8 Yoga Teachers Who Made a Profound Difference in 2025—And Who You Should Watch in 2026
This is what yoga means.
Renee Marie Schettler is Editor in Chief at Yoga Journal and has spent more than 20 years as a writer and editor at The Washington Post, Real Simple, Martha Stewart Living, and various award-winning print and digital media companies. Her work has also appeared in NPR’s Morning Edition, the front page of Wall Street Journal Asia, and The Best Food Writing. She was awarded the Solomon Asch Award for outstanding independent work in psychology from Swarthmore College.
Renee began practicing yoga 20 years ago in Manhattan and began teaching upward of a dozen classes a week in 2017. Her training includes a 200 YTT, yin yoga teaching certification, and numerous workshops, focused trainings, and her work at Yoga Journal with an array of teachers. She finds that writing, editing, and practicing yoga each come back to an underlying search for and awareness of truth.
This is what yoga means.
Yes, in a yoga studio.
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Explore the evolution along with us.
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What to do when your muscles ache, your hair is frazzled, and you just stepped in a puddle of someone else's sweat.
It wasn't the response I'd expected.
One at time. Even when you have just 30 seconds in between meetings.
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Here's what hundreds shared.
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There are lessons, overt and subtle, waiting to be experienced.
Sometimes the stars do align.
I'm purchasing it for the third time so I never have to be without it.
There's so much to learn about this misunderstood sign.
It's both enigmatically complex and mindbendingly simple.
For the last 10 years, it's delivered inclusivity and connection to the yoga scene in Atlanta.
Some yoga-inspired LOL for your scroll.
Consider it practice for every unexpected thing that might befall you today.
More than a dozen testers moved, sweated, stretched, arm balanced, and meditated on 35 mats. These are the ones we’re still practicing on.
They're not what you think.
Because screaming at work is frowned upon.
We may be overlooking one of the most essential lessons.
Try it and see if you feel like a stronger, calmer version of yourself.
The decision is related to both the Olympics and disco.
Just four simple words.
Just let yourself feel.
If you know, you know.
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And what you need to know about its vibes.
Some soulful reminders that we could all use.
Allow us to introduce you to some seriously effective stretches.
Is it coincidence that something touted as analytical, innovative, and chatty was named for the sign with the same traits?
Spoiler alert: The answer is five letters and in Sanskrit.
It doesn't exactly make it any easier. Just more tolerable. And it may teach you a thing or two about yourself.
A reminder that you're not alone in your thoughts and your (sometimes quirky) behaviors.
A glimpse ahead at the influences affecting you throughout the year.
Prepare to feel all the feels.
It's her "room of revelations."
We see goddess behavior everywhere.
It’s about so much more than just your ex.
Whatever your reason for strengthening your core, there's a way that yoga can deliver.
A little yoga class calculus can save you hundreds of dollars a year.
There are limits to what your sign says about you.
One artist’s attempt to help everyone who practices yoga feel seen.
To err is human. To laugh about it is sorta divine.
A reminder of how to see the extra in the ordinary from author and positive psychology researcher Neil Pasricha.
The message was clear. "I am enough."
The retrogrades, eclipses, and transits that will influence you and society.
A petition, an open letter, and posts on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter call for organizers to cancel the event.
Following scandal after scandal, the founder of hot yoga refuses to pay court-ordered damages or admit wrongdoing. How is he still teaching?
A few minutes of rest can't change anything about your circumstances. But it can change everything about how you show up to them.
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The Wimbledon champion is instructing others in yoga and meditation, a German paper reported earlier this week.
Sometimes five minutes can change everything.
Practicing yoga for just a few minutes in the morning can offer exponential payoff—and not just in terms of productivity.
Here's how to align your practice with the Moon.
“Action Hiro” Landazuri shares his Body Smart Yoga, focusing on muscle sensations and effort over the endgame of a pose.
Hiro Landazuri explains how to prep physically (as well as psychologically) for this challenging arm balance. Spoiler Alert: You're more ready than you think.
Yoga teacher Pranidhi Varshney sets aside the conventional emphasis on perfection and instead values progress of a different sort.
In traditional Ashtanga, certain poses are reserved until you've mastered preliminary postures. Pranidhi Varshney upends this approach and teaches you how to come into backbends, wherever you are in your practice.
Calvin Corzine’s approach to teaching emphasizes making everyday movements easier.
This is a time to usher in change, expect the unexpected, and step into your truth. Here's how to flow with it.
In the same time it takes to check your IG, you can calm TF down. And there's no need to haul out your mat or rush to change clothes. Just stretch.
Don’t stretch past your limits. Learn how to practice within them.
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