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A teaching gig yields just 8 students—and Neal Pollack wouldn't want it any other way.

YJ.com speaks with Xorin Balbes, author of SoulSpace and owner of Lumeria Retreat Center in Maui, about how to create an environment that supports your best life.

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Is your studio ready for business in today's market? See whether you could be running it more efficiently.

Consider these questions before choosing a software provider for your yoga studio.

The 2012 Yoga in America study revealed the main reasons people come to yoga, with flexibility, general conditioning, and stress relief, among them. Erica Rodefer Winters wonders why people don't know about the deeper benefits yoga, like more balanced emotional states and better relationships.

In celebration of the winter soltice, Katie Silcox offers some tips for bringing more joy and light into the season.

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Baxter Bell describes the symptoms and causes of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and explores how a yoga Headstand practice might affect it.

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You can resolve sacroiliac joint discomfort in the same place it started—on the mat.

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Erica Rodefer Winters takes on the yoga police, anyone who thinks that the style of yoga or the way they practice is the only correct way.

Hip openers increase flexibility and range of motion, which benefits athletes of all kinds. But too much looseness in the hips can a detriment. Sage Rountree explains.

Once you've practiced bed asana, there's no turning back.

Neal Pollack considers whether the occasional urge to do yoga in public is for him or for show—or a little bit of both.

Having to choose between schoolwork, social life, or sleep shouldn't be a choice students face, says Kelly Bonner. The trick is learning how to keep it all in balance.

Erica Rodefer Winters recommends five poses to add to your day for extra energy during this holiday season.

Tips for boosting your immunity and staying healthy this winter season. Just because it's cold out doesn't mean you have to get sick.

Appearing with his partner for a YJ story presents Steven Thomas Saftig the opportunity to model the kind of relationship he wished he saw growing up.

Uncertainty is part of life, but these tips will help you understand the intricacies of fear and release yourself its clutch.

According to the Vedas, your soul has four distinct desires, collectively described as purushartha, "for the purpose of the soul."

Aaron Davidman discovers that slowing down his yoga practice is key to helping him stay centered even as the world around him seems to move ever faster.

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Sage Rountree explains Handstand's physiological and psychological benefits for athletes.

When life doesn't go as planned, try this guided meditation to connect to surrender to a source bigger than yourself.

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Bhakti yoga can help you transform moments of heartbreak into a romance with life itself.

For the best benefits, learn to work twists like Half Lord of the Fishes Pose deeply in two directions.

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Katie Silcox offers Ayurvedic tips for getting a good night's sleep.

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See how the regular study and practice of yoga led to full transformation in four lives.

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From Ashtanga to Vini, find your fit from the many types of yoga.

Vinyasa yoga teaches us to cultivate an awareness that links each action to the next—on the mat and in our lives.

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Kathryn Budig teaches a variation of headstand with your arms as a base of support.

Create more business by getting customers to do autopays for studio membership to your studio.

Use social media to get your current students more engaged in your business.

Make sure new students get the most positive first impression of your studio—and come back.

Open your shoulders to improve your posture maintain healthy and agile shoulder joints.

When your practice causes hamstring injury—and how to manage those injuries with your yoga.

Having slow periods? Fill them with smart planning.

A yoga teacher thanks her students for all the lessons they've taught her.

Use this sequence of yoga poses to open and stretch your groins.

Feeling down? Try this sequence of gentle supportive yoga poses.

Need a break during your cycle? Try this gentle sequence for menstruation.

Relieve a tension headache with this yoga sequence designed for focused relaxation.

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Erica Rodefer Winters shares the way her yoga practice influences her vote, and choices, every day.

Make space for your New Year's intentions by letting go of the past.

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Sage Rountree offers modifications for sitting in meditation for athletes with tight hips and quads.

Yoga can help veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder. Here are a few resources and organizations that can get you started.

Deepen your practice and become better partners by learning how to offer one another gentle adjustments.

Kelly Bonner teaches a stressed-out roommate how controlling the breath can lead you back to OK.

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What is the proper yogic response to election-induced craziness? Neal Pollack weighs in.

An athlete learns through yoga to let the life you're supposed to live find you, instead of trying to control the course of your dreams.

Kathryn Budig teaches how to build Sirasana, the King of Asanas.

In her new YJ.com blog, Yoga Alchemy, Katie Silcox tells us how to shift old mental patterns and open ourselves to more love with mantra.

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Baxter Bell finishes his discussion about the back by looking at the role of "core" muscles, and how to leverage your yoga practice for full and balanced back care.

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Sage Rountree suggests stretches to do anytime during your workday to release tension from your upper back and shoulders.

Instead of looking for outside influences to distract her from herself, Jessica Abelson now turns to yoga—and she's hooked.

Rather than repress sexual urges, or constantly act on them, yoga has taught Neal Pollack to observe his desires, and not let a greedy mind run the show.

Yoga has taught Erica Rodefer Winters many things, but the most valuable lesson has been the realization that it's OK to be completely and unabashedly herself.

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Donkey kicks are common as you learn this challenging but ultimately graceful pose.

In this post, Baxter Bell, MD continues his discussion on low back pain, offering ways to create traction with a friend or on your own.

Untangling yourself from the grip of addiction can seem impossible, but yoga can lift you to higher ground.