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A well-tuned asana practice can free up energy and stimulate imbalanced chakras, paving the way for that wonderful internal shift for which yoga is known.

According to Ayurveda, we want to cultivate the opposite qualities of winter’s chill in our daily meal planning.

DJ Drez spinning A Tribe Called Quest provided the beats for MC Yogi's Saturday night class/concert at YJ LIVE! SF.

A personal affirmation practice can boost your problem-solving skills when you’re stressed and afraid to take the next step. Here's how to create yours.

Elena Brower offers this 4-step practice to bring your dream into focus.

Seane Corn interviews this yoga service leader for the scoop on her journey to a career in somatic therapy and healing yoga.

Yoga teacher and somatic counselor Hala Khouri explains why, if you want to heal the world, you have start by healing yourself.

Modify Janu Sirsasana if needed to find safe alignment for your body.

Ready to give your mind, body, and soul a total health overhaul? Tune in to and tune up your subtle body.

It can be daunting to sift through the many YTTs offered. Before you sign up, spend some time contemplating your options.

Learn whether you are Vata-, Pitta-, or Kapha-dominant and how to stay in balance through seasonal changes for lasting health and peace of mind.

Feeling up to it? Try yoga teacher Claire Missingham's tips for moving into Parivrtta Svarga Dvijasana.

How to gain strength, flexibility, and confidence for inversion yoga poses. Here, the prep tips and video you need to defy gravity.

Here's how to get into the spirit.

Masumi Goldman and Laura Kasperzak's twisting, hip-opening, feel-good flow melts the stress of the day and sets you up for sleep.

Our favorite instructional tips from teachers this year. Take them with you next time you unroll your mat and tackle the trickiest asanas.

Start the year off strong by taking on Yoga Journal's top challenge poses of 2014.

Creatives within the yoga community tell YJ what inspires and charges their unique innovative energy.

Try yoga teacher Claire Missingham's ideas for adding some flair to your Vrksasana.

Watch our video to learn how to recognize fear and deal with it, so you can stay focused on thriving.

Our expert weighs in on observing your feelings and letting them go—even when your practice or class gets irritating.

Need help getting started with inversions? Try these 6 poses from Two Fit Moms.

Let your appreciation for the people in your life lead in this heart-wide-open variation of Vasisthasana.

When a crisis hits, you have to dig deep. Yoga helps people tap into reserves of inner strength to find new hope, resilience, and happiness.

A violent showdown developed at the Northern India compound of controversial guru Sant Rampal this week.

This sequence unwinds everyday stress and all of the upper-body tightness created by our digital devices.

Unfold and extend step by step into Svarga Dvijasana.

Learn to find your center of balance and open your hamstrings for this challenging pose.

Yogi's share snapshots of their practice in the snow. Check out these snowga poses and submit your photos to yogajournal.com/infocus.

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.

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.

Yogis share snapshots of their practice while they're on the trail.

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?

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

We asked, you answered! Here are some of the fun ways Yoga Journal readers practice yoga with animals.

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.

Globetrotting health and wellness writer Kathryn Budig talks about body image, self-acceptance, her upcoming book, and getting even better with age.

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

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.

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

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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