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Practice the unique combination of flexibility, strength, and balance required by Scorpion.

Understand why niche marketing works and how to best execute it.

Neal Pollack is doing his best to inject some yogic wisdom into his parenting.

Yogis are often asked "Is yoga cardio?" While it may not seem to be the case, all practices aren't created equal, and some strategic sequencing can help you get a cardiovascular workout from your practice.

The San Francisco Giants open up its outfield for the first annual Yoga Day at the Park!

Social scientists say that it's harder to make friends as adults. But Neal Pollack has found that yoga has filled his life with many true friendships.

One NYC activist is taking exception to the idea that men can practice in some studios without wearing a shirt, but women can't.

Try One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose, plus a range of backbends to open your heart along the way.

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This backbending split involves full shoulder rotation, leaving you feeling spacious and free!

Neal Pollack takes exception to the concept of men-only yoga.

Elite bicyclists learn to hone different types of focus—exactly the kind of attention skills we develop in yoga.

When having a baby sets Erica Rodefer Winters's yoga practice back, she struggles with remembering that yoga is not about advanced poses, but the process of getting there.

Taking your splits upside down can be incredibly liberating. Kathryn Budig explains how.

Your breath is a window into your mental and emotional state. Erica Rodefer Winters tells explains how she follows her breath's signals to come back into balance.

The three doshas of Ayurveda—vata, pitta, and kapha—affect your health and well-being. Determine yours with this quiz.

Love to sing? One yoga teacher is bringing her love of the open mic into her class.

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Two new studies find that yoga aids breast cancer patients in dealing with side effects of medication, improves memory, and reduces pain and other symptoms.

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A new study finds that yoga helps stroke patients regain balance, leading to faster recovery.

The resignations of teachers Desiree Rumbaugh and Sianna Sherman leaves the fate of Anusara Yoga uncertain.

Yoga helps swimmers, rowers, and kayakers build needed core strength and relieve upper-body aches and pains.

A new yoga class asks adults to tap into their inner child and let out frustration and anger in a healthy way.

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A study finds that daily yogic chanting greatly benefits caregivers of dementia patients.

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Neal Pollack has learned to give his loved ones space to find and develop their own paths.

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Here's how to do it.

Kathryn Budig shows how to open your heart wide in this swimmingly sassy pose.

Neal Pollack isn't quite ready to join the senior league, but he's happy to give up the faced-paced yoga of his early years.

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The yoga-and-music festival branches out into the world of brick and mortar.

Norwich University, a military college in Vermont, provides yoga programming to help teach its students stress resiliancy in the face of war.

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Yoga programs around the country help soldiers returning from war to find relief from PTSD.

Rituals make even mundane activities intentional and sacred. Here, Katie Silcox explains how to create rituals in everyday life.

Residents of an assisted care facility in New Mexico who do chair yoga join Yoga Journal's Talent Search.

There are a lot of reasons why someone might struggle with the step-through action done in Sun Salutations. Here, Baxter Bell offers an alternative.

Conquer fear in a pose that combines an arm balance, hip opener, shoulder opener, hamstring stretch, and twist.

On the heels of a sensational article about yoga and sex, yoga scholars weigh in.

An invaluable tool for athletes, yoga provides insight into movement patterns of the body, the breath, and the mind.

Yoga can be a double-edged sword to those with eating disorders. A yoga teacher (and former sufferer) explains why.

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A student's question in class brings up an important discussion about protecting the knees in Fire Log Pose.

Use yoga to stay centered and grounded this holiday season. Here's why you should practice more.

Urdhva Kukkutasana is one of those poses that reminds us good things come to those who wait.

The Yoga Sleuth and her team of reporters get the real scoop on yoga classes around NYC.

The focus and determination that makes athletes excel in their sports may be the very things that frustrate them in yoga class. Here, Sage Rountree explains how athletes can adapt these skills to excel in yoga, too.

Bikram Choudhury sues donation-based New York yoga studio chain for copyright infringement. Do you think he has a case?

Find the sense of strength and security that evolves from being in this pose.

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Leslie Kaminoff never expected his humble yoga book to make a splash in 2007. But the book, co-authored with Amy Matthews, sold out its first printing in a month and shot to Amazon's Bestsellers...

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Try the backbend that leaves Kathryn Budig in a state of goofy bliss.

photo: J.T. Liss (Photography for Social Change) More people are taking their yoga off the mat and onto the street--Wall Street, that is. Since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Sept. 17, yogis Russell Simmons, Deepak Chopra...

This past Sunday, The New York Times dedicated real estate in its Opinion Pages to reflect upon what Vivekananda meant to yoga in the West, as the 150th anniversary of his birth approaches. Author Ann Louise Bardach reflects on how...

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Congo is experiencing one of the deadliest conflicts on earth; four million people have been killed in the war there. What can we do about it? Yoga for Congo Women is a not-for-profit that helps women in the Democratic...

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There are many ways to live your yoga out in the world, but one of the most profound is to dedicate yourself to the service of others. If you've ever been drawn to the yoga of service, but wondered...

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James Fox began teaching yoga to prisoners at San Quentin State Prison in California nine years ago, where he founded the Prison Yoga Project. Recently, he's been traveling around the country training others how to teach in a prison setting....

Rules of thumb to get the most out of your practice.

Miami Heat hoops star LeBron James recently credited yoga for his peak physical performance. In an article in the Miami Herald by Joseph Goodman called "LeBron James's big 'secret': yoga," the superstar 250-pound athlete says that yoga contributes to his...

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Get out and celebrate Earth Day this year by practicing Ahisma (non-harming). We've collected some easy and fun ways to spread the eco-friendly mindset.

Learn why taking a yogic approach to goals may help you reach them faster. Then forgive yourself if you fall a little short.

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