All Content

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

James Fox began teaching yoga to prisoners at San Quentin State Prison in California nine years ago, where he founded the Prison Yoga Project. Recently, he's been traveling around the country training others how to teach in a prison setting....

You always have time for meditation. Here's how.

Stories of corruption, tear gas, and police action don't usually end up in Buzz. But this was the scene this weekend in New Delhi, as the popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev embarked on a hunger strike to end government...

Rules of thumb to get the most out of your practice.

Gently open the chest-opening and backbending sequence.

Kathryn Budig says the key to this pose is learning to think a bit differently about flight.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Add some humor and lightness to your classes and you may see your business boom.

A recent study reveals that more Americans than ever--more than one-third of the population--use mind-body practices like yoga, meditation, and breathing exercises, and that their doctors are often the cheerleaders for these approaches. According to researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess...

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Miami Heat hoops star LeBron James recently credited yoga for his peak physical performance. In an article in the Miami Herald by Joseph Goodman called "LeBron James's big 'secret': yoga," the superstar 250-pound athlete says that yoga contributes to his...

Yoga is an evolving practice. As we notice changes in our bodies and/or our life situation, it might be necessary to change the kind of yoga we do, too. So how do you know if you would benefit from changing your routine/teacher/studio/style?

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

In the age of YouTube, it's fun to sit back and watch a video of twins talking or a cat using the potty. But KarmaTube wants videos to do more than entertain: they view video as a medium to inspire...

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Hunger. Reincarnation. Yoga. Cooking. Prayer. Restraint. Family. Fasting for Ramadan: Notes from a Spiritual Practice, a new book of insights and meditations by yoga instructor and Oberlin College creative writing professor, Kazim Ali, touches on these parts of the human...

Women empowered by yoga lead the change they want to see in the world.

Anusura Yoga founder John Friend has announced the fall opening of an worldwide center for Anusara Yoga in Encinitas, California. Friend told Buzz that the center will include an 8,500-square-foot state-of-the-art studio, a soundstage for talks and concerts, and plenty...

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

It isn't often that your doctor takes off his coat, puts on shorts, and leads a yoga class. Unless your doctor is  Loren Fishman, MD. Fishman is the medical director of Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York City,...

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Get out and celebrate Earth Day this year by practicing Ahisma (non-harming). We've collected some easy and fun ways to spread the eco-friendly mindset.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Soothe and refresh your body, mind, and spirit with this rejuvenating sequence.

Does yoga steady your heartrate? A new study out of The University of Kansas shows that yoga decreases episodes of cardiac arrhythmia, an irregular heartbeat whose symptoms can include chest pains, dizziness, heart palpitations, and shortness of breath. The research...

Strengthen your lower back, free yourself from back pain in seated poses, and skillfully deepen your forward bends.

Learn the basics of Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana, a purely American invention in an ancient Indian tradition.

People around the globe jumped into action to support relief efforts and aid to the victims of Japan's devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and those efforts continue. Yogis have been helping in their own unique ways, with donation classes,...

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

"You go into any yoga class in the West, and it's filled with women. And it's so ironic, women were never part of the yoga tradition at all," says author Linda Sparrowe in YogaWoman, a new documentary film by sisters...

Pandit Rajmani Tigunait infuses his teaching with old-school wisdom, social commentary, and a jolly sense of humor.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out Sage Rountree's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Designer Donna Karan has long ties with the yoga world. But the latest connection is a plea from yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar to change the way she does business. The animal activists at PETA report that Iyengar recently wrote Ms....

Every few years, stories about possible regulation of yoga teachers and studios surface. This time, it comes from the Great State of Texas. Recently, the Texas Workforce Commission sent out letters to various studios, asking them to become state-licensed career...

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Kathryn Budig breaks down how to approach yoga's closest thing to breakdance move, the arm balance Grasshopper.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

As yogis, we wish for all people to be happy, safe, and healthy. A touching story from Nashville Public Radio talks about how yoga helps wounded soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afganistan piece their bodies and their lives back...

Yoga was a hot topic at the 7th annual Integrative Healthcare Symposium. From yoga in the military to a planned teacher training in Haiti to an explosion of web applications for medical professionals to introduce yoga to patients, the practice...

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Check out YJ Editors's author page.

Balancing the business and spiritual sides of yoga has always been a delicate one. An article in Business Week broaches the scramble for yoga teachers to trademark their yoga styles, citing that "out of the 2,213 trademark applications containing the word...

Larry Schultz, founder of It's Yoga studio and developer of the signature practice known as Rocket Yoga, has died. He was 60. Schultz founded It's Yoga in San Francisco in 1989, creating a vibrant hub for a growing yoga community...

Check out YJ Editors's author page.