With so many distractions in our day-to-day lives, it’s hard to find the time or means tounwind. Taking time to relax is important, and yoga is one of the best ways to refocus and better your health. The latest new trend is the flexible yoga wheel.
Use this practice to find strength and empowerment in your own political path, especially when things get overwhelming.
In a special package on masculinity, YJ dives into how the narrow cultural ideal of "being a man" impacts folks in yoga communities and beyond.
Yoga instructor Matthew Lyons shares his battle with anxiety—and how yoga is helping him find self-love.
Yoga teacher Benny James hid his true personality and sexual orientation in order to avoid ridicule and the threat of violence. Here's how he learned to stand in his truth.
I always felt that yoga offered more than a great stretch or workout. It gave me a way to connect with others and myself at the same time. You can find a bit of that feeling in this sequence.
Your yoga practice can be a therapeutic tool for managing and preventing some types of nerve pain. Yoga Medicine founder Tiffany Cruikshank explains how.
Yoga therapist and psychologist Gail Parker, PhD, applies restorative practices in an innovative way to help people heal from racial wounds.
From learning to love to finding their life's purpose—these are the stories from yoga teachers who found meaning in their travels.
A yoga movement and dance teacher examines her experiences with kirtan—from Sikh temple on Sundays with her family to concerts and festivals with hundreds of people in the crowd.
A first-generation Indian-American yoga and mindfulness researcher and teacher reflects on what feels misrepresented and appropriative to her in modern yoga.
Don’t miss one (or more!) of these healthy hot spots the next time you’re in the big apple.
Take a (comfy) seat on one of these props created by seasoned sitters.
Who says breast cancer awareness should stop after October. Here’s how you can do your part by simply posting a yoga pose on Instagram.
The moral and ethical principles that are the foundation of yoga practice—the yamas (social restraints) and niyamas (self-disciplines)—are especially important to follow this time of year. Here’s how to put them into practice.
Grab a resistance band and challenge your strength—rather than exploit your flexibility.
This yoga sequence will help awaken your inner muse. Active poses open you up to get creative juices flowing, while restorative ones give space for your inspiration to bloom.
This Pride month sequence cultivates self-compassion and self-acceptance. Not only will it help you heal, it will inspire you to help others in their journey toward self-love.
Relax and unwind with these divine, sultry tracks, ideal for mixing up your yoga practice.
This smooth collection of ballroom plus yoga beats will make you want to add a little tango to your yoga practice.
Follow these steps and learn how to ensure the proper safety protocol when teaching this energizing inversion.
For nights when stress + anxiety get the better of you, try this simple smiling practice to peacefully drift off to sleep.
Strengthen your shoulders and back as you move step by step into Visvamitrasana.
One yogi takes us along on her transformative journey through the ultimate 21-day Ayurvedic cleanse, panchakarma.
The trendy go-to remedy for a tight IT band—foam rolling—can actually do more harm than good. Here’s why, plus 3 yoga poses that’ll help you keep this thick fascial tissue healthy.
Curious about competitive yoga? Don't think it should be a thing? A new film delves into the controversy.
Yogi-turned-pop artist Justin Michael Williams talks to YJ about the making of his new album Metamorphosis, his support for the LGBTQ community, and meditation as the "express elevator" to his dreams. Plus, he curated a practice playlist to speak to your soul and kick-start your dreams.
Prime your body for summer by discovering its natural, seasonal needs.
Take a break from hard-hitting news and reconnect to the holistic lifestyle and yoga mindset we all crave on the daily. Tune in to these yoga-inspired podcasts anytime you need a little grounding or inspiration.
Can't make it to your favorite class? Channel your coolest self with this chill, modern yoga playlist.
Yogis worldwide will be celebrating the Summer Solstice and International Day of Yoga on June 21st. Here, we picked just 10 of the events and festivals around the globe that will be saluting the season and our practice this week.
Does Ayurveda make your head spin? Sahara Rose Ketabi, Ayurvedic practitioner and author of the forthcoming Idiot’s Guide to Ayurveda, breaks the seemingly complicated mind-body science down into terms we can understand.
What you really need to know about the education, passion, and planning behind personal training.
Wherever it started, however long you've been buying into it, you CAN change drop your limiting beliefs about yourself and your body. Use this exercise to get started.
Looking for a yogic way to spread the word that love is the answer? To raise awareness for world peace, Sri Dharma Mittra and yoga teacher Mark Kan will attempt to gather the most people ever in Headstand in London.
Amid global instability, it's only natural to crave connection, warmth, soothing rituals, and the comforts of home. Enter hyyge.
While starting your yoga travels in India makes sense, you don’t necessary have to fly 14-plus hours to find authenticity. Here, 10 spots with real-deal links to the Eight Limbs for your bucket list.
