Balance

As much as you want to write your memoir, teach a new sequence, or start your own business, you may be getting in your own way. The first step to a more creative life is recognizing your blocks.

Vinyasa teacher Mary Beth LaRue is one of those instructors you just want to practice with in the hopes that some of her vibrant energy will rub off.

There's so much more to yoga than what happens on the mat. When you need a little push in the right direction or a fresh perspective, the Yoga Sutra is your guidebook living with intention.

Attend Hanuman Festival in Boulder, CO to deepen your yoga practice and connect with like-minded yogis.

Visualization is playing with the imagination, a powerful resource. Use a glitter jar to illustrate to kids how mindfulness—the cultivation of stillness in the face of swirling chaos of life—affects us.

As yoga teachers, even the best of us fall into creative ruts—sequences begin to feel stale and unexciting, and home practices become rote and repetitive. Steal Mary Beth LaRue's secrets.

Krissy Jones, co-owner of Sky Ting Yoga, shares tips for the best revitalizing postures to practice while traveling.

The fierce founder of Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga shares her ultimate yoga playlist and what inspired her first album, Salt & Bone.

Rubin Naiman, a clinical and sleep-health psychologist, offers advice for practicing before bed.

Yoga classes can provide prime conditions for intimate relationships 
to bloom, thanks 
to physical proximity and a shared trust. But is it professional
—or ethical?

Breathe For Change, an organization launched last year by teachers for teachers, is on a mission to save our schools, one teacher at a time, by reducing burnout through yoga and mindfulness training.

Plant herbs now to can make delicious homegrown tea with later!

Mary Beth LaRue, who will lead YJ's upcoming Yoga for Creativity course, is here to help you breathe inspiration and bliss into your daily practice and your teaching.

Have you ever wanted some extra help tuning out the external world, let alone your inner dialogue, for a yoga class? Look no further than Sound Off Yoga.

Looking for an amazing yoga festival to attend this summer? We have the 2016 lineup so you can hit the road and find your tribe.

Four popular DJs sound off on the creative process of syncing beats to asana and on their emerging roles in the yoga community.

Why not break out 
of your comfort zone 
and discover how much richer life can be? Here’s your guide to get started.

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual author, lecturer, peace activist, and co-founder of Peace Alliance. Here, find out why she loves practicing yoga.

Yoga teacher and licensed psychotherapist Ashley Turner says yoga is the key to psychological and emotional healing as well as resolving issues with self-confidence, relationships, and more.

Find solitude with Buddhist monks in Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.

This sequence helps to diminish many of the common discomforts and imbalances experienced in the low back, pelvis, and hips during pregnancy.

Mother's Day is coming up, and what better way to reward yourself for all you give and all you do than a yoga course devoted solely to you and your needs?

We asked one of our favorite yogis, Nicki Doane of Maya Yoga Studio in Maui, why taking care of the planet is a key part of her yoga practice.

Discarding your belongings is the way to "Spark Joy," according to best-selling author Marie Kondo. Here are 4 ways to dispose of your unwanted objects in a mindful, yogic way.

A whopping 40 percent of food goes to waste in the United States, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Learn what you can do.

Could yoga be the answer to quelling the drug epidemic in Vermont and beyond?

Janet Stone is offering YJ readers a series of weekly "mom-asanas" for serenity, strength, and grounding. This week's practice: Going with the flow of motherhood.

Join CorePower Yoga this summer at Red Rocks Amphitheatre for a unique yoga experience with awe-inspiring views.

A little asana and meditation can be the perfect antidote to summer-travel angst and aches.

In this guided meditation from Sonima, find balance and light through breath awareness that will uplift your practice of parenting.

Next time you find yourself bogged down with emails and to-dos, take 10 minutes to disconnect from the computer screen and practice this short yoga sequence.

We're excited to introduce Tarah Stuht and Taylor O’Sullivan, the ambassadors for our Live Be Yoga Tour in partnership with Gaia.

This month, when you're too tired, stressed, and busy to roll out your yoga mat, try finding stillness and peace by practicing one (or all) of these three calming breathing exercises.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, explains how repeating a mantra can keep moms grounded.

Writer Yelena Moroz Alpert shares how a postpartum return to her beloved Ashtanga practice (however guilt-ridden) was essential for regaining her sense of self.

How to use yoga to de-stress your life: come to your mat to defeat chronic stress and live a happier, healthier life.

Discrimination is the last thing you want to convey as a teacher -- or feel as a student. Here's how yogis are bringing mindfulness to this important topic, so everyone feels welcome on the mat.

Writer Rachel Zurer discovers the power of a daily practice on a dream-like yoga retreat on sacred Mayan lands in Guatemala.

