4 Ways Yoga Can Help Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors
Yoga and breathwork can help breast cancer patients deal with the physical and mental challenges of diagnosis and treatment. Here's how.
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How I’m Using Yoga to Protect the Earth and Honor Indigenous Voices
In my practice, individual liberation is intimately connected to collective liberation. Learning from Indigenous people is a vital aspect of this liberation.
5-Minute Meditations For Grounding, Balance, Presence, and Love
A special Daily Bliss practice series from the Live Be Yoga Experience.
Crystals Can’t Prevent COVID-19. Plus Other Vax Myths Healthcare Pros Want You to Stop Believing
Plus, how to practice svadhyaya (self-study) around vaccine hesitancy.
Rates of Trauma and Addiction Are Skyrocketing. Yoga Can Help
If you're struggling right now, you're not alone. Trauma-informed yoga can regulate your nervous system and elicit a sense of safety.
Fat Shaming and Toxic Diet Culture Are Rampant in Yoga. It’s Time to Push Back
Idealizing thin, white, able-bodied "yoga bodies" harms us all. So let's shut down fat shaming and toxic diet culture in yoga spaces, once and for all.
Understanding the 5 Kleshas for Better Mental Well-Being
In English, klesha translates as poison. Think of kleshas as the mental toxins that lead to suffering. By being aware of them, we can start to get to the root causes of pain and trauma.
What Every Woman Should Know About Maternal Mental Health
Mental health struggles can impact both moms and their children. Here's how yoga—and other resources—can help.
How Ayurveda Can Help Boost Fertility
Trying to conceive? Learning about your body—and trying these Ayurvedic practices—can improve your chances.
5 Ayurveda Practices to Help You Sleep Better
The past year has wreaked havoc on our sleep. These tips and Ayurveda practices can help.
“I Am Enough”: A Heart-Centered Meditation for Gratitude & Self-Love
Take a moment to reconnect with your own humanity.
A Mindfulness Meditation to Find Peace & Balance Within
Find refuge with a five-minute practice from teacher and author Anusha Wijeyakumar.
3 Things You May Not Know About the Bhagavad Gita
For starters, that battle wasn’t a metaphor.
Let Go of Perfection with Wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita
Anusha Wijeyakumar shares how to embrace your humanity by leaning into your dharma (purpose).
A 5-Minute Mantra Meditation for Overcoming Fear
Clear your mind and transcend limiting thinking, so you can step into your purpose.
What You’ll Learn About Caste in Our New Workshop on the Bhagavad Gita
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Watch: What the Bhagavad Gita Teaches Us About the True Meaning of Yoga
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“We think that yoga is something that we do. Yoga is something that we are.”
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What Women Need to Know About Chronic Pelvic Pain
Don't suffer in silence. Clinical treatments—and yes, yoga practices—can help you live pain-free.
Self Love Practices That Also Boost Heart Health
Prioritizing heart health is a self love practice you might be missing. These 4 exercises will give your mood—and your ticker—a boost.
How Breathing and Meditation Can Relieve Stress and Chronic Pain
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The Life-Changing Daily Meditation That Takes Just 5 Minutes a Day
Don't have time to meditate? No excuses. In her new book, Meditation with Intention: Quick and Easy Ways to Create Lasting Peace, author and wellness consultant Anusha Wijeyakumar shares a practice that you can do in just five minutes first thing in the morning.