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Tomorrow we celebrate the longest night of 2013, a time to put forth your best intentions for the coming year.

He may not understand how it works, but Neal Pollack can attest to the powerful experience of activating prana through yoga.

Is your yoga practice getting stale? Shake things up with these yoga hybrids. From aerial yoga to yoga with weights, there’s a class for everyone.

This weekend yoga studios around the world will celebrate the birthday of a living legend, BKS Iyengar.

Baxter Bell, MD, explains how yoga helps tackle the most common causes of insomnia and can lead to better sleep.

Yoga clothing retailer Lululemon announced this week that its controversial founder is leaving his position as board chairman and that a new company CEO has been hired.

Sage Rountree shares 3 steps for creating a home yoga practice to get you through the holidays and beyond.

Yoga helped them, and now three California teens want to share the practice with their peers.

At synagogues and Jewish community centers, yoga and meditation complement the spiritual life.

When you pay attention to your cravings, they begin to change.

In a new article, New York Times science writer William Broad contends that women's natural flexibility is a risk-factor for hip-related injury when doing yoga. Ladies, have you experienced hip problems from your practice?

Neal Pollack wants to follow the principle of ahimsa, or non-harming, even in his diet, but he can't seem to give up meat.

It took Erica Rodefer Winters a long time understand the importance of connecting with her local yoga community. But now it's one of the most gratifying parts of her practice.

Tap into flexibility and strength to take your splits off the ground and let them soar.

At the first sign of a cold, try grabbing some props for a supported, restful yoga practice to deeply nurture body and spirit.

The physical and mental conditioning of regular yoga practice is a boon to adventure seekers who like to fly through the air.

From simple lifestyle changes to breathing techniques and relaxing poses, these tips can help you sleep soundly.

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Sage Rountree offers suggestions for supported seated poses when you struggle with tight hips.

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Most yoga students experience a difference between their left and right sides, especially during standing balance postures. Sage Rountree offers some suggestions for balancing things out and keeping injuries at bay.

Neal Pollack teaches his son yoga nidra, the "yoga of sleep," and witnesses it's sure results.

Kino McGregor talks to YogaJournal.com about Ashtanga yoga and about her new book.

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Erica Rodefer Winters recognizes the signs among students in the class she teaches at a local gym. Do you remember falling in love with yoga?

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A daughter reflects on the way yoga has brought she and her mother closer.

When a beloved yoga teacher moves on, students get a first-hand lesson in impermanence.

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It's easy to practice non-attachment when things aren't going well, Neal Pollack writes, but what about when they are?

Chess and yoga have more similarities than you might think. A recent essay explores why both disciplines have lasted throughout the centuries.

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"Where you buy your yoga pants is a personal decision—and it seems so strange to judge each other on fashion choices when we try to be non-competitive about the poses themselves."

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Kathryn Budig breaks down Kapinjalasana into the equal parts strength, balance, and backbend.

Katie Silcox explains the importance of dinacharya, or daily routine, for making changes, and offers a morning routine to set your day right and put you on the path to health.

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In part II of her series on dropbacks, Kathryn Budig has us practice dropping back and getting back up at the wall.

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Erica Rodefer Winters shares basics about yoga for aspiring yogis.

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Baxter Bell disagrees with New York Times writer William Broad that men are more prone to being injured in yoga.

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Yoga, it is said, helps you do everything better. Neal Pollack has found that this extends to his poker game.

Kathryn Budig teaches us how to begin to prepare for dropping back into Urdhva Dhanurasana.

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In celebration of the winter soltice, Katie Silcox offers some tips for bringing more joy and light into the season.

Once you've practiced bed asana, there's no turning back.

Appearing with his partner for a YJ story presents Steven Thomas Saftig the opportunity to model the kind of relationship he wished he saw growing up.

Sage Rountree explains Handstand's physiological and psychological benefits for athletes.

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Kathryn Budig teaches a variation of headstand with your arms as a base of support.

Create more business by getting customers to do autopays for studio membership to your studio.

When your practice causes hamstring injury—and how to manage those injuries with your yoga.

A yoga teacher thanks her students for all the lessons they've taught her.

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Sage Rountree offers modifications for sitting in meditation for athletes with tight hips and quads.

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Donkey kicks are common as you learn this challenging but ultimately graceful pose.

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Come along on this backbending journey.

Films that celebrate yoga are finding their way to film festivals and cinemas. Erica Rodefer Winters looks at three coming to theaters near you.

The controversial leader of Bikram Yoga hosts a $1,000-a-head fundraiser for a Nevada congresswoman.

YJ blogger Neal Pollack publishes a new novel, a murder-mystery steeped in ... yoga.

"I think it's when you quit caring whether or not you are considered an 'advanced' practitioner that maybe you actually are," writes Erica Rodefer Winters. How would you define "advanced" yoga?

Having strong, well-functioning glutes is critical for your integrity in both yoga poses and in sports. Sage Rountree explains and shares a glute-strengthening practice.