequence. Have extra time? Add these poses.

Devoted to lifting or CrossFit? Try Sage Rountree's sequence to counter the front-body tightness that can come with them.

A personal affirmation practice can boost your problem-solving skills when you’re stressed and afraid to take the next step. Here's how to create yours.

Elena Brower offers this 4-step practice to bring your dream into focus.

Discover your true purpose and find the courage to live your dream.

Some people kiss toads and get princes. Think that's magic? Then you haven't seen what happens when a yogi kisses Frog from Camel.

As Haiti's redevelopment begins to take root after their natural disaster, yoga is here to stay.