These money archetypes are a way to help people tease out the factors that might be affecting their financial life on an unconscious level.

Janet Stone, who will lead our upcoming Yoga for Moms online course, offers tips and a pose for coping with mom stress.

Spending quality time with family, friends, and community—while also staying open to new relationships—is the secret to a happy, healthy life. One of the most powerful ways to forge more vital, lasting connections: yoga.

When you approach money with the same consciousness you bring to your yoga practice, your financial life can offer profound personal insight and wisdom.

Yoga Journal readers share the yoga they practice in national parks.

Author, chef, and green-living expert Renee Loux shares her life story interwoven with both yoga and food.

Yoga is all about being in the present moment, but that's pretty hard to do if you can't part with your phone. Here are 3 reasons to take a break from your digital devices right now.

After a long day at school, there's always more to do. Before hitting the homework, take a yoga break to reset mind and body for better focus.

Janet Stone offers 7 things to consider if you're feeling the intense weight of change in your body, plus a pose to help you open and soften.

Realizing that you don't have to be 100% "on" every minute of the day in order to stay on top of things can be a massive relief for your spirit.

Internationally recognized yoga teacher and mom Janet Stone offers YJ readers 5 tips for being more present with your kids.

Try this simple flow in the morning or anytime with your kids to jumpstart their day. It only takes 3 minutes!

Got two minutes? A short restorative practice can help edit and transform negative inner narratives that reinforce anxiety and depression.

When we become parents, we often carry around old expectations about how our yoga practice should look based on our “pre-child” days. But that doesn't mean we have no "time" for yoga.

Happiness is a mind-body endeavor. It only takes two minutes to deploy this self-massage to stimulate our belly brain, the enteric nervous system, which regulates mood and immunity.

Here are a few simple ways to carry the nourishing effects of yoga off the mat and into your relationships.

Yoga teacher Lauren Imparato says the societal pressure of "I have-to" syndrome gets in the way of you being you. Try this sequence for letting go.

21-year-old author and nonprofit founder Emily-Anne Rigal says she knows what it is to bully, be bullied, and to overcome both by looking within.

A former corporate executive turned yoga teacher, community organizer, and political disrupter shares her method for finding and activating your unique passion.

How can you make every day your best day? Using tools inspired by The Desire Map, identify how you want to feel rather than what you want to achieve.

Early ballots for the 2016 Grammy Awards included nearly two dozen albums inspired by bhakti yoga. We listened to them all to choose our favorite yoga music for the year. Practice to the playlist.

Internationally recognized yoga teacher and mother of two Janet Stone is offering YJ readers a series of weekly "mom-asanas." This week's practice: letting go of mom guilt.

Turns out, how you feel about Valentine's Day—and your love life in general—is influenced by your sign, or more specifically, your "element," says author and astrologer Debra Silverman.

Readers share the yoga they practice in groups.

Photographer Robert Sturman honors and celebrates American veterans of war by featuring several active duty and retired service members practicing yoga.

Writer Crystal Fenton shares her story of using patience and practice to turn the end of a relationship into an opportunity to evolve.

American soccer forward, World Cup champion, and yogi Christen Press gives YJ a peek into her practice.

Jean Weiss finds a relaxing weekend of yoga with her teenage daughter and friend at Devil's Thumb Ranch, Colorado to learn about snow sports.

Tiny homes are sprouting up everywhere, and financial liberation is only one of the perks.

Harness the transformative power of language to design your own personal mantra and makeover your internal dialogue for authentic empowerment.

Yoga teacher Rina Jakubowicz offers travel tips and inspiration from her photo expedition with Robert Sturman to shoot the “Cuba Libre Yoga Project.”

Chronic stress 
and anxiety 
signal the brain to wreak havoc on your body. The secret to hitting reset? Yoga.

Rachel Brathen says you can let your personal challenges and trauma obscure the big picture or use them as motivation to create change.

So your New Year's resolution isn't working? Gabrielle Bernstein thinks most of us make this one mistake when setting out to make a change.

Imagine spending six months traveling across the United States in search of the country’s standout yoga teachers and fellow passionate yogis. Apply now.

Yoga Journal Senior Editor Tasha Eichenseher finds that surrendering control in Rishikesh, India, left her with a liberating after-glow.

Meditation teacher and the best-selling author 
of Real Happiness shares ways to find fulfillment at work—even in jobs we may never love.

A playful practice 
can bring you 
more joy on and 
off the mat.

These YJ readers share the yoga they practice in cities around the world.

A human-rights advocate brings healing yoga and meditation to war-torn Afghanistan.