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Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis created this fun and challenging sequence to boost your core strength and mood as you flip your world upside down.

Keep those feet warm with these five leg warmers perfect for chilly treks to the yoga studio or for throwing on before Savasana.

Feeling small and limited? Gabrielle's three-minute meditation will help you blast through limitations and magnify your energetic vibrations.

Use these four steps to guide your practice, build inner strength, and nail the coveted pose. Go get it!

Take some time alone with your thoughts and try this guided meditation from Sonima.com to help you lay the foundation for renewal.

Did you hang up your boxing gloves when you found yoga? Now there's no need. BoxingYoga is attracting fans from inside and outside the ring, and it's about to throw a punch in the U.S.

When we become parents, we often carry around old expectations about how our yoga practice should look based on our “pre-child” days. But that doesn't mean we have no "time" for yoga.

We asked 3 seasoned yogis to share with us the biggest mistakes they made when they started out as yoga teachers, and what they learned from these "oops" moments.

If you’re looking to build some serious muscle, conditioning rope is exactly what you need. These weighted exercise tools are great for targeting your chest, arms, and core. Best of all, they can be used from the comfort of your home for a variety of exercises. We’ve compiled our favorites after extensive research, and with a variety of weight levels, comfort grips, and lengths, you’re bound to find the perfect conditioning rope for your needs.

Happiness is a mind-body endeavor. It only takes two minutes to deploy this self-massage to stimulate our belly brain, the enteric nervous system, which regulates mood and immunity.

Here are a few simple ways to carry the nourishing effects of yoga off the mat and into your relationships.

YJ senior editor Amanda Tust shares five key tips from yoga teacher training that she plans to keep in her back pocket in case she ever actually ends up in front of a class.

Yoga teacher Lauren Imparato says the societal pressure of "I have-to" syndrome gets in the way of you being you. Try this sequence for letting go.

These six recipes from the Natural Gourmet Institute are all satisfying and simple. Don't be surprised when your office-mates start following your suit.

21-year-old author and nonprofit founder Emily-Anne Rigal says she knows what it is to bully, be bullied, and to overcome both by looking within.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates an advanced core-strengthening and spirit-lifting sequence with Leap Frog hops.

Start to ease lower back discomfort and counteract the effects of too much sitting by swapping some of your standard Surya Namaskars for this core-focused variation.

A former corporate executive turned yoga teacher, community organizer, and political disrupter shares her method for finding and activating your unique passion.

How can you make every day your best day? Using tools inspired by The Desire Map, identify how you want to feel rather than what you want to achieve.

Early ballots for the 2016 Grammy Awards included nearly two dozen albums inspired by bhakti yoga. We listened to them all to choose our favorite yoga music for the year. Practice to the playlist.

Internationally recognized yoga teacher and mother of two Janet Stone is offering YJ readers a series of weekly "mom-asanas." This week's practice: letting go of mom guilt.

Hugging meditation, made famous by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, is rooted in the belief that a good hug can have transformative effects.

Our Art of Teaching Yoga trainers offer insight into 5 things yoga students wish their teachers would do more (or less) of.

Turns out, how you feel about Valentine's Day—and your love life in general—is influenced by your sign, or more specifically, your "element," says author and astrologer Debra Silverman.

Like it or not, you can't avoid people or parts of yourself that seriously frustrate you. The key to peace? Feeling even more connected to them through this meditation.

Yoga Journal associate art director Abigail Biegert shares two lasting lessons she learned in yoga teacher training this week.

Readers share the yoga they practice in groups.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis offers a "Twist and Flow" sequence, which will fire up your core and unlock your inner power.

Photographer Robert Sturman honors and celebrates American veterans of war by featuring several active duty and retired service members practicing yoga.

Writer Crystal Fenton shares her story of using patience and practice to turn the end of a relationship into an opportunity to evolve.

American soccer forward, World Cup champion, and yogi Christen Press gives YJ a peek into her practice.

Jean Weiss finds a relaxing weekend of yoga with her teenage daughter and friend at Devil's Thumb Ranch, Colorado to learn about snow sports.

Finally, performance pants without a hefty price tag.

