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Ask the Teacher: What Can I Do About My Achy Wrists?

Yoga can help alleviate pain in the hands, such as Repetitive Stress Syndrome.

Sudha Carolyn Lundeen

Foundations

Is Yoga Enough to Keep You Fit?

Alisa Bauman

Chakras

The Meaning of Namaste

Rita Geno, YJ Editors

Foundations

What Every Yogi Needs to Know About Flexibility

Fernando Pagés Ruiz

8 Limbs of Yoga

Get to Know the 8 Limbs of Yoga

Patanjali's eight-fold path offers guidelines for a meaningful and purposeful life. Get to know this prescription for moral and ethical conduct, and self-discipline.

Mara Carrico

What’s So Sacred About the Number 108?

YJ Editors

True Confessions of a New Yogi

Ali Maffucci

Curvy Yoga: Challenge What You Know About Yoga

ANNA GUEST-JELLEY

Jessamyn Stanley Gets Real About Motivation + Fear with Beginners

Jessamyn Stanley

Experiment: 1 Yoga Skeptic, 6 Classes to Change Her Mind

RYAN PEACOCK

8 Myths That May Be Keeping You from Practicing Yoga

STEPHANIE SNYDER

“Not Fit Enough” for Yoga? How to Encourage a Friend to Try It

Stefanie Dohrmann

Which Way Should I Twist First to Aid Digestive Cleansing?

Helgrid Randolph

Ask the Expert: How Does Yoga Relieve Stress?

Sara Gottfried

Ask the Expert: Sharp Pain During Yoga Practice?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: What Can I Eat to Ward Off Colds and Flu?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: What Are 3 Must-Reads for Beginner Yogis?

Douglas Brooks

Ask the Expert: Which Yoga Poses Can Help Bunions?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Will My Body Adapt to Hot Yoga?

YJ Editors

How Often Should You Practice Yoga?

Eddie Modestini

Ask the Expert: Is There a Vegetarian “Bone” Broth?

YJ Editors

Find the Right Yoga for You

Meagan McCrary

Ask the Expert: Should I Drink Cold Water After Yoga?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Are Shaking Muscles Healthy?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: What Is the Most Emotionally Healthy U.S. State?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: What Should I Eat Before a Stressful Event?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: How Can I Protect Myself in Backbends?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: How Do I Choose a Safe B12 Supplement?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Are Mineral Sunscreens Safe?

YJ Editors

8 Yoga Poses to Strengthen Your Wrists

MD, Ray Long

Ask the Expert: What Foods Will Prevent Spring Allergies?

Alcacla Young, RD

Ask the Expert: How Do I Know I’m Ready to Try Headstand?

Annie Carpenter

Ask The Expert: Is The “New Yoga Mat” Smell Toxic?

Mike Schade

Ask the Expert: Will Gluten-Free Foods Relieve Stomach Issues?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Which Yoga Poses Prevent Lower-Back Pain?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Do Twists Really Wring Out Toxins?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: How Can I Remedy Itchy Winter Skin?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Do Studio Yoga Mats Spread Infection?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Avoiding Ankle Injuries in Lotus Pose

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Dealing with Frustration in Yoga Class

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Going from Hot Yoga to Cold Weather

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Turning Down Hands-On Adjustments

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Breakfast Ideas Before Morning Yoga

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Weightlifting for Arm Balances and Inversions

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Attending Yoga Class with a Cold

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Foods for Achy Joints

YJ Editors

Yoga 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Practice, Meditation, and the Sutras

Cyndi Lee

Q+A: How Can I Get More Out of My Yoga Practice by Using Props?

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Sun Exposure and Yoga Studios

YJ Editors

Ask the Expert: Nausea During Fish Pose

YJ Editors

Q&A: Is My Tension Mental or Physical?

Tracey Rich

FAQ: Should I Stay Loyal to One Style of Yoga?

Julie Kleinman

Q&A: I’m Uncomfortable with My Coworker in Yoga. Help?

Julie Kleinman

Q&A: What’s the Right Chin Position in Forward Folds?

Dean Lerner

Q&A: Could I Be Tucking My Tail Too Much?

YJ Editors

Shoulder tightness, pain, or injury? Here’s the yoga that helps.

YJ Editors

5 Confusing Things Heard in Class

YJ Editors

Meditation in the Workplace

YJ Editors

Take the Word ‘Should’ Out of Your Yoga Practice Forever

Jessica Abelson

5 Sanskrit Words Every Yogi Should Know

YJ Editors

Ask the Mentor Teacher: Maty Ezraty

YJ Editors

Ask the Mentor Teacher: Aadil Palkhivala

YJ Editors

Q&A: Insomnia? Dizziness? Back Cracking? Help!

Aadil Palkhivala

Q&A: How Are Relaxation and Meditation Different?

YJ Editors

Q&A: How Can I Ease Performance Anxiety?

Shiva Rea

Q&A: How Can I Strengthen My Core to Ease Back Pain?

Shiva Rea

Q&A: Can I Practice Sun Salutations in the Evening?

Tracey Rich

Do I Need to Lose Weight Before Starting Yoga?

Natasha Rizopoulos

Can You Prove That Yoga Works?

Timothy McCall MD

Q&A: What Are the Best Breathing Techniques for Asthma?

Leslie Kaminoff

The Nature and Use of Yoga Props

YJ Editors

Ask Our Expert: Max Strom

Max Strom

Q&A: Inhale or Exhale Into a Backbend?

YJ Editors

Q&A: Are You Competing With Yourself?

YJ Editors

Q&A: What Are the 8 Limbs of Yoga?

YJ Editors

Q&A: How Can I Tell If I’m Doing a Pose Right?

YJ Editors

Q&A: Is Mouth Breathing OK in Yoga?

YJ Editors

Q&A: What Are the Alignment Priorities in Warrior I?

YJ Editors

Q&A: Tips on Transition From Up Dog to Down Dog?

YJ Editors

Q&A: What Are the Best Poses to Do in the AM?

YJ Editors

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