YJ Editors

Nurture your love-hate relationship with Plank Pose. A beginner's best friend, it's the perfect precursor to more challenging arm balances.

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Tap into your inherent abundance and prosperity with this practice from Kundalini teacher and author Karena Virginia.

It’s time to make your practice and teaching more accessible. Learn how from De Jur Jones and Jivana Heyman.

Curious about cork? Learn how this sustainable material benefits the environment—and your yoga practice.

Feel more alert and serene with these pranayama techniques that are perfect for spring.

We challenge you to look away from this in-depth look at how yoga mats are made.

Discover the physical and mental signs of blocked energy in the sacral chakra, svadhistana, and how you may benefit from aligning it.

Yoga teacher and breath coach Janet Stone's meditation for embracing life’s ebbs and flows.

The bestselling author and spiritual and meditation teacher offers a reflection on creativity.

If the heat leaves you hankering for shade, your may have a pitta imbalance. These Ayurvedic practices can help you keep your cool.

This reflection from yoga teacher and author Colleen Saidman Yee helps you access a loving vibration.

New research shows that stress could leave you heartbroken—literally. But yoga can help prevent a dangerous, but temporary condition called takotsubo syndrome, otherwise known as broken-heart syndrome.

On October 15, 2020, Yoga Journal released its second diversity, equity, and inclusivity report.

On July 14, Yoga Journal released its inaugural diversity, equity, and inclusivity report. 

Celebrate World Sleep Day by having a lie in and trying some of our best ever tips for using yoga to sleep deeper and wake more rested.

The tech giant and meditation app have teamed up for "Headspace Breathers," a weekly video series devoted to practicing mindfulness. Watch the first episode below.

Can peaceful practices make better soldiers? Maybe.

Discover the physical and mental signs of blocked energy in the fourth chakra—and how to clear it.

If you're struggling to be more creative lately, you're in good company. So we asked our contributors for their top creativity-boosting tricks.

You may have read of people doing 108 Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskar) at the time of the spring equinox, or own mala with 108 beads. Here's why the number is considered so auspicious.

Yoga Journal’s parent company acquires Outside magazine, Outside TV, Gaia GPS, athleteReg, and Peloton Magazine, boosting the depth and diversity of storytelling and services in our Active Pass membership.

Need a boost? This list of words and phrases from our readers will help inspire and empower you.

You can still take your knees to chest or . But do this first.

Join teacher and author Jen Pastiloff for a 10-Day self-love challenge based on her best-selling book "On Being Human."

A vinyasa practice for transformation from yoga teacher and author, Jen Pastiloff.

Supercharge your self-love with this meditation from yoga teacher and author, Jen Pastiloff.

Get the next steps for your self-care journey.

Give yourself the validation you look for from others.

How to better face criticism and connect with a feeling of love and safety.

Get control of your "shoulds" and self-doubt.

Learn how to take steps toward taking care of yourself.

Seek out the beauty around you.

Be the boss of your fears.

No one is just one thing: Recognize and appreciate your multitudes.

Connect to your body and create a new, empowering mantra.

Learn how to identify the stories you tell yourself and rewrite them.

We count down your favorite yoga sequences of 2020 according to pageviews.

What's the future of yoga? We dig deep into the events and news stories of a wildly unprecedented year for clues of what's to come. Grab a seat. This may take a while....

Try these side body-centric poses to refine your asana practice and deepen your core connection

The backs of your legs will thank you.

Grab a new mat with these deals on THE essential yoga prop and get inspired to start a new yoga routine.

Say hello to spring and new beginnings with our best advice for decluttering, detoxing, and starting fresh.

At home with more time? Need strategies for staying calm, balanced, and de-stressed? We've got you covered. Here, find tips for building safe sequences, creating a practice space, and finding peace of mind.

Keep calm and boost your overall well-being with sessions from our online education teachers.

Coronavirus have you up all night? Try these yoga poses and practices for peace of mind and real rest.

A style of yoga that intends to make you or your students feel safe and centered through grounding and breathing.

From the wacky to the wild, our editors and contributors tried a lot of strange trends this past decade so you don't have to.

You made this list possible. Here are the top 10 most-viewed sequences on yogajournal.com from the past 10 years.

Each crystal has its own healing properties and vibrations that can help change your own frequency. Use this flow chart to find out which one is best for you right now.

When the clocks turn back an hour, there’s a good chance fatigue, fogginess, and restless energy in the evenings will set in. Here's how yoga can help you find a new rhythm.

Looking to give back and not sure where to start? Get to know these 10 remarkable yoga-service organizations and the ways they are shaping the future of yoga.

The Be Here Now author teaches us about gracefully embracing death in his new book collaboration, Walking Each Other Home.

Straight talk about Yin Yoga and clear and safe instructions on how to practice it are part of our new Yin Yoga 101 course. In the meantime, here are seven of the biggest misconceptions out there about this yoga style.

The change in weather calls for a new pair of sunglasses and next-level hydration.

When it comes to planning a yoga vacation, most of us think retreats in the tropics or taking the ultimate pilgrimage to India. Yet there are so many other destinations that can inspire a deeper understanding this ancient practice. Here, YJ contributors share their experiences in some far-off places that have transformed their practices and their lives.

This April, help the Seva Foundation raise awareness and funds to prevent blindness around the world by hosting or attending a yoga class near you.