Dal is as common in India as pasta in Italy. Find out why 
this nourishing dish is a classic comfort food for yogis.

We spend hours in front of our computers and phones, and the repetitive movement patterns can cause neck and shoulder strain. This sequence will help.

Float Therapy is on the rise. Find out why this womb-like experience just might elevate the way you meditate.

Move over, milk: Turns out dried plums (a.k.a. prunes) are a great way to prevent—and even reverse—osteoporosis, according to a recent study in the British Journal of Nutrition.

These 10 influential teachers have dedicated their lives to spreading the practices of yoga and have impacted millions of new yogis around the globe.

We asked Alexandria Crow, who will lead our upcoming Art of Teaching Yoga workshop, for 3 ways this groundbreaking course will make YOU a better teacher.

Tiny homes are sprouting up everywhere, and financial liberation is only one of the perks.

Alexandria Crow learned the hard way about yoga injuries. Now, she focuses on therapeutic yoga to heal and transform her body.

Here’s what’s trending this month among Yoga Journal editors (and their little ones at home).

Sara Gottfried, MD, author of The Hormone Reset Diet, explains yoga's effects on our stress response.

Why might yogis get sick less often? All that practice is increasing immune-boosting antioxidant levels.

Learn how to modify Mountain Pose (Tadasana) if needed 
to find safe alignment for your body.

Learn about these amazing yogis, their practice, and how they make a difference in their communities.

Harness the transformative power of language to design your own personal mantra and makeover your internal dialogue for authentic empowerment.

From the philosophy lessons and inner work to the homework and teaching practice, a YTT is a transformative experience. A few key self-care strategies can really help.

Yoga teacher Rina Jakubowicz offers travel tips and inspiration from her photo expedition with Robert Sturman to shoot the “Cuba Libre Yoga Project.”

A tense QL could be lurking behind those aches and pains. Here's how to address it.

Don't let common aches and pains keep
 you off your mat. 
Recover faster with these 
20 expert-recommended 
natural DIY fixes.

Chronic stress 
and anxiety 
signal the brain to wreak havoc on your body. The secret to hitting reset? Yoga.

With a growing body of research proving yoga’s healing benefits, it’s no wonder more Western doctors are prescribing this ancient practice. Learn what's behind the trend.

Rachel Brathen says you can let your personal challenges and trauma obscure the big picture or use them as motivation to create change.

To celebrate #HeartMonth, dedicated to raising awareness of cardiovascular health, this energizing sequence will get your heart pumping as it opens your body, strengthens your core, and clears your mind.

In this short video Deepak Chopra, M.D., guides you to step back and focus inward in order to establish four intentions for your day.

In this excerpt from The Art of Attention, Elena Brower embodies MC Yogi's wise words on the practice of forgiveness in a tender asana sequence.

A quick but oh-so-beneficial meditation for your body and mind.

While top-notch yoga apparel is often worth the splurge, here are our picks for five of the latest basics that won’t break the bank.

If headspins and windmills were, like, totally your thingin the 1980s, you’ll love Breakti, a combo of yoga and breakdancing.

Yoga Journal Copy Chief Matt Samet shares his surprise at discovering the difference between practicing yoga and teaching it.

The yoga splits, or Hanumanasana, are a lifelong journey for many yogis. Fortunately there’s more than one way to skin a Monkey. These four variations of the pose each offer their own value and benefits.

The founder of Bikram Yoga has been ordered to pay over $7 million to a former employee who said he sexually harassed her and wrongfully fired her, the Associated Press reports.

Has your New Year's resolve already lost steam? This playful sequence will re-inspire you. Strengthen your core, as you clear out the old and open into the new.

Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis demonstrates 10 poses that tone and strengthen your arms without adding bulk.

Twists, like the new year, can often invoke that same urgent sense of wanting more. SmartFLOW teacher trainer Tiffany Russo wants you to slow it down.

So your New Year's resolution isn't working? Gabrielle Bernstein thinks most of us make this one mistake when setting out to make a change.

Because core work doesn't have to be boring.

Find ways to weave yoga philosophy into your asana sequence without alienating or overwhelming your students.