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Silver Island is a private, 60-acre yoga retreat and working olive farm—and the ideal place to rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit.

Rising yoga star, scholar, and our June Home Practice teacher Chelsea Jackson talks about her work with teenage girls in Atlanta, and the importance of diversity and embracing who you are.

Want to strengthen your relationship? These four simple partner poses will help you get close and connected within minutes.

A war correspondent reporting from the frontlines of the world’s largest refugee crisis uncovers the power of yoga—and love.

It's normal to freeze up right before a stressful event but eating chocolate can help with controlling stress hormones.

Learn more about the personal journey of Andres Gonzalez and the brothers Ali Shah Rasool and Atman Ananda Smith, founders of the Holistic Life Foundation.

Sianna Sherman introduces you to Durga and teaches you how to summon her strength in practice and in life.

Everyone loses steam at some point. Our business-savvy yoga experts have tips to keep your career on track.

Discover your inner deity as you deepen your physical, mental, and spiritual practice with knowledge of mythic feminine power with master yoga teacher Sianna Sherman.

Grab your kiddos for this sequence from yoga teacher to the stars and author Alanna Zabel's latest children's book, Asana's First Yoga Class.

These 5 yoga teachers launched the careers of their dreams in tiny studios (and even one tour bus), and went on to accomplish truly amazing things.

The upside of outside: New research is finding a link between open air and happiness. Here, four ideas for making it a daily habit.

Research makes a strong case for taking your practice into the wild as the weather warms—or at least your backyard.

Prepare yourself for a very different experience when you unroll your mat in yoga’s motherland, Rina Jakubowicz says. Here’s what to expect.

Take a cue from the White House's Yoga Garden at the annual Easter Egg Roll and strike a few yoga poses in the backyard with your family.

Coral Brown offers a preview of all that a trip to yoga’s motherland could open your eyes to.

Author 
Mariam Gates' new bedtime story for little yogis is available April 1.

A soothing sequence for little ones (and the adults that take care of them).

Try a new take on spring cleaning. These three simple steps will help you clear your living space to clear your mind.

So Delicious Dairy Free and YJ Mag polled our audience for daily health hacks and tips of things they do to stay healthy throughout their lives.

Kino MacGregor says whether you find your guru there or not, just traveling to India will teach you more than you can imagine.

Provide healthful foods to local desert areas that don't have the resources to grow fresh produce.

Yoga Gardens transforms a Chicago food desert into a mecca for organic produce and an urban asana oasis.

Here, insights and 
evidence from academics, yogis, and other experts in the fields of 
conscious living, social criticism, and neurology for the answer.

No need to restrict yourself to practicing indoors. Get inspired by these readers who take their yoga outside to make the most of the season.

Jacoby Ballard talks about the tools and practices he uses to support and welcome marginalized groups into the yoga community.

A yoga and Buddhism teacher reveals ways to transform your personal struggles into an opportunity for healing others.

This wellness retreat, known for group hikes, healthy-cooking workshops, and yoga classes, is just a couple hours from famously wicked Las Vegas.

Finding someone to practice with in India? Easy. Finding your guru? Another story completely. Learn how you'll know when you have.

Visualize yourself on an Aruban beach as you challenge your core, balance, and shoulders in this sequence from Rachel Brathen's new book.

Teacher Tommy Rosen gives us an insider's look at the scene at the IYF in Rishikesh, India.

The key to happiness? Loving the life you have, now.

Feel good about what you wear and how you decorate your space with newly launched American clothing and home-decor brands that get their textiles locally.

Have an anxious or traumatized pet? Some say chanting yogic mantras helps dogs and cats feel safe and soothes their frazzled nerves.

New research shows that drinking a pint might have more health benefits than we once thought. Here's how.

How are you—really? If you ask everyone but yourself, start there. Then try these 10 tips, culled from Kathryn Budig, Tara Stiles, and more gladiators of the mindfulness movement.

A living kitchen is a sacred space -- a hearth and a temple where you have the potential to create the nourishment that will serve your own life force.

Many of us are so busy that we eat at our desks and rarely stand up at all during the day, even to take a 5-minute walk.

Looking to add a little va-va-voom to your Valentine's Day? This Iyengar Yoga hybrid uses a pole to aid alignment and may be just what you need to mindfully mix things up.

Allow our yoga advice to fuel your love life. Let your practice deepen your knowledge of love and enrich your ability to share it with your partner.