Don't know Katonah? Meet the upstate New York yoga style that incorporates Taoist principles, Chinese medicine, and sacred geometry.
In honor of National Coming Out Day (October 11), yoga teacher Daniel Sernicola shares his coming out story.
These twisting, folding, wide-legged poses aim to provide enough challenge to satisfy any desire for deep stretching, while simultaneously relaxing the body and refreshing the mind.
As a transgender yoga teacher and community activist, he fights gender bias, both on and off the mat.
This flow helps foster both self-love and compassion for others.
Celebrate the summer solstice and second International Day of Yoga with Shiva Rea's Prana Flow pranams, a healing movement meditation featuring whole-body prostrations to the earth.
We can't blame you if you've never given your fascia a second (or first) thought. Senior Yoga Medicine teacher Allison Candelaria explains why you will want to start now though.
When it comes to yoga and meditation in the West, Hindu mythology can often be polarizing among practitioners. But it doesn't have to be.
Most women know they should be strengthening their pelvic floors, but what about lengthening? Try this 10-step practice for strong and supple muscles to support childbirth, your vital organs, and even your love life.
There’s a good chance you used to scrunch up your nose at bitter foods, relegating them to refrigerator Siberia. But these days, they’re the star of restaurant menus and grocery-store produce aisles.
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.
Don't let common aches and pains keep you off your mat. Recover faster with these 20 expert-recommended natural DIY fixes.
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.
Master Baptiste Yoga teacher Leah Cullis offers 10 poses that tone your abs and strengthen your core, helping you tap into your personal power on and off the mat.
Use this collection of reader-contributed affirmations and mantras to get inspired to reconnect with yourself daily.
Find the wisdom and confidence to achieve your goals through this centering sequence.
Just in time for Breast Cancer Awareness Month: A study found that yoga helped cancer survivors feel better physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Use asana, mantra, and mudra to help bring into focus the subtle and not-so-subtle ways this niyama plays out in your life.
Athletes (and non-athletes) tend to have a lot of misconceptions about the hips. Here, the anatomy and function of the joint demystified.
The hunch in your shoulders and knots in your neck aren’t just uncomfortable, they carry an orthopedic risk. Amy Ippoliti created this practice to counteract "tech neck."
Kathryn Budig wants to introduce you to her new love: Karate. Here, two kicks to get you started, paired with the perfect poses for the flexibility and strength required.
Shiva Rea offers five hand mudras to cultivate heart consciousness in celebration of the Summer Solstice and the First International Yoga Day.
YJ LIVE! presenter Rolf Gates walks us through the nuances of designing a 7-part yoga sequence that touches on each of the seven chakras.
Celebrate summer solstice with three innovative and inspiring Sun Salutation practices.
Spinning and outdoor cycling are high-octane cardio workouts that require powerful legs and knees, and a strong back and core. Use yoga to regain balance.
Kombucha supplies you with energy and boosts the immune system. Try it in these cocktail recipes for a tart-and-tangy flavor at your next party.
Visualize yourself on an Aruban beach as you challenge your core, balance, and shoulders in this sequence from Rachel Brathen's new book.
How are you—really? If you ask everyone but yourself, start there. Then try these 10 tips, culled from Kathryn Budig, Tara Stiles, and more gladiators of the mindfulness movement.
Work with the visuddha chakra to create spaciousness around the throat and neck, through which profound spiritual truths can flow.
Use core work, twists, and pranayama to target this fiery chakra and transform obstacles into assets and fear into freedom.
Use this hip-opening and forward-folding practice for the second chakra to unleash creativity as you cultivate fluidity in your pelvis.
Teacher Liz Lindh created this sequence to boost energy, promote mental clarity, and rid the body of toxins after overeating.
Is sacroiliac joint dysfunction causing your back pain? Here’s how to tell, plus the best poses for relief.
Fall is typically the time when you trade your splashy summer wardrobe for a more subdued palette. But activewear designers are breaking all the rules this season by thinking pink.
Join yogis across the country Tuesday, August 26, in a practice dedicated to the master.
Get in touch with your energy centers and channel more creativity, confidence and joy into your life.
Does your dad still need convincing that yoga is for men, too? From stress reduction to improving flexibility, here are four reasons to get your father to the mat.
Yoga teacher founder Hilaria Baldwin shares her favorite yoga poses for travel.
If your heart hurts, this powerful meditation can help you transform that energy and let it go.
The chakras greatly influence our potential and experience. Learn to work with them in your yoga practice.
Power up your immune system and beat cold-and-flu season with these purifying twists and balancing standing poses.
Yoga practice and philosophy can help free us from suffering, even in life's most difficult moments.
Sally Kempton gives insight into the student-teacher relationship dynamic.