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Yogis always find a way to extend the month’s gratefulness beyond the edges of our stuffed plates and back onto our mats.

If you love Instagram darlings Laura Kasperzak and Masumi Goldman, you'll love this series and Balance practice.

The adept Ashtangi walks us through the key steps to mastering this tricky transition.

The famous Ashtangi breaks this tricky transition down in a step-by-step guide.

Iyengar teacher Joan White reflects on her time studying with the late B.K.S. Iyengar.

Research suggests this Ayurvedic health technique works. Here's how, and an alternative solution if you just hate oil.

Yoga teacher John Schumacher reflects on B.K.S. Iyengar’s life, his influence on modern yoga, and the legacy he has left behind.

Rock climbing and yoga reinforce the mind-body connection through similar types of movement. Become a better climber with these six poses.

Environmental activist and author Joanna Macy gets into what compassion really means—and how to apply it in daily life.

Doing Sun Salutations with a block can help you find the contraction of muscles into the centerline of the body, creating integration and protecting the spine.

According to regulations of a new tax law in Washington, D.C., the yoga studio is pretty much like any other gym.

Meet Martha McQuaid, a teacher who rallies her community to raise funds for food banks. Plus, how you can get involved.

Our Home Practice teacher and Beyoncé’s lead guitarist 
Bibi McGill talks about sacred music, her love of kale, 
metaphysical experiences, 
and the state of yoga today.

Ayruveda offers these simple yet powerful tips for letting your inner radiance shine through and bolstering your ojas, or inner-energy reserves.

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Try these subtle, yet safe tweaks to Chaturanga if you struggle with the pose.

As the courts debate yoga in schools, Deepak Chopra, Cyndi Lee, and more weigh in on this ongoing dispute.

Get the story behind the story in this interview with the writer of our October 2014 feature.

Get our girl's seven-step secret to flying by softening into your power.

Happy equinox! Celebrate the equal split between day and night with this graceful balancing sequence.

Did you know that your morning routine actually begins the night before? Follow this 13-step plan to feel refreshed when you start the day.

A unique one-day event is helping the yoga-in-schools movement reach a tipping point.

Mark your calendar -- you might want to be a little kinder to your fellow humans this weekend.

Advanced inversions and arm balances really scare me. How can I tell if I’m ready for them? And how can I overcome my fear?

Leslie Booker teaches yoga and mindfulness to teenagers who are incarcerated or involved with the court system.

Why do you feel nauseated when you lean your head back in Fish Pose? An expert weighs in.

Getting back into a regular routine is no easy feat. Breathe into fall's frenzy with this energizing sequence.

Kathryn Budig's Modifications for Safe Alignment in Standing Forward Bend

Keep cold and flu bugs at bay with these simple yet effective health tips.

Focus on deepening hip and shoulder flexibility to get ready for Tittibhasana.

How a Bruce Lee devotee became Denver's leading advocate for diverse inclusivity in yoga.

Yoga helps spread peace and love around the world, but an event at Strala Yoga in NYC Saturday 9/6 can actually help keep a child alive.

Baptiste Yoga Teacher Bethany Lyons explains how to engage the bandhas to work your abs throughout your practice.

The community activist and founder of New York's Queer and Trans Yoga classes on what yoga needs now.

Here, 18 of his students share poignant, heartfelt remembrances of their Guruji and his profound influence.

Kathryn Budig talks art and asana with the yoga community’s resident photographer.

Charleston yogis, you won't want to miss YOGAPOP, a fun night of fashion, poetry, music and practice—this Thursday.

The husband and wife partners—often called "teachers' teachers"—pay their respective respects to their own guru.

A Seattle-based non-profit brings the healing power of trauma-informed yoga and meditation to youth facing adversity.

Join yogis across the country Tuesday, August 26, in a practice dedicated to the master.

Don’t forget to BYOM—Bring Your Own Mat—for the all-day Newtown Yoga Festival fundraiser.

Barney's New York turns the spotlight on 17 transgender men and women and their extraordinary personal stories.

Have you dreamt about teaching yoga? You have plenty of company—in Hollywood.

Yoga poses that build core AND make you a better surfer? We'll take 'em.

A YJ intern found inspiration through her camera lens. Here, three ideas for approaching poses from new angles.

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A quiet, bound, and balanced posture like Bharadvajasana can help you to find stillness.

Yoga teacher Justin Michael Williams talks about body image and how it is represented in today's yoga community.

The panelists sum up their goals for increasing self-acceptance in a Photoshopped world.

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Yoga Trailblazer Dianne Bondy Wants No Yogi Left Behind

We’re all winners, losers, and people. Find out how soccer unites us like yoga.

Kathryn Budig offers step-by-step instruction to master this tricky hand position and get into a deeper backbend.

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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.

A New Age yogi dad shares his tales about fatherhood with YJ and in his new book.

Stretching sideways can 
activate core muscles, expand breathing, and bring 
feelings of spaciousness and levity.

Tara Stiles demonstrates 4 steps to work toward balance in handstand.

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Strengthen your shoulders, core and arms to make the most of your paddleboarding workouts. Here are 3 poses to help.

Toddler through school age, kids are natural yogis. Here are modified poses that you can share with your little ones today.

Daily meditation is one of the smartest thing you can do to promote your own wellness. Here are 3 tips to get started.

Read up on the range of health and cosmetic benefits of oil pulling: the age-old Ayurvedic practice. Plus, how to do it.

Amy Ippoliti offers tips for tight or injured shoulders that can be applied to any yoga pose.

This step-by-step approach to Handstand can benefit longtime inversion fans and total newbies.

They bring yoga to people with chronic disease and to imprisoned youth: The winners of YJ’s “Share Your Yoga” scholarship leave us breathless.

Canadian teacher Eoin Finn offers poses, intentions, and practices to help you tune into the rhythms of the planet. (Savasana in a hammock? Yes, please!)

Yantra is an ancient tool used for meditation, in which the meditator gazes upon sacred geometric images to focus the mind.

Kathryn Budig shares her 4 steps to fold into inverted Padmasana in tripod headstand.

Adam Levine has piles of talent, but he attributes much of his success to his daily yoga practice. Here his teacher shares a favorite meditation.

This traditional celebration will delight your inner kid. Curious? Check out an event near you.

Gisele's yoga teacher shares her passion for karma yoga.

Yoga teacher founder Hilaria Baldwin shares her favorite yoga poses for travel.

Climbing and yoga both reinforce the mind-body connection. Here, the best poses to get your climb on.

Instead of trying to force new habits, try these yogi tips and see if the process becomes a little more fun.

This Chinese New Year corresponds to Vedic predictions for action and change. Learn how to align your yoga practice and harness the power of the season.

The chakras greatly influence our potential and experience. Learn to work with them in your yoga practice.

Of all the hobbies that Erica Rodefer Winters has started, yoga is the only one that has stuck.