Searching for the willpower or strength you need to commit to your yoga practice? It just might come in a bottle.

Bringing her Hispanic roots, love of ancient yogic texts, and passion for creative movement, this Miami native has rocked the yoga world.

Corn interviews Tessa Hicks Peterson, PhD, assistant professor of urban studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and an activist for social justice and antibias education.

Whether or not you have a date for Valentine's Day, the most important person to love is … you!

Yoga helps you access the present moment as well as your personal power and potential, getting you in touch with your physical, spiritual, and emotional sides.

Yoga Journal readers share the yoga they practice in front of public art.

A Nebraska-based yogini finds her groove bringing rock ‘n’ roll to yoga.

Elite golfer and 2015 Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour rookie in Torrance, California shares why yoga works for her.

How a desert sanctuary helped Jean Weiss return home with an open heart, a more supple and integrated body, and renewed motivation to remain balanced.

A social-justice educator shares tips on how to move from raising your consciousness about inequalities and biases to taking actions that improve the world.

Writer Heidi Hillman suspects her daughter is a Zen master in disguise. Could the key to the practice of parenting be maintaining a curious, student's mind?

Deepak Chopra, M.D., invites you to take a few moments of mindful attention to center your thoughts in the face of stress.

Yoga teachers Tommy Rosen, Kia Miller, Nikki Myers, Rolf Gates, and Vinnie Marino talk about their addictions and how coming to the mat helped their recovery and renewal.

Between work and life, it’s important to set aside a little “you” time, whether it’s to take a yoga class, meditate, or enjoy your favorite LÄRABAR.

Your whole life changes the minute you get pregnant, but it is still important to take care of your mind and body–before, during, and after pregnancy.

Still working on those New Year's resolutions? Here are 3 simple ways to motivate yourself to be healthier today and every day.

DJ Drez spinning A Tribe Called Quest provided the beats for MC Yogi's Saturday night class/concert at YJ LIVE! SF.

Get an inside look at the event through these shots captured by photographer Tony Felgueiras in Friday's all-day intensives.

Pose, sequence, and wisdom highlights from internationally renowned Yoga Journal LIVE! presenters in San Francisco, CA, Jan 15–19, 2015.

Do you ever find yourself surrounded by too much “stuff,” whether it’s actual clutter, too many emails in your inbox, or too much junk food in your pantry?

A personal affirmation practice can boost your problem-solving skills when you’re stressed and afraid to take the next step. Here's how to create yours.

Elena Brower offers this 4-step practice to bring your dream into focus.

Discover your true purpose and find the courage to live your dream.

As Haiti's redevelopment begins to take root after their natural disaster, yoga is here to stay.

You have the willpower and strength to kick bad habits for good. Find them with Kundalini Yoga.

Seane Corn interviews this yoga service leader for the scoop on her journey to a career in somatic therapy and healing yoga.

Yoga teacher and somatic counselor Hala Khouri explains why, if you want to heal the world, you have start by healing yourself.

Our Home Practice teacher and founder of the Africa Yoga Project Paige Elenson talks about running a social enterprise in Kenya.

This practice kicks off YogaJournal.com’s #ChakraTuneUp2015. Join us all month to tune in to and tune up your energy centers for a mind-body-soul health overhaul this year.

Learn whether you are Vata-, Pitta-, or Kapha-dominant and how to stay in balance through seasonal changes for lasting health and peace of mind.

Planning to travel in 2015? Pack your yoga bag! Here, we’ve picked our 12 unique destinations worth booking to kick back and om.

Want to recapture the childlike wonder you used to feel on Christmas morning? Get into the spirit by giving yourself the gift of yoga.

Creatives within the yoga community showed YJ what inspired and charged their innovative energy this year.

Creatives within the yoga community tell YJ what inspires and charges their unique innovative energy.

Try yoga teacher Claire Missingham's ideas for adding some flair to your Vrksasana.

Have a to-do list that could rival Santa's? It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the holidays, which is why you need yoga more than ever.

Want to play more of a leadership role at work and beyond—in a way that really feels true to you? Try this meditation.

Want to infuse your home the holiday spirit? Skip store-bought, phtalate-containing air fresheners and make your own.

Teacher Liz Lindh created this sequence to boost energy, promote mental clarity, and rid the body of toxins after overeating.

It changed my life.