Jen Murphy

Pack your bags! These mindful, magical destinations around the world promise to deepen your practice—while providing a much-needed dose of adventure.

The best part? Pour yourself a cup of tea and you can do it, too.

While physical adjustments are a very direct way to correct your students’ alignment, a number of teachers are taking a hands-off approach to adjustments in asana classes. Here, top yoga teachers share their go-to noncontact strategies.

What you can do as a teacher to create a safe and open space for all of your students.

More teachers are taking a hands-off approach to assists—and more students are wondering where the line is between helpful and inappropriate. Here, master teachers share their thinking on this touchy debate and offer expert advice to help keep everyone safe.

If you use props innovatively, you can give yourself the same kind of adjustment at home that you’d get in class.

Scrolling through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the like may actually dampen your mood—and keep you from getting sound sleep.

Researchers at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, recently found that red wine, coffee, and tea can actually increase the diversity of bacteria in the gut, which can help ward off illness.

We already know that music can enhance your mood, but for the first time, a study has shown that live music can reduce stress levels.

If you love foods high in saturated fats—cheese, butter, eggs, full-fat coconut milk, red meat—it’s best to have them in the morning, new research shows.