Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Bent-Knee Handstand Pike
Donkey kicks are common as you learn this challenging but ultimately graceful pose.
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The California Yoga Teachers Association founded Yoga Journal and brought on Judith Hanson Lasater as one of the first editors. Throughout the years, Yoga Journal has shared insights and explanations from experts in various aspects of the tradition of yoga through the support of thousands of yoga teachers, writers, editors, and photographers. We continue to report on the ways in which yoga has evolved to serve differing communities who come together for the same practice and how yoga supports you in all aspects of your everyday life.
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Afro Flow Yoga Celebrates Diversity
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Step-by-Step Guide to Scorpion Pose
Come along on this backbending journey.
Yoga on the Big Screen
Films that celebrate yoga are finding their way to film festivals and cinemas. Erica Rodefer Winters looks at three coming to theaters near you.
Bikram Goes to Vegas—for Politics
The controversial leader of Bikram Yoga hosts a $1,000-a-head fundraiser for a Nevada congresswoman.
Are You an “Advanced” Yogi?
"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?
Challenge Your Glutes
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.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Scorpion in Handstand
Practice the unique combination of flexibility, strength, and balance required by Scorpion.
Quality vs. Quantity: Studio Marketing
Understand why niche marketing works and how to best execute it.
Father Knows Yoga
Neal Pollack is doing his best to inject some yogic wisdom into his parenting.
Is Yoga Cardio? Learn How to Get Fit With Yoga
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.
Baseball & Yoga: An American Pairing
The San Francisco Giants open up its outfield for the first annual Yoga Day at the Park!
Taking Yoga With Friends
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.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Eka Pada Viparita Dandasana I
Try One-Legged Inverted Staff Pose, plus a range of backbends to open your heart along the way.
Coming Home
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Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: One-Legged King Pigeon Splits
This backbending split involves full shoulder rotation, leaving you feeling spacious and free!
Refections on All-Male Yoga
Neal Pollack takes exception to the concept of men-only yoga.
Focus on the Tour de France
Elite bicyclists learn to hone different types of focus—exactly the kind of attention skills we develop in yoga.
Yoga and Ego: Keep it in Check with Your Practice
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.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Splits in Forearm Balance
Taking your splits upside down can be incredibly liberating. Kathryn Budig explains how.
Reading Your Breath
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.
What’s Your Dosha? Take This Quiz to Find Out
The three doshas of Ayurveda—vata, pitta, and kapha—affect your health and well-being. Determine yours with this quiz.
You Are So Much More Than You Know
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Summer Solstice
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Cool Summer’s Fire
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Yoga Helps Stroke Patients
A new study finds that yoga helps stroke patients regain balance, leading to faster recovery.
Yoga Sequence for Summer Sports
Yoga helps swimmers, rowers, and kayakers build needed core strength and relieve upper-body aches and pains.
Breathing Through Fear
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Yogic Chanting Improves Quality of Life in Full-Time Caregivers
A study finds that daily yogic chanting greatly benefits caregivers of dementia patients.
Yoga That Heals
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Unblock Fear to Let Joy Flow
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Growing Up Yogi
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Does Your Wife Do Yoga?
Neal Pollack has learned to give his loved ones space to find and develop their own paths.
The Yoga of Action
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The Secret to Reaching Dhyana? Tapping Into Your Flow State.
Here's how to do it.
Yoga at the Ranch
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Challenge Pose: Mermaid
Kathryn Budig shows how to open your heart wide in this swimmingly sassy pose.
Old Man Yoga
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.
Money and the Truth: Practicing Satya
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Military College Uses Yoga to Prepare Students for Stress of War
Norwich University, a military college in Vermont, provides yoga programming to help teach its students stress resiliancy in the face of war.
Spring Beautiful: Inside and Out
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How to Sleep Well With the Help of Nighttime Yoga
Baxter Bell describes a program of asana, pranayama, and other gentle practices to help you sleep.
An Italian Yogi in America
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Yoga Helps Soldiers with PTSD
Yoga programs around the country help soldiers returning from war to find relief from PTSD.
The Importance of Ritual
Rituals make even mundane activities intentional and sacred. Here, Katie Silcox explains how to create rituals in everyday life.
Seniors Join YJ Talent Search
Residents of an assisted care facility in New Mexico who do chair yoga join Yoga Journal's Talent Search.
Sun Salutes for Any Body
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.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Pose Dedicated to Visvamitra
Conquer fear in a pose that combines an arm balance, hip opener, shoulder opener, hamstring stretch, and twist.
Monitoring Your Movement Patterns
An invaluable tool for athletes, yoga provides insight into movement patterns of the body, the breath, and the mind.
Starving for Connection
Yoga can be a double-edged sword to those with eating disorders. A yoga teacher (and former sufferer) explains why.
5 Resolutions Worth Making
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Santa’s Yoga Routine
In this cute children's e-book, Santa adopts a yoga practice and finds it makes his job a lot easier.
5 Ways to Practice with Your Family
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Wondering Out Loud
A student's question in class brings up an important discussion about protecting the knees in Fire Log Pose.
5 Reasons To Do More Yoga This Season
Use yoga to stay centered and grounded this holiday season. Here's why you should practice more.
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Upward Rooster
Urdhva Kukkutasana is one of those poses that reminds us good things come to those who wait.
5 Gift Ideas for Yogis
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Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Lotus in Headstand II
Find the sense of strength and security that evolves from being in this pose.
Beginner’s Luck: Tips for the Man Who Wants to Try Yoga
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The Bestselling Book Yoga Anatomy Gets Update
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...
Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Upward-Facing Two Foot Staff
Try the backbend that leaves Kathryn Budig in a state of goofy bliss.
How to Come Into Mayurasana, Step by Step
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Yoga Under a Big Blue Sky
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How to Come Into Eka Pada Bakasana
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Challenge Pose: Jump-Through-to-Sit Action
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Challenge Pose: Eka Pada Bakasana II
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Yoga in Prisons
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....
5 Tips to Improve Your Alignment in (Almost) Any Yoga Pose
Rules of thumb to get the most out of your practice.
5 Things My Mom Taught Me About Yoga
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Kathryn Budig Challenge Pose: Ashtavakrasana
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How Yoga Can Improve Your Running Form
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5 Ways Yogis Can Take Action on Earth Day
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.
The Art of Silliness
Last week, I started walking through the door of my Pilates class. Just as the door almost shut behind me, I heard the sound of funky world music coming from another room. I gave the teacher an apologetic glance, backed...
5 Ways Yoga Can Enhance New Year’s Resolutions
Learn why taking a yogic approach to goals may help you reach them faster. Then forgive yourself if you fall a little short.
5 Ways to Inspire Your Practice in the New Year
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5 Reasons to Tackle a Challenging Pose
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What Feeds You?
It's starting. The creeping feeling of holiday time, where everything speeds up, whipping up into a final frenzy. As if things weren't going fast enough already. During my meditation yesterday, I heard a voice loud and clear. A question, really....
Challenge: Hanumanasana Pose
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Challenge Pose: Funky Pincha
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What’s Happened to Yoga?
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